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Apple MACINTOSH Plus	Computers	Home Computer	U.S.A.	1986	Motorola MC 68000	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos adverts emulators links related oc_id source MACINTOSH Plus /media/museum/photos/apple_mac%2B_system_1.jpg /companies/apple Apple label value NAME MACINTOSH Plus label value MANUFACTURER Apple label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR January 1986 label value END OF PRODUCTION October 1990 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE None label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke 78 keys with numeric keypad label value CPU Motorola MC 68000 label value SPEED 7.8336 MHz label value RAM 1 MB (up to 4 MB) IBM RAM SIMM's as well as any other 1MB SIMM could be added label value ROM 128 KB label value GRAPHIC MODES 512 x 342 dots label value COLORS Monochrome label value SOUND Tone Generator & Digital-Analog converter (22KHz sampling rate) label value SIZE / WEIGHT 34.5(H) x 24.5 (W) x 27.5 (D) cm / 7.48 kg label value I/O PORTS RS 232/422 x 2 for printer and modem, SCSI, external F.D. unit, ext. loudspeaker label value BUILT IN MEDIA One 3.5'' 800 KB disk-drive label value OS Macintosh System (from 3.2 to 7.5) label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply label value PRICE $2,600 photos adverts emulators links 292 title subtitle text image BACK COVER 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. /media/museum/photos/apple_mac%2B_casebuttom.jpg title subtitle text image INSIDE 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)**. /media/museum/photos/apple_mac%2B_inside_1.jpg title subtitle text image MOTHERBOARD EXPLAINED 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 /media/museum/photos/apple_mac%2B_motherboard_1.jpg title subtitle text image KEYBOARD AND MOUSE /media/museum/photos/apple_mac%2B_keyboard_1.jpg title subtitle text image REAR CONNECTORS **(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 /media/museum/photos/apple_mac%2B_back_1.jpg title subtitle text image MAC CHARLY 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. /media/museum/photos/apple_macintosh_maccharly_s1.jpg title subtitle text image US ADVERT, JULY 1985 Really nice advert, we love it. Byte Magazine /media/museum/pubs/apple_mac%2B_pub_s1.jpg title url platform text Executor http://www.ardi.com/ Windows Demonstration version of a commercial software (MS DOS & Win95) title url platform text Gemulator http://www.emulators.com/ Windows A commercial Software which emulates the Atari ST/TT and the Mac 128/Plus/2 (Win95 / Win NT) title url platform text LisaEm http://lisa.sunder.net/ Windows Same as Apple lisa emulator for unix but ported to windows title url platform text PearPC http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/ Windows PearPC is an architecture-independent PowerPC platform emulator capable of running most PowerPC operating systems. title url platform text SoftMac http://www.emulators.com/ Windows good 68K Emulator For Windows title url platform text vMAC (Virtual MAC) http://www.leb.net/vmac Windows A Mac 128 Emulator for MS DOS / Win97 (available for OS/2 too) title url platform text vMAC (Virtual MAC) http://www.leb.net/vmac Apple A Mac 128 Emulator for Macintosh !!! title url platform text Executor http://www.ardi.com/ Unix / Linux Demo version of a commercial software (Linux / NextStep) title url platform text Macintosh Application Environment (MAE) http://www.mae.apple.com/ Unix / Linux for HP-UX and Solaris title url platform text The Official ShapeShifter Home Page http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/SSMain.html Amiga OS title url platform text vMac - The Virtual Macintosh Emulator Project http://www.leb.net/vmac/ Other platform title url platform text Basilisk II http://basilisk.cebix.net/ Multiplatform Basilisk II is an Open Source 68k Macintosh emulator. Good emulator, runs on several platforms, even Amiga title url platform text 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. title url text Apple History http://www.apple-history.com/ History of Apple computers with detail information about all of the computers to come out of Apple. title url text Applefritter http://www.applefritter.com Excellent site about all Apple models,clones,prototypes,etc... A must see ! title url text CMQ - Groupes d'usagers Apple http://www.cmq.qc.ca/cmq.html (french) title url text Everything for the Mac http://www.everythingmac.com/ title url text Homepage of Gamba http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/index.html A lot of interesting Mac links, for example "How To Transfer Files From PC to MAC " title url text Jag's House http://www.jagshouse.com/ Lot of info on all non PowerMac models title url text Low End Mac http://www.lowendmac.com Great site with a full catalog of ALL old macintoshes. title url text 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. title url text MacDebate http://www.macdebate.com Macintosh discussion forum title url text The Vintage Mac Museum http://www.d4.dion.ne.jp/~motohiko/ Nice dedicated website with tons of screenshots ! title url text Titlemax - Apple products https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/lifestyle/every-product-apple-has-made-so-far/ Nice graphic of every product Apple Has Made So Far (thanks Lily) title url text Web Wiz CAPTCHA http://www.webwizcaptcha.com Discussion of Macintosh software system /museum/apple-lisa-lisa-2-mac-xl /museum/apple-macintosh /museum/apple-macintosh-color-classic /museum/apple-macintosh-ii /museum/apple-macintosh-portable /museum/apple-macintosh-se /museum/apple-macintosh-se-30 282 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230610105931/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=282 2023-06-10

The Macintosh Plus was the first real improvement on the Macintosh 128 (The Macintosh 512 was only a Mac 128 with 512 KB RAM).

It had a lot of new features: the extended ROM held the new version of Mac OS, enhanced graphics libraries, drivers for hard-disk and external floppy-disk units, a SCSI bus, AppleTalk networking and the new file manager: HFS (Hierarchical File System).

The new floppy-disk unit could use double-sided 800 KB disks (only one-sided 400 KB for the 128). It had an enhanced keyboard with a numeric keypad and last, but not least, it had a SCSI 1 (1.5 MB/s) interface.

This computer would be succeeded in 1988 by the new Macintosh series: the Macintosh SE and the Macintosh II. However, it stayed in Apple's product line longer than any other Macintosh machine, almost five years, and was on sale until 1990.