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MACINTOSH |
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Apple |
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Home Computer |
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| ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
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| YEAR |
January 1984 |
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| END OF PRODUCTION |
October 1st, 1985 |
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| KEYBOARD |
Full stroke 59-key |
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| CPU |
Motorola MC 68000 |
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| SPEED |
7.83 MHz |
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| RAM |
128 kb (expandable to 512 kb) |
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| TEXT MODES |
40 chars x 32 lines bit-mapped pseudo-character mode |
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| GRAPHIC MODES |
512 x 342 dots |
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black & white 9'' monitor |
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| SOUND |
4 voices, 12 octave sound @ 22 kHz |
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| SIZE / WEIGHT |
13.6'' (H) x 9.6'' (W) x 10.9'' (D) / 16.5 lbs |
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| I/O PORTS |
Two serial (RS 232/422) for printer and modem, mouse, external floppy drive, sound out |
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| BUILT IN MEDIA |
One 400k 3.5'' internal floppy drive, 400K external drive optional |
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| OS |
Macintosh System 1.0 |
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| POWER SUPPLY |
Built-in power supply unit |
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| PRICE |
$2495 (USA, 1984) - £1795 (U.K., 1984) |
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| OPENED MAC |
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Here you can see the screen, the disk drive (metal box), the video-board (vertical) and the motherboard (bottom) with the 68000 CPU right in the middle. |
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| INSIDE A MAC |
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It goes without saying that the Macintosh was the result of intensive research and development. The result is a simple architecture composed of 2 electronic boards (power/video card and motherboard) plus a disk drive. The design work that went into the Macintosh is impressive.
**(1)** The 3.5" disk drive was manufactured especially for the Macintosh by Sony. It could hold 400 kb on one side. A 800 kb double-sided version would appear a few months later.\
**(2)** The contrast ajdustment potentiometer is mounted on the power/video card.\
**(3)** There is only one magnetic head on the single-sided disk drive models.\
**(4)** Built-in loudspeaker. The sound could also be sent to an external Hi-Fi amplifier.\
**(5)** This card contains the general power supply as well as the video electronics. Notice that the Macintosh does not use a fan, but coolers in the form of metal plates are spread along the case.\
**(6)** There are very few connectors and internal cables in the Macintosh. This one transmits all data from the power/video card to the motherboard.\
**(7)** Audio output.\
**(8)** Serial connector for printer.\
**(9)** Serial connector for other peripherals.\
**(10)** Connector for an external floppy disk unit.\
**(11)** Mouse socket.\
**(12)** Specialized 6522 input/output chipset. It manages the mouse, the keyboard and the real-time clock.\
**(13)** This circuit controls serial-mode communications.\
**(14)** This one controls the internal and external disk drives.\
**(15)** Motorola 68000 16 bit microprocessor.\
**(16)** 128 KB RAM composed of two 64 KB rows. The weak point of the Macintosh was its limited memory size, but it was possible to replace the original memory chips to get 512 KB. RAM.\
**(17)** The mouse is used to move the cursor on the screen and to select objects to perform operations (this may seem obvious to you now, but it was not then !).\
**(18)** Keyboard connector.\
**(19)** The separate keyboard has its own microprocessor which enables it to recognize all the specific characters from each country. It does not include a numeric keypad, nor cursor keys as Apple's designers believed that the mouse would fulfill these functions. This gap was to be corrected in following models.\
**(20)** Eight chips offering 22 KB of video RAM. |
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| FREMONT FACTORY |
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This legendary factory was producing a Macintosh every 27 seconds in 1984 ! |
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| MACS RECYCLED FOR THE GARDEN! |
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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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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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| macaholic (USA) |
Thursday 21st April 2022 |
128K Mac was upgradable - there was a guy at our college who upgraded them to essentially a 512KE as we were told only engineers needed a 512K - what they didn''t realize is that if you wanted to write more than a 4 page paper in MacWrite, you also needed a 512K... |
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| Paul Fedorov (Canada) |
Friday 2nd June 2017 |
Contact me at Paulfed44@outlook.com , looking for any vintage macintosh looking to buy |
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| Paul Fed (Toronto Canada) |
Monday 28th November 2016 |
HI I am looking for an affordable apple Macintosh |
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| David Lowry |
Monday 22nd August 2016 |
It''s amazing how much the price gap is on these old macintosh computers is. I have seen systems that turn on and ONLY come with the computer for more than $600, but i has also seen systems that turn on but just have a few more scuffs on them selling for less than $5. |
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| Mark Powell (UK) |
Saturday 7th February 2009 |
I had the misfortune of blowing up one of the first Mac''s in the UK. Working for (what was then) one of the biggest dealers in the Country, I was told to get the new Mac out the cupboard and power it on. No-one mentioned the 240/110V converter.\
Bang - puff of smoke $ dead Mac. Oops. |
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| tomswift (usa) |
Thursday 27th March 2008 |
a ? disk icon on the screen of mac performa 550 probably means dead HD. replace HD. download os 7.5 from apple.com (free) onto floppies. will take 16 floppies for whole os. good luck... |
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| jewel king (Molalla, Or.) |
Tuesday 11th December 2007 |
I have a (vintage) Mac Performa 550 that needs a system 7 utilities disk to get it back up and running again. When I turn it on, the screen comes up with an icon of a blinking disk with a question mark in it. I don't have a system 7 back up disk and was wondering where I could get one?
If I can't get the old Mac.hine running again, I am planning to sell the entire works. I have lots and lots of programs , 2 printers, a Suma Graphics drawing tablet, Original manuals , an extra extended key board and more , more , more. Am just wondering if some one in the vintage Mac field could give me an estimate on how much it's all worth before I put it on the market. But, before I do that, I'd rather see if I could get it fixed. Thank you |
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| jewel king (Molalla, Or.) |
Tuesday 11th December 2007 |
I have a (vintage) Mac Performa 550 that needs a system 7 utilities disk to get it back up and running again. When I turn it on, the screen comes up with an icon of a blinking disk with a question mark in it. I don't have a system 7 back up disk and was wondering where I could get one?
If I can't get the old Mac.hine running again, I am planning to sell the entire works. I have lots and lots of programs , 2 printers, a Suma Graphics drawing tablet, Original manuals , an extra extended key board and more , more , more. Am just wondering if some one in the vintage Mac field could give me an estimate on how much it's all worth before I put it on the market. But, before I do that, I'd rather see if I could get it fixed. Thank you |
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| Carlos (Ilheus - Bahia - Brasil) |
Wednesday 24th January 2007 |
I would like to receive details of the original mac case (cabinet). The sizes, the angles. A CAD project/drawing would be fantastic! I want this to try to build a clone. Thanks in advance. Kind regards |
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| Oliver (Berlin) |
Monday 5th June 2006 |
Where and when was your Mac born ?
Decode following facts about your old Mac from its serial number:
* Manufactured in,\
* Year of production,\
* Week of production,\
* Production number,\
* Modell ID,
http://myoldmac.net/FAQ/Mac-Serialnumber-decoder-e.php |
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| Chris (Vermont) |
Monday 19th December 2005 |
how much are these things worth? If anyone can e-mail me a rough figure it would be appreciated! |
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| Renzin (usa) |
Wednesday 3rd August 2005 |
Another great computer! Compare the price of this mac to the latest power mac g5. Some people, sadly, have gutted their old mac and used it as a computer case with a window. |
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| qwerty (mars) |
Friday 25th March 2005 |
Well Dave, I think you might have a bit more luck on the mini-fourm for the lisa, since that's what you need info on.\
hope I was helpfull Dave.\
Sincerly,\
Qwerty |
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| Dave Catherman (CT) |
Friday 21st January 2005 |
How is a Manufacture Date code deciphered on a Lisa 2 Model A6S0200? The date code I have is 4300 and the serial number is A4300021. When was this machine born? Thanks! Dave. |
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| qwerty (canada) |
Saturday 15th January 2005 |
I absolutly love these little brown macs.i currently have a lage colection of them.does anyone know where i can find a orignal 128k to help my colection?if so, please e-mail me |
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| Tim Wilson (Fiji) |
Saturday 13rd November 2004 |
Yes, "Macintosh" is a kind of apple. The Mac computer was the dream of Jef Raskin, who wrote the manual for the Apple I, and he named it after his favourite type of apple. |
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| Tim Wilson (Fiji) |
Saturday 13rd November 2004 |
Exact time the Mac was introduced? The stockholders meeting began at 10 am. By 9:45, all 2600 seats were filled, and there were still over 100 people trying to get in. The reason for that is that the "George Orwell" 1984 ad had been screened on Sunday, early in the 3rd quarter of the Super Bowl, and had left everyone stunned.
(Info from "West of Eden - The End of Innocence at Apple Computer", Frank Rose, 1989) |
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| mortb (Sweden) |
Wednesday 10th November 2004 |
I've heard somwhere that Macintosh is a kind of apples. Don't know if this is correct though. |
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| Rami (Binyamina, Israel) |
Thursday 20th May 2004 |
Does anyone know the origin og the name MAC(intosh). is it just the codename for the project. The Apple computer names (i.e. Apple and Lisa) had meanining.
Thanks in advance.\
Rami. |
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| Terry (Oklahoma) |
Tuesday 27th January 2004 |
does anyone know the exact" time " that the Macintosh was introduced on January 24th, 1984? If you look back on a calendar to Jan. 1984, that day is a Tuesday. If you think about it most major introductions have taken place on a Tuesday, but at what time.??? |
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| Jon Jarmon (Tacoma Washington U.S.A.) |
Sunday 26th October 2003 |
I found 2 of the original Macintosh computers.The First Mac's just say Macintosh on the back of them.\
Apple computer only sold around 120,000 to 150,000 of the original Mac's between Jan 24 1984 and Sept 22 1984.After that period of time Apple changed the roms a little bit and renamed it the Macintosh 128k to differentiate it from the released Macintosh 512k,both released after Sept 22 1984.The serial numbers on both of mine are #2336 and #5132 indicating that they were sold after the first week of introduction.I believe that only around 1,500 are still around today in operational condition.The ones that I found needed repair and I had to replace their power transistors on the analog boards.I had to repair one of the sony 400k drives but both are working fine now.The extremely early released Macintosh computers have a date code of 1983 Apple computer on their logic board.Apple sold 6,000 Mac's in the week after introduction,72,000 Mac's by day 100 and reached the 100,000 sold mark after 6 months of time.I still haven't found the exact number sold so I just made an estimation. |
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