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From: paul@tredysvr.Tredydev.Unisys.COM (Paul Siu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: New Apple Mac rumored...
Keywords: Mac Classic
Message-ID: <956@tredysvr.Tredydev.Unisys.COM>
Date: 16 Oct 90 18:26:31 GMT
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Organization: Unisys Corporation,  Tredyffrin, PA
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In article <6025@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> keithr@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (U.D.M.) writes:
>I have heard told of a new Mac called the Mac Classic.  The
>scheduled release date is Oct 15th.
>
>The reason I am mentioning it here is because of the price.  The
>Classic configured with 2Mb and a 40Mb hard drive is priced at $1500
>or there abouts.

Well, here are the specs from PC Week (Oct 15) for Macintosh Classic:
     - 8MHZ 68000 cpu
     - 512 x 342 Monochrome monitor (1-bit)
     - Expandable to 4 Meg
     - One 1.44 Meg Super Drive
     - SCSI port, Serial ports, ADB ports, and the other usual Macintosh ports
     - Standard Keyboard (not extended keyboard)
     - No expansion slots of any kind

Prices: 1M version with 1 Super drive is $999
Prices: 2M with a 40 Meg hard drive is $1499

The thing looks like a reborn version of the Mac Plus, in fact it replaces Mac
Plus, and the SE.  It does however run at SE speed instead of a plus, so it is
on a par with the Spectre.

Apple has two other machine out, but none are near Atari's price range.