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Vintage Macs: Compact Macs

Low End Mac's Guide to Compact Macs

Apple released ten different "Compact Macs" between 1984 and 1993. Some used a 9" b&w display, others a 10" color screen. Some ran 68000 CPUs at 8 MHz, others 68030 CPUs at 16 MHz or 33 MHz. Some had expansion slots and drive bays, others didn't. Memory ranged from 128 KB for the original Mactintosh to a maximum of 128 MB in the SE/30.

Processor

68000-based 68030-based

Model

128K 512K 512Ke Plus SE Classic SE/30 Classic II Color Classic Color Classic II

Introduced

1/24/84 9/10/84 4/14/86 1/16/86 3/2/87 10/15/90 1/19/89 10/21/91 2/1/93 10/21/93

Price New

$2,499 $1,999 $2,599 $2,899 $999 $4,399 $1,899 $1,399 $1,299

CPU Speed

8 MHz 16 MHz 33 MHz

Base RAM

128 KB 512 KB 1 MB 1 MB 2 MB 4 MB

Max RAM

128 KB 512 KB 4 MB 128 MB 10 MB 36 MB

Minimum OS

1.0 3.2 4.1 6.0.7 6.0.3 6.0.8L 7.1

Maximum OS

3.3 4.1 6.0.8 7.5.5 7.6.1

Floppy Drive

400K 800K 800K/1.4M 1.4M

Hard Drive

external serial ext. SCSI 20 MB 20 MB 40 MB 40 MB 40 MB 80 MB

Video

9" 342x512 1-bit 10" 384x512 8-bit

VRAM

uses system memory 256K (512K max)

ADB

no yes

Exp. Slot

none SE PDS none 030 PDS none LC PDS

H/W/D

13.6"/9.6"/10.9" 13.2"/9.7"/11.2" 13.6"/9.6"/10.9" 13.2"/9.7"/11.2" 14.5"/9.9"/12.6"

Weight

16.5 lbs. 17 lbs. 16 lbs. 19.5 lbs. 16 lbs. 22.5 lbs.

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