apple a day / 1990•1992

Published 4.14.2006 by a•pril | E-mail this post

MACINTOSH CLASSIC

"The Classic was more or less a reissue of the Mac Plus. It shipped in a newly designed case and had a large 512 KB ROM, from which it could boot. Most found it extremely slow. It sold for $1,500." (photo credit: Insanely Great)

CPU
CPU: Motorola MC68000
CPU Speed: 8 MHz
FPU: none
Bus Speed: 8 MHz
Data Path: 16 bit
ROM: 512 kB
RAM Type: 30 pin SIMM
Minimum RAM Speed: 120 ns
Onboard RAM: 1 MB
RAM slots: 2
Maximum RAM: 4 MB*

Video
Monitor: 9" built-in
Max Resolution: 1 bit 512x342

Storage
Hard Drive: 40 MB
Floppy Drive: 1.4 MB SuperDrive

Input/Output
SCSI: DB-25
Speaker: 8 bit mono

Miscellaneous
Codename: XO
Gestalt ID: 17
Power: 76 Watts
Dimensions: 13.2" H x 9.7" W x 11.2" D
Weight: 16 lbs.
Minimum OS: 6.0.7
Maximum OS: 7.5.5
Introduced: October 1990
Terminated: September 1992

This byte of Apple's history from Wired's, "30 Years of Apple Products."