Introduced in January 1986, two years after the original Macintosh, the Mac Plus shipped with 1 MB of RAM, a new double-sided 800 KB floppy drive, and a built-in SCSI port (the first Mac so equipped). Not only was 1 MB more RAM than PC-class machines could handle, but the Plus could be expanded to 4 MB total […]
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Introduced to replace the Mac 128K in September 1984, the 512K had four times the RAM of the original Mac. This made it possible to work with larger files, more powerful software, and have more files open (running more than one application was still in the future, awaiting MultiFinder). There’s really not a lot more […]
Introduced on 24 January 1984, the Lisa 2 adopted the same 400 KB 3.5″ floppy drive as the simultaneously introduced Macintosh. It was available with the same 5 MB ProFile hard drive as the original Lisa or an internal 10 MB hard drive. Best of all for Lisa 1 owners, the Lisa 2 was available […]
Introduced in January 1984 (along with a revised Lisa), this Macintosh didn’t have a model number – it was simply the Macintosh. There was no name on the front. Early 128Ks simply said Macintosh on the back, while later ones were marked Macintosh 128K to distinguish them from the later Macintosh 512K. Equipped with 128 KB […]
Introduced in January 1983, Apple’s Lisa shipped that June. The first consumer computer with a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) display, a GUI (Graphical User Interface), and a mouse, its $10,000 price tag made it anything but successful. Only 11,000 original Lisas were sold. Lisa had a whopping 1 MB of RAM, […]
E-Machines Colorlink SX/2 The E-Machines Colorlink SX/2 card is a 12″ NuBus card compatible with 680×0-based NuBus Macs running up to System 7.5. Details The card provides standard QuickDraw acceleration. E-Machines Colorlink SX/t The E-Machines Colorlink SX/t is a 12″ NuBus card compatible with 680×0-based NuBus Macs running up to System 7.5. Details The card […]
The E-Machines DoubleColor LX is a 12″ NuBus card compatible with 680×0-based NuBus Macs running up to System 7.5. Details The card provides standard QuickDraw acceleration. Anyone with resolution or bit depth information with this card should e-mail me. Other Resources
The E-Machines DoubleColor SX is a 12″ NuBus card compatible with 680×0-based NuBus Macs running up to System 7.5.1. Its software is incompatible with System 7.5.3 and higher if loaded at boot, but it will work if used as a standalone application with up to Mac OS 7.6. Details The card provides standard QuickDraw acceleration […]
The E-Machines Futura LX is a 12″ NuBus card compatible with 680×0-based NuBus Macs running up to System 7.5. This card has 3MB VDRAM onboard. Details E-Machines Futura cards have a rotary switch for setting the resolution. The following is a list of switch settings. This setting is overridden when using a supported monitor with […]
The E-Machines Futura MX is a 12″ NuBus card compatible with 680×0-based NuBus Macs running up to System 7.5. This card has 3MB VDRAM onboard. Details The card provides standard QuickDraw acceleration and supports the following resolution/color combinations: 640 x 480 up to 24-bit 832 x 624 up to 24-bit 1024 x 768 (at 75 […]
The E-Machines Futura SX is a 12″ NuBus card compatible with 680×0-based NuBus Macs running up to Mac OS 9. This card has 1.5MB VDRAM onboard. Details The Futura SX provides standard QuickDraw acceleration and supports the following resolution/colour combinations: 640 x 480 up to 24-bit 832 x 624 up to 24-bit 1024 x 768 […]
The E-Machines Futura II LX is a 7″ NuBus card compatible with 68K- and PowerPC-based Macs running up to System 7.5. Details The card provides standard QuickDraw acceleration. Anyone with resolution or bit depth information for this card should contact me. E-Machines Futura cards have a rotary switch for setting the resolution. The following is […]
The E-Machines Futura II SX is a 7″ NuBus card compatible with 68K- and PowerPC-based Macs running up to System 8.1. Details The card provides standard QuickDraw acceleration and supports the following resolution/color combinations: 640 x 480 up to 24-bit 832 x 624 up to 24-bit 1024 x 768 (at 75 Hz) up to 8-bit […]