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title: Apple MACINTOSH SE
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Professional Computer
origins:
- U.S.A.
years:
- '1987'
cpus:
- Motorola MC 68000
params:
name: MACINTOSH SE
image: /media/museum/photos/apple_macse_system_s2.jpg
company: /companies/apple
company_name: Apple
specs:
- label: NAME
value: MACINTOSH SE
- label: MANUFACTURER
value: Apple
- label: TYPE
value: Professional Computer
- label: ORIGIN
value: U.S.A.
- label: YEAR
value: March 1987
- label: END OF PRODUCTION
value: '1989'
- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
value: None
- label: KEYBOARD
value: Typewriter style, 84 keys with numeric keypad
- label: CPU
value: Motorola MC 68000
- label: SPEED
value: 7.83 MHz
- label: RAM
value: 1 MB (up to 4 MB)
- label: ROM
value: 256 KB
- label: GRAPHIC MODES
value: 512 x 342
- label: COLORS
value: Monochrome
- label: SOUND
value: 8-bit mono sound chip
- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
value: 13.6 (H) x 9.6 (W) x 10.9 (D) in / 19.5 lb.
- label: I/O PORTS
value: 'Centronics, ADB (2 : Keyboard, mouse), RS232/422, Internal expansion slot (96-pin Eurodin)'
- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
value: One or Two 3.5'' disk-drives, 20 to 80 MB HDD
- label: OS
value: MAC OS 4.0
- label: POWER SUPPLY
value: Built-in switching PSU
- label: PRICE
value: $3700
tabs:
- photos
- hardware
- emulators
- links
forum_thread: 172
photos:
- title: RUNNING SYSTEM
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/photos/apple_macse_running_1.jpg
- title: LEFT SIDE
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/photos/apple_macse_system_s1.jpg
- title: TOP VIEW
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/photos/apple_macse_topview_s1.jpg
- title: KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/photos/apple_macse_keyboard_s1.jpg
- title: BACK SIDE
subtitle: ''
text: |-
Connectors, from left to right:\
• 2 ADB connectors for keyboard and mouse\
• SCSI connector for external HDD\
• Parallel printer connector\
• 2 serial ports (Printer and modem)\
• Sound output jack
image: /media/museum/photos/apple_macse_backside_s1.jpg
- title: INSIDE
subtitle: ''
text: |-
**(1)** 20 MB Hard disk drive\
**(2)** Motherboard\
**(3)** 100W switching power supply unit\
**(4)** Video board
image: /media/museum/photos/apple_macse_inside_s1.jpg
- title: MAIN BOARD EXPLAINED
subtitle: ''
text: |-
**(1)** Internal SCSI connector\
**(2)** Internal floppy-disk connectors\
**(3)** SCSI chip\
**(4)** Apple Desktop Bus chip\
**(5)** Parallel chip (VIA)\
**(6)** 256 KB ROM chips. Holds system routines\
**(7)** Motorola 68000 processor\
**(8)** Peripheral card slot (96-pin Eurodin)\
**(9)** 1 MB RAM in four 256k SIMM modules (could be replaced with 1 MB modules)\
**(10)** Custom gate array chip\
**(11)** Disk management chip (IWM)\
**(12)** Serial chip (SCC) and drivers\
**(13)** Sound chip
image: /media/museum/photos/apple_macse_mainboard_s1.jpg
- title: CARRYING BAG
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/photos/apple_macse_bag_s1.jpg
hardware:
- title: MODEM
subtitle: ''
text: French 1200/75 baud modem dedicated to the Apple Macintosh series.
image: /media/museum/hardware/apple_macse_fmodem_s1.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: The Vintage Mac Museum
url: http://www.d4.dion.ne.jp/~motohiko/
text: Nice dedicated website with tons of screenshots !
- 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-ii
- /museum/apple-macintosh-plus
- /museum/apple-macintosh-portable
- /museum/apple-macintosh-se-30
oc_id: 161
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230528101559/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=161
date: '2023-05-28'
---
The Apple Macintosh SE was launched in 1987 at same time as the [Macintosh II](/museum/apple-macintosh-ii/). It was an enhanced version of the [Macintosh 128](/museum/apple-macintosh/) and the [Macintosh Plus](/museum/apple-macintosh-plus/). It had almost the same specifications as the latter, and unlike the [Mac plus](/museum/apple-macintosh-plus/), it had an extension slot (which was not compatible with the NUBUS slots of the Macintosh II).
A little trivia: the ROM used only 89 KB of the available 256 KB. So to fill the chip, Apple put the photos of the development team into the ROM. To see these photos, press the debug button then type: G 41D89A.
The Mac 128, the 512k, the 512KE (same but with an 800K floppy drive), and the SE have the signatures of their developers molded as engravings on the inside of the case at the rear.
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More information from **Luca Rescigno**:\
The Mac SE had a few different configurations that aren't listed. Originally, there was a dual 800kb floppy configuration or you could replace one of the floppies with a hard disk for extra money. A couple years later it was replaced with the SE FDHD (Floppy Disk High Density) which had a 1.4 MB "superdrive" and a 40 MB hard disk standard. Also, some people have managed to mount an internal hard drive in a dual-floppy SE. There's just barely enough room inside the case. One person even managed to replace both 800k floppies with salvaged 1.4 MB floppies, and they had to replace the ROM chips as well so it would recognize them. Finally, all SEs I've looked inside (including an FDHD) have two floppy controllers on the motherboard and one SCSI connector, so you can theoretically put dual floppies in a newer model.