Daily phenomena photoblog
Hell, this is going to be fun.
What you see is a humble PowerBook 1400c/166
Already the processor has been upgraded to Sonnet G3/400 MHz
Wifi card will come, along with 10GB harddrive – resulting fully functional machine equipped with MacOS 9.1, modern Opera browser allowing to access most of the webpages (including Facebook) and IMAP supporting email client. What more do you really need?
As bad as vintage – the early days of Apple sales in Poland.
After several years – boing!
What a sound! It’s alive, it’s alive again!
My Apple Macintosh Classic still runs great! 20 years old computer! I’d love to see today’s computers in 20 years.
Apple Macintosh Classic
Apple Macintosh Classic
Following the apple-history.com website, here are the specs of this beauty:
Macintosh Classic
Essentials
Family: Classic Macs
Codename: XO
Gestalt ID: 17
Minimum OS: 6.0.7
Maximum OS: 7.5.5
Introduced: October 1990
Terminated: September 1992
Processor
CPU: Motorola MC68000
CPU Speed: 8 MHz
FPU: none
Bus Speed: 8 MHz
Register Width: 32-bit
Data Bus Width: 16-bit
Address Bus Width: 32-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 512×342
Storage
Hard Drive: 40 MB
Floppy Drive: 1.4 MB SuperDrive
Input/Output
Floppy: DB-19
SCSI: DB-25
Speaker: 8 bit mono
Miscellaneous
Power: 76 Watts
Dimensions: 13.2″ H x 9.7″ W x 11.2″ D
Weight: 16 lbs.
Notes
RAM expansion beyond 1 MB requires Macintosh Classic 1 MB Memory Expansion Card, which has 1 MB of additional RAM, and two SIMM connectors.
The Classic was more or less a reissue of the Mac Plus, and was hampered by its 8 MHz 68000 processor. It shipped in a newly designed case and had a large 512 kB ROM, from which it could boot. It also included the 1.4 MB “SuperDrive” floppy drive. It was available in two configurations: the low end version, with 1 MB of RAM (No hard drive) was $999 (making it the first sub-$1000 Mac), and the higher-end version, with 2 MB of RAM and a 40 MB hard drive was $1499.
Very odd mixture of old, vintage and pretty modern technology. I have no idea what it the point of that, but still – pretty unusual approach.
Owner of this bottle was surprised, that I’ve found it interesting in any
way. He’s a fantastic cook, by the way.
