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From: S36666WB%ETSUACAD.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu (Brian Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: New Mac systems...
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Date: 18 Oct 90 04:34:36 GMT
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Hello,

     Well, here is all the literature that you have been waiting for.
I have picked up spec sheets on the new low cost Mac systems at the bookstore
here on campus.

               Mac Classic       Macintosh LC         Macintosh IIsi
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CPU            8mhz 68000        16 mhz 68020         20 mhz 68030
MMU              N/A                N/A               68882 (optional)
RAM            1 meg (exp.       2 megs (exp. to      2 megs (exp. to
               to 4 megs         10 megs)             17 megs).
Interfaces     External drive    020 Direct slot      External drive
               Two Serial ports  SCSI port            One NuBus or 030 slot
               Apple Desktop bus Sound input          ADB port
                 (ADB port)      Sound output         Sound input
               Sound output      Two serial ports     Stereo output
                                 Video output port    Two serial
                                 Internal modem slot  Video output
                                 ADB port
HD             Optional 40 int.  Internal 40          Internal 40 or 80
               Optional ext.     Optional external    Optional external
Monitor-       Built-in B/W      Mac 12" RGB          AppleColor HiRes
support                          Mac 12" Mono         Mac 12" RGB
                                 AppleColor HiRes RGB Mac 12" mono
                                                      Mac Portrait
Display-         N/A                N/A               Apple two-page mono
support

ROM            512k              512K                 512K
Power Supply   100 watts         50 Watts             100 watts

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Here are some other tidbits about each of the systems directly from the
brochure.

Mac IIsi 2/40

         * Macintosh IIsi personal computer with 2 megabytes of RAM, built-in
           1.4-megabyte Apple SuperDrive floppy disk drive, and an internal
           40-megabyte hard disk drive.
         * Mouse
         * Microphone
         * Complete setup, learning and reference documentation
         * System software and HyperCard software
         * Training disks
         * Limited warranty statement

Mac IIsi 5/80

         * Macintosh IIsi personal computer with 5 megabytes of RAM, built-in
           1.4-megabyte SuperDrive floppy disk drive, and an internal 80
           megabyte hard disk drive.
         * Mouse
         * Microphone
         * Complete setup, learning and reference documentation
         * System software and HyperCard software
         * Training disks
         * Limited warranty statement

Macintosh LC

         * Macintosh LC personal computer with 2 megabytes of RAM, built-in
           1.4-megabyte Apple SuperDrive floppy disk drive, and an internal
           40-megabyte hard disk drive.
         * Keyboard
         * Mouse
         * Complete setup, learning and reference documentation
         * System software and HyperCard software
         * Training disks
         * Limited warranty statement

Macintosh Classic

         * Macintosh Classic personal computer with 1 megabyte of RAM and
           built-in 1.4-megabyte Apple SuperDrive
         * Keyboard
         * Mouse
         * Complete setup, learning and documentation
         * System software and HyperCard software
         * Training disk
         * Limited warranty statement

Macintosh Classic 2/40

         * Macintosh Classic personal computer with 2 megabytes of RAM,
           built-in 1.4-megabyte Apple SuperDrive, and internal 40-megabyte
           hard disk drive
         * Keyboard
         * Mouse
         * Complete setup, learning and reference documentation
         * System software and HyperCard software
         * Training disk
         * Limited warranty statement

The LC has 256 colors on a 12" RGB monitor, 16 shades of gray on the 12" mono
and 16 colors on the AppleColor Hi Res RGB monitor.  It also says with an
optional LC 512K VRAM (price?) SIMM the system is capable of generating even
more colors or shades of gray on all monitors.

As you would expect the II si supports 256 colors and shades of gray with all
Apple monitors.

All of the above sound inputs are 8 bit sound input.  I think that just about
covers the highlights of the NEW Macs.  There is some other information in
those brochures.  I guess you could raid your local university bookstore and
find them too.  I didn't grab a price list, so I have no idea of the costs of
all the configurations of the above systems beyond what I have read here on
CSA.

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