Apple Macintosh (Macintosh 128K) | TechMuseum
Year of manufacture: 1984-85
Technical Specifications:
- Processor: Motorola 68000, 7.83 MHz
- RAM: 128 KB
- FDD: 400 KB single-sided 3.5″ floppy disk
- HDD: –
- Audio: 8-bit sampled monaural sound
- Connectors/Ports: external floppy, printer, modem, speaker
- Case: Desktop type
- Monitor: Monochrome
- OS: System Software 1.0
The Apple Macintosh 128K features a Motorola 68000 processor at 7.83 MHz and memory of 128kB. Equipped with a floppy disk of 3.5” at 400kB it runs with the operating system of the System Software 1.0 version.
Apple introduced to the world the original Macintosh personal computer through a SuperBowl commercial video, called “1984”. During the years the company has made great innovations and the Mac series had undergone transitions. Regarding the processors from the powerful Motorola 68000 transitioned to IBM ProwerPC processors, to Intel x86 and now to Apple Silicon ones. Performance and power efficiency have been praised by the critics.
The name Macintosh was conceived after, what else, founder’s favorite type of apple, literally the Canadian McIntosh red green apple. Each model introduced to consumers presented friendlier user experience, top of the art aesthetic design and powerful architecture.
That was just a snapshot on the presentation of the techmuseum series. Indulge more into the history. Continue reading more about the present model, the Apple Macintosh 128k here.
PC.GR
The history of personal computers
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