Musee Apple

Mrabit6 · technical_assistant Inscrit le: 07 Oct 2007 Messages: 1125

Musee Apple

Ce n'est pas un musee au sens propre mais plutot ca sera une prospective des machines apple qui ont marquees l'histoire de cette societe depuis 30 ans.
Idee venue apres avoir lu cette annonce :

Conférence Epimac : “Apple : La passion du design”

En collaboration étroite avec Epimac, j’aurai le plaisir de présenter une conférence intitulée “Apple : La passion du design” le 20 mai prochain à 20h (c’est facile, ça fait 20-20) dans les locaux d’Epimac au Kremlin-Bicêtre. J’y aborderai le thème du design industriel chez Apple, l’évolution de ce design, son importance au sein d’Apple et au-delà… Ce sera une présentation pleine de belles images, où j’espère également pouvoir présenter de près des modèles de Mac que vous connaissez peut-être seulement de nom, ou par leur statut légendaire…

Ca sera l'occasion de voir de pres l'evolution du design des machines apple depuis 1984.

Mrabit6 · technical_assistant Inscrit le: 07 Oct 2007 Messages: 1125

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1976
Apple 1

The story of the development of the Apple 1 has became a "legend". Here's how it goes:

Steve Wozniak, was working for Hewlett-Packard at the time, wanted to build his own computer. He couldn't afford the Intel 8080 CPU (this CPU was very popular then,
as it was used in the Altair 8800 & IMSAI 8080, but was pretty expensive). He would have used the Motorola 6800 but it was also much too expensive.
Finally he decided to build his computer around the MOS 6502 (which was pretty compatible with the Motorola 6800).

The computer was easier to use than the Altair: notably, the Apple 1 had a keyboard connector and could display characters on a TV whereas the Altair used LEDs for display.
The display rate was very slow, only 60 characters (!) per second.

Steve Jobs, who programmed the game "Breakout" for Atari (with a little help from "the Woz"), was interested in this computer. Together they created the Apple Computer
Company and tried to sell their computer. Paul Terrell, the owner of a computer shop, was interested in this computer, but fully assembled (the Apple 1 was sold "naked", no monitor, no power supply,no keyboard, no tape drive, etc.) and with a cassette interface, which Wozniak designed. He sold it with the Basic he wrote soon after.

They sold about two hundred of these units. This machine was so popular that Jack Tramiel of Commodore (!) offered to buy Apple. Apple was, at the time, a major purchaser of MOS 6502 processors and Commodore owned MOS Technologies. Wozniak wanted $15,000 more than Tramiel offered. Needless to say, the deal fell through.

Caracteristiques:

source image : http://oldcomputers.net/

NAME APPLE 1
MANUFACTURER Apple
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR April 1976
END OF PRODUCTION 1977
KEYBOARD No keyboard (sold separately)
CPU MOS Technology 6502
SPEED 1 MHz
RAM 8 KB
VRAM 1 KB
ROM 256 bytes
TEXT MODES 40 x 24
GRAPHIC MODES None
COLORS None
SOUND None
I/O PORTS Monitor, Expansion connector, Keyboard connector, Cassette board connector
POWER SUPPLY PSU built-in
PRICE $666.66 (USA, 1976)

Source: http://www.old-computers.com

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1977
Apple II

source : http://oldcomputers.net

Caracteristiques :

source : http://oldcomputers.net

NAME APPLE II
MANUFACTURER Apple
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR April 1977
END OF PRODUCTION 1980
BUILT IN LANGUAGE Integer Basic
KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard - only supports uppercase letters
CPU MOS 6502
SPEED 1 MHz
RAM 4 KB (64 KB max.)
ROM 12 KB (Monitor + Integer Basic + 'sweet 16' mini-assembler )
TEXT MODES 40 x 24 / 80 x 24 (with 80 columns card)
GRAPHIC MODES 40 x 40-48 (16 colors), 280 x 192 (4 and later 6 colors)
COLORS 16
SOUND one channel
SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown
I/O PORTS Video out (composite), 8 expansion slots, Tape recorder, Paddles
POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU
PRICE $1298 (1978, USA)

Mrabit6 · technical_assistant Inscrit le: 07 Oct 2007 Messages: 1125

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1979
Apple II+

The Apple II+ was the successor to the Apple II.
It was fully compatible with the Apple II. It, however, had new features:

- a new ROM holding the AppleSoft Basic (floating point version written by Microsoft),
- a new auto-start (stored in ROM) for easier start-up and screen editing,
- 48 KB RAM,
- text modes were the same as the Apple II, but the graphics modes were enhanced, they're the same as the Apple 2e : 16 colours at low resolution and 6 colours at high resolutions. In fact this 6-colour mode was also available on the Apple II since revision 1 of the motherboard.

The Apple II+ was sold in Europe as the Apple IIeuroplus which could display video in European PAL format, and had ESC sequences for European letters. It was followed by the Apple 2e.

Caracteristiques:

NAME APPLE II+
MANUFACTURER Apple
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR June 1979
END OF PRODUCTION 1983
BUILT IN LANGUAGE AppleSoft Basic (Microsoft F.P. version)
KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard
CPU MOS 6502
SPEED 1 MHz
RAM 48 KB (64 KB max. with language card)
ROM 12 KB
TEXT MODES 40 x 24, 80 x 24 (with 80-column card)
GRAPHIC MODES 40 x 40-48 (16 colours), 280 x 192 (6 colours)
COLORS 16
SOUND one channel beeper
SIZE / WEIGHT 39.2 (W) x 45.4 (D) x 11.8 (H) cm
I/O PORTS Composite monitor, Internal Slots ( 8 ), Tape recorder In/Out jacks
BUILT IN MEDIA None
OS DOS 3.2.1
POWER SUPPLY Built-in switching power supply unit
PERIPHERALS All Apple and third-parties cards and peripherals
PRICE $1195 (1979, USA)

source : http://www.old-computers.com

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1980
Apple III

The Apple /// was designed to be a business machine. It was partly compatible with the Apple II (thanks to a few options in the operating system). It used a powerful memory management system and worked under SOS (Sophisticated Operating System) which was a great, device -independent, operating system. This OS was the "ancestor" of ProDOS (the "professional" Apple operating system) and some parts of this system were used later in the Lisa and Macintosh OSs.

Caracteristiques:

NAME APPLE III
MANUFACTURER Apple
TYPE Professional Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR May 1980
BUILT IN LANGUAGE Business BASIC
KEYBOARD Full stroke 74-key with numeric keypad
CPU MOS 6502A
SPEED 2 MHz
RAM 128 KB (up to 512 KB)
ROM 16 KB
TEXT MODES 40 or 80 chars x 24 lines
GRAPHIC MODES 40 x 40-48 (16 col), 280 x 160-192 (6 col), 560 x 160-192 (2 col)
COLORS 16 maximum
SOUND one channel 7 octaves
SIZE / WEIGHT 44.4 (W) x 46.2 (D) x 12.2 (H) cm
I/O PORTS Monitor, Internal Slots (4), RS-232, Floppy disk port
BUILT IN MEDIA One built in 140 KB 5.25'' disk-drive
OS SOS
POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit
PERIPHERALS 4 expansion slots,5 MB Profile hard disk unit, dual floppy disc unit, coulour video card, provision for extra memory
PRICE £1995 (U.K., 1983)

Source: http://www.old-computers.com

Mrabit6 · technical_assistant Inscrit le: 07 Oct 2007 Messages: 1125

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1983
Apple IIe

Caracteristiques :
NAME APPLE IIe
MANUFACTURER Apple
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR January 1983
END OF PRODUCTION 1993
BUILT IN LANGUAGE Basic
KEYBOARD Full stroke 52 key with cursor keys
CPU MOS 65c02
SPEED 1.02 MHz
RAM 64 KB
ROM 16 KB
TEXT MODES 40 x 24 / 80 x 24 (with 80 columns card)
GRAPHIC MODES 40 x 40-48 (16 col), 280 x 160-192 (6 col), 560 x 160-192 (2 col)
COLORS 16 maximum
SOUND one channel - Built-in speaker
SIZE / WEIGHT 39.4 (W) x 45.7 (D) x 11.4 (H)
I/O PORTS Monitor, Internal Slots (6), Memory slot, Tape, Joystick
BUILT IN MEDIA None
OS DOS 3.3 or ProDOS
Even CP/M and MS-DOS with optional cards
POWER SUPPLY Built-in switching power supply unit
PERIPHERALS Lots of expansion cards and peripherals
PRICE £1270

1983
LISA / LISA 2 - Mac XL

In 1979, Apple had seen a need to complete the Apple II series. After a visit to the Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) where he saw lots of new technologies (Ethernet network, GUI, OOP & Laser Printers), Steve Jobs (then chairman of Apple) decided to launch a graphical computer. After lots of work (and two rejected prototypes along the way), the Lisa was revealed in January 1983.

Lisa was the original code-name. Supposedly, the Lisa was named after Steve Jobs' eldest daughter, Lisa Nicole. The Lisa project cost over $50 million and was the result of more than 200 person-years of research and development. It was supposed to be the Next Big Thing. It was not however the first personal computer to use a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Several Xerox systems developped in Palo Alto, utilized the STAR operating system. STAR contained a very innovative icon-based interface as well as a built-in word processor and calculator.

Contrary to the "legend", Lisa was not the ancestor of the Macintosh. Lisa and Macintosh were two distinct projects. The original Lisa couldn't use Macintosh programs and Macintosh couldn't run Lisa software. The LISA OS (Office System) was a true preemptive multitasking operating system.

But, because of its very high price ($9,999.99 USD in 1983!) and because of competition with the Macintosh, the Lisa was one of Apple's biggest flops (alongside the Apple 3 and the Newton!). A new version of the Lisa was presented in January 1984, the Lisa 2. It had virtually same features but used a 3.5" 800 KB floppy drive instead of the old 5.25" "twiggy" floppy drives.
Three versions of the Lisa 2 were successively released:
- Lisa 2 basic version which had rather less memory (512 KB instead of 1 MB) and storage capability than the first Lisa,
- Lisa 2/5, the nearest to the Lisa 1 at approx. half the original price, was sold with a 5 MB 'Profile' hard disk unit,
- Lisa 2/10, which offered up to 10 MB of storage on an internal hard-disk.
All Lisa's were expandable systems thanks to three slots in the back, mainly used for RAM expansion cards. Up to 7 drives hooked up at once on the same interface.

In 1985, the Lisa lost its name and was renamed "Macintosh XL" (the Lisa 2 could become a Mac XL through the replacement of a ROM chip on the inside of the machine), its ROM and its display was modified to use the Macintosh Operating System and was presented as a development system for the Macintosh (Don't forget - in 1985 there was no hard disk available for the Macintosh). The Macintosh XL was sold until 1986 but became obsolete when the new "True" Macintoshes were launched (Macintosh II and Mac SE in 1987).

After the Mac Plus came out, all owners of Lisa's and previous Macintoshes were offered the option to exchange their old computers for the new Plus (for a fee of course).

Caracteristiques:

NAME LISA / LISA 2 - Mac XL
MANUFACTURER Apple
TYPE Professional Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR January 1983
END OF PRODUCTION August 1986
BUILT IN LANGUAGE Lisa OS
KEYBOARD Full-stroke 77-key with numeric keypad
CPU Motorola MC 68000
SPEED 5 MHz
RAM 1 MB (2MB max. via 3rd party upgrade)
ROM 16 KB
TEXT MODES 40 x 32 bit-mapped
GRAPHIC MODES 720 x 364 dots
COLORS Monochrome (12'' built-in monitor)
SOUND Continuously Variable Slope Demodulator (CVSD)
SIZE / WEIGHT 35 (W) x 47.5 (D) x 38.8 (H) cm / 15.2 Kg
I/O PORTS 2 x RS232, 3 proprietary slots, Parallel (only on original Lisa),
BUILT IN MEDIA Lisa : two 5.25'' floppy drives (871 KB)
Lisa 2/Max XL : one Sony 3.5'' floppy drive (400 KB)
OS Lisa Office System or Mac OS (Lisa 2/Mac XL only)
POWER SUPPLY Built-in 150W power supply unit
PERIPHERALS 5 MB or 10 MB external hard disk
PRICE Lisa: $9,995 (USA, 1983

Source: http://www.old-computers.com/

Mrabit6 · technical_assistant Inscrit le: 07 Oct 2007 Messages: 1125

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1984
Apple IIc

Dedicace a notre frere SiMoh.Ca me rappelle un tres bon temps avec son Apple IIc

The Apple IIc was the compact (the "c" stands for compact) version of the Apple IIe. It had the same basic characteristics as the Apple IIe but included a lot of features which were optional on the IIe: floppy disk drive, 80-column display, color display, 128 KB RAM. But unlike the Apple IIe, it had no expansion slots, so it was hard to add features to this computer. It ran either with DOS 3.3 or with ProDos and had the first version of QuickDraw in ROM.

The Apple IIc was originally designed to be a portable version of the Apple II, but it wasn't a stand alone system, it had no batteries and no LCD screen (Apple would soon release these items), it could also be used with a small 9" monochrome green screen which plugged into the unit. The Apple IIc was mainly used as a desktop computer.

The original Apple //c shipped with a floppy disk called "The Apple At Play" which included, among other programs, a nifty application showing how the speaker could be driven to make polyphonic music. The "Music Recital" program played the first movement of Mozart's Piano Sonata in C, K545. A video demonstrating this (for nostalgia purposes) is posted in the movie section.

The Apple IIc was replaced with the Apple IIc+ in 1988.

Caracteristiques:

NAME APPLE IIc
MANUFACTURER Apple
TYPE Transportable
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR April 1984
END OF PRODUCTION 1990
BUILT IN LANGUAGE AppleSoft BASIC
KEYBOARD Full-stroke 62 keys with arrows keys
CPU MOS 65c02
SPEED 1 MHz
RAM 128 KB
ROM 16 KB
TEXT MODES 40 or 80? chars. x 24 lines
GRAPHIC MODES (only the full screen modes are listed here) : 40 x 48 (16 col) / 80 x 48 (16 col) / 280 x 192 (6 col) / 140 x 192 (16 col) / 560 x 192 (mono)
COLORS 16 maximum
SOUND one channel. Built-in speaker
SIZE / WEIGHT 29(W) x 31(D) x 6(H) cm.
I/O PORTS Monitor, Joystick/Mouse, RGB, Floppy Disk, RS232c (2)
BUILT IN MEDIA one 5.25
OS DOS 3.3, ProDOS, UCSD Pascal
POWER SUPPLY External 12 volt power supply unit
PRICE $1,300 - £925

1984
Apple Macintosh

The Macintosh can be considered the very first commercially successful computer to use a GUI (Graphical User Interface). It was, however, not the first GUI based computer, the first GUI based computer ever sold was the Xerox Star 8010 in 1981.

It was launched a while after the Lisa and was a very attractive alternative to PC compatibles and their old MS-DOS, and text-based applications. After uncertain beginnings, it met with great success despite having no hard disk, single-sided floppy disks, no expansion slot and very little memory!

It was replaced later by the Macintosh 512 (the same but with 512 KB RAM) then later, by the Macintosh Plus.

The Macintosh 128 and Macintosh 512 were non-upgradeable, non-expandable in almost all departments, but especially with regard to memory. The 128 and 512 had memory chips soldered directly to the main logic board.

The original System file was designated 'Macintosh System 1.0'. Apple went as far as System 7 before changing the name to 'Mac OS'. The System/Finder suite was designated 'Macintosh System Software 0.0.'. It wasn't until System 6 that the System file version and System Software designation coincided.

There were also two variants of Macintosh 512K. The 512K was shipped with a 400K floppy drive and 64 KB ROM, which did not support hierarchical file systems. The 512K Enhanced was shipped with 128 KB of ROM, an 800K floppy drive, and supported HFS right out of the box.

Caracteistiques:

NAME MACINTOSH
MANUFACTURER Apple
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR January 1984
END OF PRODUCTION October 1st, 1985
KEYBOARD Full stroke 59-key
CPU Motorola MC 68000
SPEED 7.83 MHz
RAM 128 kb (expandable to 512 kb)
ROM 64 kb
TEXT MODES 40 chars x 32 lines bit-mapped pseudo-character mode
GRAPHIC MODES 512 x 342 dots
COLORS black & white 9'' monitor
SOUND 4 voices, 12 octave sound @ 22 kHz
SIZE / WEIGHT 13.6'' (H) x 9.6'' (W) x 10.9'' (D) / 16.5 lbs
I/O PORTS Two serial (RS 232/422) for printer and modem, mouse, external floppy drive, sound out
BUILT IN MEDIA One 400k 3.5'' internal floppy drive, 400K external drive optional
OS Macintosh System 1.0
POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit
PRICE $2495 (USA, 1984) - £1795 (U.K., 1984)

Si Moh · VIP-Leader Inscrit le: 26 Sep 2007 Messages: 5762 Localisation: Addis Abeba

Avec quelques machines qui sont toujours à Rabat, dont un Apple IIc , un Amstrad portable, je dois pouvoir lancer un petit musée!!

Merci Abdallah pour ces rappels qui montrent l'évolution fulgurante qu'a connu cette technologie.

Vers la fin des années 70 pour travailler en informatique graphique par exemple, il fallait de gros ou mini ordinateurs, grandes consoles graphiques, langages compliqués...

La situation a beaucoup changé depuis.
_________________
Amzil de Addis Abeba

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1986
Apple IIGs

The Apple IIGS was designed in response to the Amiga 1000 and Atari 520ST computers & could be considered a cross between the Macintosh & Apple II (naturally, it can't use Macintosh programs). It was (and still is) a quantum leap for the Apple II line.

Caracteristiques:

NAME APPLE IIgs
MANUFACTURER Apple
TYPE Professional Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR 1986
KEYBOARD Detached 80-key full stroke with 10-key numeric pad and mouse connector
CPU Western Design Center 65C816 (16 bit)
SPEED 2.8 MHz, switchable to 1 MHz
RAM 128 KB expandable to 8 MB
ROM 128 KB expandable to 1 MB
TEXT MODES 40 or 80 chars x 25 lines
GRAPHIC MODES 320 x 200 / 640 x 200 + Apple II graphic modes (see below)
COLORS 4096
SOUND Ensoniq 32 with 16 stereo voices (+ 64 KB on chip RAM to store sound data), one voice is reserved for the system beep
SIZE / WEIGHT 28.5 (W) x 34.3 (D) x 10.1 (H) cm.
I/O PORTS 7 slots, ram card, RS422c (2), analogue RGB, Apple Desktop Bus (mouse & keyboard), Composite video, joystick, audio, disk port, AppleTalk
BUILT IN MEDIA Built-in 3.5'' 800 KB floppy drive
OS GS / OS, ProDOS 8 & 16, DOS 3.3, Pascal UCSD, CP/M (with Z80 card)
POWER SUPPLY Built-in switching power supply unit
PRICE $999 when launched. RGB monitor $499, Monochrome monitor $129, 3.5'' FDD unit $399, 5.25'' FDD unit $299, 256 KB RAM card $129, 20 MB HDD $1299, SCSI controller card $129

1986
MAcintosh Plus

Announced in January 1986, the Mac Plus was the answer to complaints that the original Mac was not expandable. It doubled the ROM of the 512k from 64 kB to 128 kB, and increased the RAM to 1 MB (expandable to 4 MB). It was the first Mac to include a SCSI port, allowing for a variety of external peripherals, and was the first mac to use the now familiar platinum case color (although it initially shipped in beige). 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.

Caracteristiques:

NAME MACINTOSH Plus
MANUFACTURER Apple
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR January 1986
END OF PRODUCTION October 1990
BUILT IN LANGUAGE None
KEYBOARD Full-stroke 78 keys with numeric keypad
CPU Motorola MC 68000
SPEED 7.8336 MHz
RAM 1 MB (up to 4 MB) IBM RAM SIMM's as well as any other 1MB SIMM could be added
ROM 128 KB
GRAPHIC MODES 512 x 342 dots
COLORS Monochrome
SOUND Tone Generator & Digital-Analog converter (22KHz sampling rate)
SIZE / WEIGHT 34.5(H) x 24.5 (W) x 27.5 (D) cm / 7.48 kg
I/O PORTS RS 232/422 x 2 for printer and modem, SCSI, external F.D. unit, ext. loudspeaker
BUILT IN MEDIA One 3.5'' 800 KB disk-drive
OS Macintosh System (from 3.2 to 7.5)
POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply
PRICE $2,600

source: http://www.old-computers.com

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1987
Macintosh II

The Apple Macintosh II was launched in 1987 at the same time as the Macintosh SE. It was considered "revolutionary" because, for the first time, the Macintosh was expandable thanks to its internal slots and had colours (the previous Macintoshes all had monochrome displays). The Mac II also marked Apple's entry into the realm of serious computing.

It used a more classic keyboard (which looked like a PC keyboard) and proprietary RGB monitor (see 'Read more' section). The internal SCSI hard disk could be replaced with an 80 MB disk. It could run under A/UX (The Apple version of Unix System V version 2).

The Macintosh II was followed in September 1988 by the Macintosh IIx. The IIx had the same specifications as the Mac II. It used a 68030 CPU and a 68882 FPU instead of the 68020 and the 68881, an 1.44 MB 3.5" floppy drive and removable system ROMs for easier updates.

Caracteristiques:

NAME MACINTOSH II
MANUFACTURER Apple
TYPE Professional Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR 1987
BUILT IN LANGUAGE None
KEYBOARD Full stroke 81 keys with numeric keypad and cursor keys
Optional extended 105 key keyboard with 15 function keys ($229!)
CPU Motorola MC 68020
SPEED 15.66 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR Motorola 68881 (numeric coprocessor)
RAM 1 MB, up to 8 MB on board and 2 GB via NuBus add-on slots
ROM 256 KB
GRAPHIC MODES 640 x 480 (The MAC II uses a NUBUS video card, this card could be replaced with any other more powerful one).
COLORS 16 or 256 among 16.7 millions
SOUND Apple sound chip - 4 voices 1 channel. Can drive external stereo equipment
SIZE / WEIGHT 47.4 (W) x 36.4 (D) x 14 (H) cm / 12 Kg
I/O PORTS Six Internal NUBUS slots (10 MHz, 32 bits), ADB (2 : Keyboard, mouse), RS232/422 (2), Disk, Monitor
BUILT IN MEDIA 1 or 2 3.5'' floppy disc drives
OS Macintosh System 4.0 + Finder 5.4 (can boot up to System 7.5.5)
POWER SUPPLY Self configuring switching power supply unit
PERIPHERALS 20 to 80 MB SCSI hard disk
PRICE $3769 (1 x 800 KB FDD, 1 MB of RAM)
Hard discs: 20 MB ($999), 40 MB ($1599), 80 MB ($2699)

1987
Macintosh SE

The Apple Macintosh SE was launched in 1987 at same time as the Macintosh II. It was an enhanced version of the Macintosh 128 and the Macintosh Plus. It had almost the same specifications as the latter, and unlike the Mac plus, it had an extension slot (which was not compatible with the NUBUS slots of the Macintosh II).

Caracteristiques:

NAME MACINTOSH SE
MANUFACTURER Apple
TYPE Professional Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR March 1987
END OF PRODUCTION 1989
BUILT IN LANGUAGE None
KEYBOARD Typewriter style, 84 keys with numeric keypad
CPU Motorola MC 68000
SPEED 7.83 MHz
RAM 1 MB (up to 4 MB)
ROM 256 KB
GRAPHIC MODES 512 x 342
COLORS Monochrome
SOUND 8-bit mono sound chip
SIZE / WEIGHT 13.6 (H) x 9.6 (W) x 10.9 (D) in / 19.5 lb.
I/O PORTS Centronics, ADB (2 : Keyboard, mouse), RS232/422, Internal expansion slot (96-pin Eurodin)
BUILT IN MEDIA One or Two 3.5'' disk-drives, 20 to 80 MB HDD
OS MAC OS 4.0
POWER SUPPLY Built-in switching PSU
PRICE $3700

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1988
Apple IIc Plus

The last computer in the Apple II line, as well as the fastest, the IIc Plus was an attempt to keep the original Apple IIc current.
Improvements include:
4Mhz CPU instead of 1HMz
internal 3-1/2 inch drive instead of the 5-1/4 inch
internal power supply instead of the external 'brick' power supply.

It was an excellent system, but suffered from poor marketing and poor internal support at Apple. They just weren't interested any more, Apple was too busy with its popular Macintosh line of computers.

1988
Macintosh IIx

Introduced in September 1988, the Mac IIx was essentially the same as a Mac II, but had a 68030 processor with a 68882 FPU (it was the first Mac with either). The IIx sold for $7,769

The Apple Macintosh IIx features a 16 MHz 68030 processor, 1 MB or 4 MB of RAM, a 40 MB or an 80 MB hard drive, and the option of an Apple Macintosh II video card in a relatively easy-to-expand desktop case. The Macintosh IIx uses the same "Open Mac" case as the Macintosh II, but shipped standard with dual 1.44 MB disk drives and requires significantly less "tinkering" to upgrade the RAM and other internal components.

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1989
Macintosh SE/30

Released in January of 1989, The SE/30 was essentially a IIx inside an SE case. The second floppy feature of the SE was no longer offered in the SE/30, in favor of a built-in hard drive. The machine sold for $4,369.

1989
Macintosh IIcx

Essentially a IIx in a smaller case and with 3 fewer NuBus slots, The IIcx sold for $5369.

1989
Macintosh IIci

The Mac IIci was a faster version of the IIcx, and one of the more popular Macs ever. It was the first Mac to have built in color video circuitry, and the first Mac with 32-bit clean ROMs. It sold for $6,700.

1989
Apple Macintosh Portable

The Mac Portable is Apple's first portable Macintosh computer. Although there were already PC laptops on the market, few were as fast or powerful. The Portable has a 68000 processor running at 16 MHz, comes with 1 MB RAM which can be expanded to 9 MB RAM, has an optional internal 9600 baud modem, and includes a PDS slot (Processor Direct Slot) for direct access to the system processor. This allows for faster and more powerful expansion cards.
There was only one problem with the Portable which unfortunately led to its demise, it just wasn't very portable. Being rather large and weighing 16 lbs, few people had the patience to lug it around anywhere, despite all of its great features.

Specifications:

Model: M5120
Announced: September 1989
Price: US$7300 w/ hard drive
Weight: 16 lbs
CPU: Motorola 68HC000, 16Mhz
RAM: 1 Meg, 9 Meg maximum
Battery: 6.5-Volt, 5 amp lead acid (gel type)
Display: 10-inch b&w active matrix LCD
640 X 400 pixels
I/O: Built-in trackball.
Ports: Apple Desktop Bus (ADB)
Two serial ports
External SCSI port
External floppy port
Video port
Storage: Internal 1.4Meg 3.5-inch floppy drive
Internal 40 MB SCSI hard drive
OS: Mac OS 6.04

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1990
Macintosh IIfx

Le Macintosh IIfx était le Macintosh le plus rapide à son époque. Il reprenait le boîtier du Macintosh IIx mais était bien plus puissant : son processeur Motorola 68030 atteignait la fréquence de 40 MHz et il possédait une mémoire cache de niveau 2. Il utilisait un nouveau type de mémoire vive de type SIMM 64 broches. En plus d'un coprocesseur Motorola 68882, il intégrait deux puces MOS Technology 6502 uniquement destinées à gérer les entrées/sorties (dont une pour le son). Il était vendu entre 9000 $ et 12000 $ selon la configuration.

Il fut le plus puissant Macintosh à base de 68030, et ne fut remplacé dans le haut de la gamme qu'en octobre 1991 par la série des Macintosh Quadra à base de processeur 68040.

Caractéristiques:

processeur : Motorola 68030 cadencé à 40 MHz
adressage 24/32 bits
bus système 32 bits à 40 MHz
ROM : 512 Kio
RAM : 4 Mio extensible à 128 Mio
0,5 Kio de mémoire cache de niveau 1
32 Kio de mémoire cache de niveau 2
disque dur SCSI de 40 à 160 Mo
1 ou 2 lecteurs de disquettes « Superdrive » 1,44 Mo 3,5"
slots d'extension:
6 slots d'extension NuBus
1 slot PDS
8 connecteurs mémoire SIMM 64 broches (vitesse minimale : 80 ns)
connectique:
1 port SCSI (DB-25)
2 ports série ( Mini Din-8 ) pour le modem et l'imprimante
2 ports ADB
sortie son : stéréo 8 bits
dimensions : 14,0 x 47,5 x 36,6 cm
poids : 10,9 kg
alimentation : 230 W
systèmes supportés : Système 6.0.5 à 7.5.5

source: http://fr.wikipedia.org

Mrabit6 · technical_assistant Inscrit le: 07 Oct 2007 Messages: 1125

Musee

1990
Macintosh Classic

Le Macintosh Classic était plus ou moins une réédition du Macintosh Plus, pour répondre à la demande de Macintosh tout-en-un à prix abordable. Evolution du Macintosh SE de 1987, il reçoit une carte-mère plus compacte et dépourvue du connecteur PDS. Il possédait une vaste mémoire ROM de 512 Kio, un lecteur de disquette « SuperDrive » et un disque dur optionnel. Proposé à 999 $, soit dix fois moins que le Macintosh IIfx lancé à la même époque, il était très abordable mais extrêmement lent avec son processeur Motorola 68000 à 8 MHz (contre un 68030 à 40 MHz pour le Macintosh IIfx). Le modèle avec disque dur coûtait 1499 $.

Sa spécificité était sa possibilité de démarrer sur un disque ROM en appuyant sur les touches command-option-x-o au démarrage.

Caractéristiques:

processeur : Motorola 68000 cadencé à 8 MHz
adressage 24 bits
bus système 16 bit à 8 MHz
ROM : 512 Kio
RAM : 1 Mio extensible à 2, 2,5 ou 4 Mio via une carte d'extension incorporant 1 Mio et pouvant être completée par deux barrettes de type SIMM 30 broches (vitesse minimale : 120 ns)de 256 Kio ou 1 Mio chacune
disque dur SCSI optionnel de 40 Mo
lecteur de disquette « SuperDrive » 1,44 Mo 3,5"
connectique:
port DB-19 pour second lecteur de disquette externe
1 port SCSI (DB-25)
2 ports série ( Mini Din-8 ) pour le modem et l'imprimante
1 port ADB
sortie son : mono 8 bit
écran intégré : 9" monochrome (512 x 342 pixels)
dimensions : 34,5 x 24,4 x 27,7 cm
poids : 7,4 kg
consommation : 76 W
systèmes supportés : Système 6.0.7 à 7.5.5

Mrabit6 · technical_assistant Inscrit le: 07 Oct 2007 Messages: 1125

Musee

1990
Macintosh IIsi

Le Macintosh IIsi était dans un boîtier compact. C'était une version allégée du Macintosh IIci, ce qui le plaçait dans le milieu de la gamme Apple avec un prix de 2999 $ hors options. Son processeur tournait à 20 MHz au lieu de 25 MHz, afin qu'il ne « cannibalise » pas les ventes du Macintosh IIci. Il avait un coprocesseur optionnel Motorola 68882. Il intégrait en standard un disque dur de 40 ou 80 Mo, ainsi que des ports SCSI, ADB et entrée/sortie audio. Pour baisser les coût, la mémoire vidéo était partagée avec la mémoire principale, ce qui ralentissait considérablement l'affichage. Neanmoins, comme le Macintosh IIci, il supportait l'affichage en couleur (jusqu'à 640 x 480) ou sur plusieurs écrans.

Caractéristiques:

processeur : Motorola 68030 cadencé à 20 MHz
adressage 24/32 bits
FPU : Motorola 68882 optionnel
bus système 32 bits à 20 MHz
ROM : 512 Kio
RAM : 1 Mio extensible à 17 Mio
0,5 Kio de mémoire cache de niveau 1
mémoire vidéo de 1 Mio (partagée)
résolutions supportées:
512 x 384 en 8 bit
640 x 480 en 8 bit
disque dur SCSI de 40 ou 80 Mo
lecteur de disquette « SuperDrive » 1,44 Mo 3,5"
slots d'extension:
1 slots d'extension NuBus ou PDS
4 connecteurs mémoire SIMM 30 broches (vitesse minimale : 100 ns)
connectique:
1 port SCSI (DB-25)
2 ports série ( Mini Din-8 ) pour le modem et l'imprimante
1 port ADB
1 port DB-19 pour un lecteur de disquette externe
1 sortie vidéo DB-15 pour écran externe
sortie son : stéréo 8 bits
entrée audio : mono 8 bits
dimensions : 10,2 x 31,5 x 37,8 cm
poids : 4,5 kg
alimentation : 160 W
systèmes supportés : Système 6.0.7 à 7.6.1