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title: Apple MACINTOSH II
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Professional Computer
origins:
- U.S.A.
years:
- '1987'
cpus:
- Motorola MC 68020
params:
name: MACINTOSH II
image: /media/museum/photos/apple_mac2.jpg
company: /companies/apple
company_name: Apple
specs:
- label: NAME
value: MACINTOSH II
- label: MANUFACTURER
value: Apple
- label: TYPE
value: Professional Computer
- label: ORIGIN
value: U.S.A.
- label: YEAR
value: '1987'
- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
value: None
- label: KEYBOARD
value: |-
Full stroke 81 keys with numeric keypad and cursor keys\
Optional extended 105 key keyboard with 15 function keys ($229!)
- label: CPU
value: Motorola MC 68020
- label: SPEED
value: 15.66 MHz
- label: CO-PROCESSOR
value: Motorola 68881 (numeric coprocessor)
- label: RAM
value: 1 MB, up to 8 MB on board and 2 GB via NuBus add-on slots
- label: ROM
value: 256 KB
- label: GRAPHIC MODES
value: 640 x 480 (The MAC II uses a NUBUS video card, this card could be replaced with any other more powerful one).
- label: COLORS
value: 16 or 256 among 16.7 millions
- label: SOUND
value: Apple sound chip - 4 voices 1 channel. Can drive external stereo equipment
- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
value: 47.4 (W) x 36.4 (D) x 14 (H) cm / 12 Kg
- label: I/O PORTS
value: 'Six Internal NUBUS slots (10 MHz, 32 bits), ADB (2 : Keyboard, mouse), RS232/422 (2), Disk, Monitor'
- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
value: 1 or 2 3.5'' floppy disc drives
- label: OS
value: Macintosh System 4.0 + Finder 5.4 (can boot up to System 7.5.5)
- label: POWER SUPPLY
value: Self configuring switching power supply unit
- label: PERIPHERALS
value: 20 to 80 MB SCSI hard disk
- label: PRICE
value: |-
$3769 (1 x 800 KB FDD, 1 MB of RAM)\
Hard discs: 20 MB ($999), 40 MB ($1599), 80 MB ($2699)
tabs:
- photos
- adverts
- emulators
- links
forum_thread: 171
photos:
- title: MAIN BOARD EXPLAINED
subtitle: ''
text: |-
**(1)** SCSI, VIA1, VIA2, SCC and ADB chips\
**(2)** 1 to 8 MB RAM in SIMM modules\
**(3)** 256 KB toolbox ROM\
**(4)** Memory management custom chip\
**(5)** Motorola 68020 processor\
**(6)** Custom gate array chip\
**(7)** 68881 floating-point coprocessor\
**(8)** Apple Sound chip\
**(9)** Internal floppy disk connectors\
**(10)** NuBus control logic\
**(11)** NuBus tranceivers\
**(12)** NuBus slots\
**(13)** Internal SCSI connector
image: /media/museum/photos/apple_macii_mainboard_s1.jpg
adverts:
- title: MOTOROLA AD.
subtitle: ''
text: |-
In fact, this advert didn't promote the Macintosh II computer but the 68020 microprocessor.\
Advert said:
...While Apple's choice of the MC 68020 was a smart move, there's no licence on genius: the 68020 is the microprocessor of choice in advanced business system design by such industry leaders as Altos, Alpha Micro, Casio, C.Itoh, Fujitsu, Honneywell Bull, NEC, NCR, Olivetti, Plexus, Ricoh, Sanyo, Sharp, TI, Toshiba and Unisys...
image: /media/museum/pubs/apple_macii_pub_1.jpg
emulators:
- title: Executor
url: http://www.ardi.com/
platform: Windows
text: Demonstration version of a commercial software (MS DOS & Win95)
- title: Executor
url: http://www.ardi.com/
platform: Windows
text: Demonstration version of a commercial software (MS DOS & Win95)
- title: Gemulator
url: http://www.emulators.com/
platform: Windows
text: A commercial Software which emulates the Atari ST/TT and the Mac 128/Plus/2 (Win95 / Win NT)
- title: Gemulator
url: http://www.emulators.com/
platform: Windows
text: A commercial Software which emulates the Atari ST/TT and the Mac 128/Plus/2 (Win95 / Win NT)
- title: LisaEm
url: http://lisa.sunder.net/
platform: Windows
text: Same as Apple lisa emulator for unix but ported to windows
- title: PearPC
url: http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/
platform: Windows
text: PearPC is an architecture-independent PowerPC platform emulator capable of running most PowerPC operating systems.
- title: SoftMac
url: http://www.emulators.com/
platform: Windows
text: good 68K Emulator For Windows
- title: vMAC (Virtual MAC)
url: http://www.leb.net/vmac
platform: Windows
text: A Mac 128 Emulator for MS DOS / Win97 (available for OS/2 too)
- title: vMAC (Virtual MAC)
url: http://www.leb.net/vmac
platform: Apple
text: A Mac 128 Emulator for Macintosh !!!
- title: Executor
url: http://www.ardi.com/
platform: Unix / Linux
text: Demo version of a commercial software (Linux / NextStep)
- title: Executor
url: http://www.ardi.com/
platform: Unix / Linux
text: Demo version of a commercial software (Linux / NextStep)
- title: Macintosh Application Environment (MAE)
url: http://www.mae.apple.com/
platform: Unix / Linux
text: for HP-UX and Solaris
- title: The Official ShapeShifter Home Page
url: http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/SSMain.html
platform: Amiga OS
text: ''
- title: vMac - The Virtual Macintosh Emulator Project
url: http://www.leb.net/vmac/
platform: Other platform
text: ''
- title: Basilisk II
url: http://basilisk.cebix.net/
platform: Multiplatform
text: Basilisk II is an Open Source 68k Macintosh emulator. Good emulator, runs on several platforms, even Amiga
- title: Mini vMac
url: http://minivmac.sourceforge.net/
platform: Multiplatform
text: 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.
links:
- title: Apple History
url: http://www.apple-history.com/
text: History of Apple computers with detail information about all of the computers to come out of Apple.
- title: Applefritter
url: http://www.applefritter.com
text: Excellent site about all Apple models,clones,prototypes,etc... A must see !
- title: CMQ - Groupes d'usagers Apple
url: http://www.cmq.qc.ca/cmq.html
text: (french)
- title: CMQ - Groupes d'usagers Apple
url: http://www.cmq.qc.ca/Groupes.html
text: (french)
- title: Everything for the Mac
url: http://www.everythingmac.com/
text: ''
- title: Homepage of Gamba
url: http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/index.html
text: A lot of interesting Mac links, for example "How To Transfer Files From PC to MAC "
- title: Jag's House
url: http://www.jagshouse.com/
text: Lot of info on all non PowerMac models
- title: Low End Mac
url: http://www.lowendmac.com
text: Great site with a full catalog of ALL old macintoshes.
- title: Mac Forums at MacForumz.com
url: http://www.MacForumz.com
text: Mac forums, a resource on the latest and greatest, as well as vintage, Macintosh hardware, software, and internet. Free registration.
- title: MacDebate
url: http://www.macdebate.com
text: Macintosh discussion forum
- title: Nerd World MACINTOSH COMPUTERS
url: http://www.nerdworld.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi?MACINTOSH_COMPUTERS/503
text: ''
- title: The Vintage Mac Museum
url: http://www.d4.dion.ne.jp/~motohiko/
text: Nice dedicated website with tons of screenshots !
- title: Titlemax - Apple products
url: https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/lifestyle/every-product-apple-has-made-so-far/
text: Nice graphic of every product Apple Has Made So Far (thanks Lily)
- title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
text: Discussion of Macintosh software system
related:
- /museum/apple-lisa-lisa-2-mac-xl
- /museum/apple-macintosh
- /museum/apple-macintosh-color-classic
- /museum/apple-macintosh-plus
- /museum/apple-macintosh-portable
- /museum/apple-macintosh-se
- /museum/apple-macintosh-se-30
oc_id: 160
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230528101509/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=160
date: '2023-05-28'
---
The Apple Macintosh II was launched in 1987 at the same time as the [Macintosh SE](/museum/apple-macintosh-se/). It was considered "revolutionary" because, for the first time, the Macintosh was expandable thanks to its internal slots and had colours (the previous Macintoshes all had monochrome displays). The Mac II also marked Apple's entry into the realm of serious computing.
It used a more classic keyboard (which looked like a PC keyboard) and proprietary RGB monitor (see 'Read more' section). The internal SCSI hard disk could be replaced with an 80 MB disk. It could run under A/UX (The Apple version of Unix System V version 2).
The Macintosh II was followed in September 1988 by the Macintosh IIx. The IIx had the same specifications as the Mac II. It used a 68030 CPU and a 68882 FPU instead of the 68020 and the 68881, an 1.44 MB 3.5" floppy drive and removable system ROMs for easier updates.
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