| MACINTOSH Plus |
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| NAME |
MACINTOSH Plus |
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| MANUFACTURER |
Apple |
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Home Computer |
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| ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
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| YEAR |
January 1986 |
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| END OF PRODUCTION |
October 1990 |
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| BUILT IN LANGUAGE |
None |
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| KEYBOARD |
Full-stroke 78 keys with numeric keypad |
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| CPU |
Motorola MC 68000 |
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| SPEED |
7.8336 MHz |
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| RAM |
1 MB (up to 4 MB) IBM RAM SIMM's as well as any other 1MB SIMM could be added |
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| GRAPHIC MODES |
512 x 342 dots |
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| COLORS |
Monochrome |
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| SOUND |
Tone Generator & Digital-Analog converter (22KHz sampling rate) |
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| SIZE / WEIGHT |
34.5(H) x 24.5 (W) x 27.5 (D) cm / 7.48 kg |
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| I/O PORTS |
RS 232/422 x 2 for printer and modem, SCSI, external F.D. unit, ext. loudspeaker |
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| BUILT IN MEDIA |
One 3.5'' 800 KB disk-drive |
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| OS |
Macintosh System (from 3.2 to 7.5) |
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| POWER SUPPLY |
Built-in power supply |
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| BACK COVER |
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The Macintosh Plus was the last Apple computer in which the signitures of all the engineers and designers involved in the project have been engraved inside the back cover. |
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| INSIDE |
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A very neat design.\
The Macintosh Plus featured an analogic video and power board **(1)**, a logic motherboard **(2)**, a cathode ray tube and a 3.5" floppy disc drive **(3)**. |
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| MOTHERBOARD EXPLAINED |
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Motherboard seen from the rear side.
**(1)** Keyboard RJ-11 connector\
**(2)** 256 KB SIMM modules. Could be easily replaced with 1 MB modules\
**(3)** Motorola 68000 microprocessor\
**(4)** Chips in charge of Input/Output\
**(5)** External loudspeaker/headphone jack plug\
**(6)** Mouse DB9 connector\
**(7)** External floppy-disk drive unit DB19 connector\
**(8)** SCSI I/O DB25 connector\
**(9)** RS-422 serial printer Mini-DIN connector\
**(10)** RS-422 serial modem Mini-DIN connector\
**(11)** Analog/video board connector\
**(12)** 128 KB Mac OS ROM chips\
**(13)** Gate array custom chip |
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| KEYBOARD AND MOUSE |
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| REAR CONNECTORS |
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**(1)** CMOS RAM battery backup housing\
**(2)** External loudspeaker jack plug\
**(3)** Mouse connector\
**(4)** External F.D.D. unit connector\
**(5)** SCSI connector\
**(6)** Seriel printer Mini-DIN plug\
**(7)** Modem Mini-DIN plug\
**(8)** Hardware and software reset switches |
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| MAC CHARLY |
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How to convert a Mac into an IBM PC. MacCharlie allowed to run all of the PC software on a standard Macintosh, exchange data files between the two systems, connect Apple or IBM printers and even connect a Mac to IBM mainframes. |
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| US ADVERT, JULY 1985 |
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Really nice advert, we love it.
Byte Magazine |
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| Executor |
http://www.ardi.com/ |
Windows |
Demonstration version of a commercial software (MS DOS & Win95) |
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| Gemulator |
http://www.emulators.com/ |
Windows |
A commercial Software which emulates the Atari ST/TT and the Mac 128/Plus/2 (Win95 / Win NT) |
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| LisaEm |
http://lisa.sunder.net/ |
Windows |
Same as Apple lisa emulator for unix but ported to windows |
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| PearPC |
http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/ |
Windows |
PearPC is an architecture-independent PowerPC platform emulator capable of running most PowerPC operating systems. |
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| vMAC (Virtual MAC) |
http://www.leb.net/vmac |
Windows |
A Mac 128 Emulator for MS DOS / Win97 (available for OS/2 too) |
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| Executor |
http://www.ardi.com/ |
Unix / Linux |
Demo version of a commercial software (Linux / NextStep) |
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| Basilisk II |
http://basilisk.cebix.net/ |
Multiplatform |
Basilisk II is an Open Source 68k Macintosh emulator. Good emulator, runs on several platforms, even Amiga |
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| Mini vMac |
http://minivmac.sourceforge.net/ |
Multiplatform |
Mini vMac, a spin off of the program vMac, emulates a Macintosh Plus and Macintosh SE. So far it works on Macintosh OS, Microsoft Windows, and the X Window System. |
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| Apple History |
http://www.apple-history.com/ |
History of Apple computers with detail information about all of the computers to come out of Apple. |
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| Mac Forums at MacForumz.com |
http://www.MacForumz.com |
Mac forums, a resource on the latest and greatest, as well as vintage, Macintosh hardware, software, and internet. Free registration. |
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| Tim Healey (USA) |
Friday 13rd May 2011 |
I have a virtual museum of old Mac computers, each which run perfectly. I have a Quadra 700, that I still ue for graphic work, a PowerMac7300 with extra ran 128mb that I still use for Photoshop and designing agds and addition I have a Mac Clone, a G3 I believe. AQll 3 run perfect and still do the work they inteneded. Is there anyone inerested in buying these wonderful machines? I may keep the PowerMac7300. Actually it''s a PowerMac7200 with the guts of of a 7300. Let me now. Thanks!
By the way, all come with working monitors and have preloaded software like outlook express, Quarkexpress, photoshop, Adobe acrobat etc.
Tim healey. |
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| Torin Darkflight (Iowa, USA) |
Friday 6th August 2004 |
It is the Mac Plus which made an appearance in the comical Scotty/"Hello Computer!" scene of Star Trek IV. I've always loved that movie, and that Mac. |
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| kamil alrustom (United Arab Emirates) |
Thursday 26th August 2021 |
I have MacIntosh plus 512/ 800a s new still running with a floppy with games. including the original bag and the original manuels. how much I can sell all of them. thank you for |
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| Dan Banov (Canada) |
Wednesday 14th April 2021 |
I am looking for someone that can convert a power point version 1 to something readable? |
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| Dan Banov (Canada) |
Wednesday 14th April 2021 |
I am looking for someone that can convert a power point version 1 to something readable? |
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| Dan Banov (Canada) |
Wednesday 14th April 2021 |
I am looking for someone that can convert a power point version 1 to something readable? |
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| Lorenzo |
Thursday 17th October 2013 |
Ho da vendere dei prodotti Apple come macintosh plus con scatola originale e accessori. Stampante e scanner Apple.\
Per info.\
lorenzo.manna23@libero.it |
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| JayDee (The Netherlandss) |
Saturday 30th March 2013 |
@ MARCY BRONFMAN (Croton on Hudson, NY/USA)\
If the Mac Plus computers are in good shape and still work I''m interested in buying them. |
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| MARCY BRONFMAN (Croton on Hudson, NY/USA) |
Sunday 24th March 2013 |
I HAVE 2 USED MACPLUS COMPUTERS AND A DIREC50 HARD DRIVE TO SELL. ANYONE WHO''LL COVER THE SHIPPING COST CAN HAVE THEM. |
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| Jim (Canada) |
Friday 19th October 2012 |
I had two of these$ one a 2MB RAM with a 40mb external SCSI HD, another 4MB RAM and 80 mb SCSI HD.\
These were the first really capable Macs having SCSI, memory slots and a full keyboard.\
This was the first Apple of any kind that I bought and it was an easy transition from the GEM based Atari ST GUI that I was used to previously. |
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| Nate (Ohio, US) |
Saturday 4th August 2012 |
My dad recently retired from teaching. He brought home a very curious looking screw driver with a long narrow shaft and a star bit. I asked him what it was. "Nate," he said "Do you remember the Mac Plus you used to play Stuntcopter, The Manhole, and Cosmic Osmo on? This drill bit was used to upgrade the RAM on the machine so it could run Cosmic Osmo when we got our first CD-ROM drive."
We ran that machine with all the RAM capability we could muster :-) It was a solid computer that taught me math, and how to read and type. I still remember playing Spectrum Holobyte''s Mac port of Tetris on it.
Wonderfully solid machine. I still have my 800KB Educorp Floppy diskettes in the house. |
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| Janet Todd (USA) |
Monday 14th May 2012 |
I have a Mac Plus IBM\
Ram Model $ a9m030\
Serial $346170.. Was wondering if it is worth anything or should I just toss it. |
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| david darlow (wa,spokane) |
Friday 20th April 2012 |
i have a mac 1mb that was the original assembley line model that everyone that helped produce signed on the inside of the case,,,,any comments |
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| Jen (bradenton, Fl) |
Monday 26th September 2011 |
I have one of the few clear plastic first laptop apple made and they only made about 100 of the clear plastic ones back in 1989 and I have the regular laptop (first one made, but not the clear plastic). How much are these worth. Thanks, Jen |
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| a hau (midwest us) |
Friday 26th August 2011 |
I have a mac 512 with an internal thunder drive? It weighs quite a bit. I turn it on annually and admire my MacPaint, MacDraw, MacWrite and Excel programs in thei rgrand simplicity! |
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| bob (usa washington state) |
Friday 19th August 2011 |
I have a Mac Plus from way back, what is it worth, where can I get a fair market value for it. thank you |
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| John (RI) |
Tuesday 19th July 2011 |
I found one of these in a garage, still operating after 15+ years in storage. I still use it :) |
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| kelly kime (usa) |
Monday 16th August 2010 |
Hey your teach would love to revisit lode runner!\
I ust'' to live in surfers...helensvale....worked @ shooters the night club....sold wine during the day. Miss u guys. |
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| Will M |
Monday 14th June 2010 |
The Mac Plus could actually run any os from 1.1 to 7.5. Not just 3, as the description states. |
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| Nigel (Southport, ENGLAND) |
Tuesday 11th May 2010 |
My first Mac, won in a competition by someone who decided they did not want it, and gave it to me. Thus started my love affair with Macs. I filled up the memory, and bought a hard disc for it and used to run Illustrator, in the days when you had to render what you had drawn and Photoshop. It was sad to upgrade to a newer Mac, but great to get a colour monitor. |
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| Erik N (Australia) |
Friday 7th May 2010 |
My IT teacher still has the same Mac Plus from all those years ago - 24 years old and still running fine! There is only one problem - my IT teacher only has one disk for it, and that is the tutorial disk. |
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| Brian Ingram (Atlanta, GA) |
Thursday 23rd January 2003 |
Along with the TI 99 4/A, the Mac Plus was the computer that I grew up with. From the first time I used it as a child, I was amzaed at how easy and intuitive it was to operate. Ever since then, I have been a lifelong admirer of Apple and its Mac OS. To this day, I still own the same Mac Plus and boot it up on occasion to play around with, even if for nothing more than using it as a nostalgic time machine. I will always hold a deep connection to the Mac Plus for all that it allowed me to appreciate about how great and simply elegant a computer could be. |
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