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Encyclopedia > Macintosh 128K
A Macintosh
Macintosh
Manufacturer Apple Computer
Type Personal computer
Casing Beige plastic
Introduced January 24, 1984
Discontinued October 1, 1985
Price US$2495
CPU Motorola 68000, 8 MHz
RAM 128 KiB, built-in
OS System Software 1.0, 1.1, 2.0.
Back case of an unaltered, still-working original Macintosh (sold from January 1984 to September 1984). Those made after 10 September, 1984, will have the label Macintosh 128k on the back of the case.
Back case of an unaltered, still-working original Macintosh (sold from January 1984 to September 1984). Those made after 10 September, 1984, will have the label Macintosh 128k on the back of the case.
Logic Board serial # 5123 one of the original Macintosh models(of 6000) sold in the dealerships on introduction in January 1984.The sales of the Macintosh reached 72,000 on May 3, 1984 afterwards sales plummeted.

The Macintosh was the original Apple Macintosh personal computer. Introduced in January 1984 at the price of $2,495 US, it had a beige case and was fully self-contained. An indentation in the top of the case allowed the computer to be lifted and carried. This original Macintosh model is now often referred to as the Macintosh 128K, a retronym coined to differentiate it from newer models. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (533x625, 526 KB) Description: A w:Macintosh 128K on transparent background. ... Apple Inc. ... is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... The Motorola 68000 is a 32-bit CISC microprocessor core designed and marketed by Freescale Semiconductor (formerly Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector). ... MegaHertz (MHz) is the name given to one million (106) Hertz, a measure of frequency. ... According to the International Electrotechnical Commission a kibibyte (a contraction of kilo binary byte) is a unit of information or computer storage. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 464 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (848 × 1096 pixel, file size: 427 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) My scan of the back of a still working unaltered original Macintosh (serial # 5132). ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 464 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (848 × 1096 pixel, file size: 427 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) My scan of the back of a still working unaltered original Macintosh (serial # 5132). ... is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 565 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (842 × 894 pixel, file size: 122 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) My scan of my original still working Macintosh Logic Board from my Macintosh serial # 5123 a pre 6000 series. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 565 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (842 × 894 pixel, file size: 122 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) My scan of my original still working Macintosh Logic Board from my Macintosh serial # 5123 a pre 6000 series. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... A retronym is a type of neologism coined for an old object or concept whose original name has come to be used for something else, is no longer unique, or is otherwise inappropriate or misleading. ...


The Macintosh was not expandable, as it was intended as a stand-alone "appliance", to be purchased in the same way that people purchase refrigerators or vacuum cleaners. Its 128 kibibytes of memory initially seemed large compared to the 64 KiB available in some other desktop computers of the time. It had ports for the mouse, a printer (ImageWriter or, later, the LaserWriter), a modem, an external floppy drive, and a monophonic speaker. This was an advantage over edge connector expansion card technology, common on earlier home computers, which were relatively fragile and foreign to most home users; with the new connector ports, an amateur user could easily connect a device without opening the computer. A kibibyte (a contraction of kilo binary byte) is a unit of information or computer storage, commonly abbreviated KiB (never kiB). 1 kibibyte = 210 bytes = 1,024 bytes The kibibyte is closely related to the kilobyte, which can be used either as a synonym for kibibyte or to refer to... Operating a mechanical 1: Pulling the mouse turns the ball. ... The ImageWriter was a dot matrix printer designed and manufactured by C.Itoh Electronics and marketed by Apple Computer in the 1980s. ... The Apple LaserWriter was one of the first laser printers available to the mass market. ... A modem (from modulate and demodulate) is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information. ... An edge connector is a type of electrical connector for use with PC boards. ... Fitting an expansion card into a motherboard An expansion card in computing is a printed circuit board that can be inserted into an expansion slot of a computer motherboard to add additional functionality to a computer system. ...


The Macintosh contained a 400 kB, single-sided floppy disk drive and had no internal hard drive or other internal mechanical storage. At the time, one floppy disk was sufficient to store the System Software, an application, and the data files created with the applications. Indeed, the 400 kB drive capacity was large compared to the basic 160-180 kB floppy drives in other computers at the time. However, most users write-protected their System/Application disks and found themselves swapping the system and data diskettes interminably. The Macintosh External Disk Drive (also a single-sided 400 kB floppy), was a popular add-on at $495. A floppy disk is a data storage device that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible (floppy) magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic shell. ...


The 128K had a crisp one-bit monochrome, 9-inch display with a resolution of 512x342 pixels, establishing the desktop publishing standard of 72 PPI. The keyboard had no arrow keys or numeric keypad — although later, a numeric keypad could be purchased separately — and the mouse had only a single button, a signature of Apple's mice that would continue until the introduction of the Apple Mighty Mouse in 2005. A photograph of a sign in grayscale The same photograph in black and white Monochrome comes from the two Greek words mono (μωνο, meaning one), and chroma (χρωμα, meaning surface or the color of the skin). A monochromatic object has a single color. ... This example shows an image with a portion greatly enlarged, in which the individual pixels are rendered as little squares and can easily be seen. ... Adobe InDesign CS2, one of many popular desktop publishing applications. ... The square shown above is 200 pixels by 200 pixels. ... Arrow keys Arrow keys are buttons on a computer keyboard that move the cursor in a specified direction. ... Mighty Mouse The Mighty Mouse (code-named Houdini) is the first multi-button USB mouse ever manufactured and sold by Apple Computer. ...


The unit did not include a fan, making it quiet while in operation. Steve Jobs insisted that the Macintosh ship without a fan, a marketing (not engineering) decision that persisted until the introduction of the Macintosh SE in 1987, after Jobs was forced out of Apple. This was the source of many common — and very expensive — component failures in the first four Macintosh models, so much so that Larry Pina wrote two very successful (and now highly sought-after) how-to repair manuals, The Dead Mac Scrolls and Macintosh Repair & Upgrade Secrets. The persistent overheating, and the design of the floppy disk drive, led to the nickname "The beige toaster". Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. ... The Macintosh SE was a personal computer manufactured by Apple. ... Larry Pina is an author of five do-it-yourself repair manuals for Apple Macintosh computers and peripherals. ... The Dead Mac Scrolls is a 484 page do-it-yourself guide to repairing Apple Macintosh personal computer hardware problems in the most cost effective way. ... Macintosh Repair & Upgrade Secrets is a hardback book for repairing and upgrading Apple Macintosh personal computers from the Macintosh 128K to Macintosh SE models. ... For the English town, see Towcester. ...


The applications MacPaint and MacWrite were bundled with the Mac, other programs including MacProject, MacTerminal and Microsoft's Word and Microsoft Multiplan, eventually turning into Microsoft Excel. The Macintosh also came with a manual and a guided tour cassette tape which worked together with the guided tour diskette. MacPaint is a bitmap-based image editing computer program that was produced by Apple Computer for bundling with their Macintosh personal computer. ... MacWrite was a word processor application released along with the first Apple Macintosh systems in 1984. ... MacProject was released by Apple Computers in 1984. ... MacTerminal was the first telecommunications and terminal emulation application software program available for Mac OS. MacTerminal enabled users to connect via modem or serial port to bulletin board systems and online services (e. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... Microsoft Word is Microsofts flagship word processing software. ... Categories: Computer stubs | Spreadsheets | Domain-specific programming languages | Numerical programming languages ... Microsoft Excel (full name Microsoft Office Excel) is a spreadsheet application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS. It features calculation and graphing tools which, along with aggressive marketing, have made Excel one of the most popular microcomputer applications to date. ...


Following the release of the Macintosh 512K which expanded the memory from 128 KiB to 512 KiB, the original Macintosh was nicknamed the 'thin Mac' and the new model the 'fat Mac'. Mac 512K back panel The Macintosh 512K Personal Computer, the second of a long line of Apple Macintosh computers, was the first update to the original Macintosh 128K. It was virtually identical to the previous Mac, differing primarily in the amount of built-in memory, which quadrupled the originals. ...


Credits

The original Macintosh was unusual in that it included the signatures of the Macintosh Division as of early 1982 molded on the inside of the case. The names were Peggy Aleixo, Colette Askeland, Bill Atkinson, Steve Balog, Bob Belleville, Mike Boich, Bill Bull, Matt Carter, Berry Cash, Debbie Coleman, George Crow, Donn Denman, Christopher Espinosa, Bill Fernandez, Martin Haeberli, Andy Hertzfeld, Joanna Hoffman, Rod Holt, Bruce Horn, Hap Horn, Brian Howard, Steven Jobs, Larry Kenyon, Patti King, Daniel Kottke, Angeline Lo, Ivan Mach, Gerald Manock, Mary Ellen McCammon, Vicki Milledge, Mike Murray, Ron Nicholson Jr, Terry Oyama, Benjamin Pang, Jef Raskin, Brian Robertson, Dave Roots, Patricia Sharp, Burrell Smith, Bryan Stearns, Lynn Takahashi, Randy Wigginton, Linda Wilkin, Woz, Pamela Wyman, Laszlo Zidek, and two others. Bill Atkinson worked at Apple Computer in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... George Crow was a member of the original Apple Macintosh team in 1984 at Apple Computer. ... Bill Fernandez is a user interface architect who was Apple Computers first employee when they incorporated in 1977. ... Andy Hertzfeld (born April 6, 1953), was a key member of the original Apple Macintosh development team, and some would consider him a pioneer among software engineers. ... Joanna Hoffman was an Apple Computer employee in the 1980s when she worked on the Apple Macintosh team in 1984. ... Bruce Horn, a programmer with Apple Computer, was the creator of the Macintosh Finder. ... Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jef Raskin outdoors, photographed by his son Aza Raskin. ... Burrell who worked at apple, and designed the digital board for the original Macintosh. ... Randy Wigginton was one of Apple Computers first employees (#6), creator of MacWrite, Full Impact and numerous other Mac applications. ... Stephan Gary Woz Wozniak (born August 11, 1950 in San Jose, California) is a U.S. computer engineer and the co-founder of Apple Computer (now Apple Inc. ...


See also

The Macintosh Plus computer was the third model in the Macintosh line, introduced two years after the original Macintosh and a little more than a year after the Macintosh 512K. It originally had a beige case, but in 1987, the case color was changed to the long-lived platinum color. ... The Macintosh SE was a personal computer manufactured by Apple. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Macintosh 128K. (Discuss) This article is a work in progress. ... A screenshot from the commercial. ...

External links

  • Full Macintosh 128K specifications, Apple Computer
  • Macintosh 128K profile, Low End Mac.
  • Original Review of the Macintosh by Lawrence J. Magid (January 29, 1984)
  • Mac Essentials,Lost 1984 Videos
  • The Vintage Mac Museum: Mac 128k Slideshows
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