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Mac Plus

code name: Mr. T Selling a Macintosh Plus on eBay or Craisglist? Use our Specs in Brief for free. Got a compact Mac? Join our Vintage Macs Group or Vintage Macs Forum. Our System 6 Group and System 6...

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Mac IIci

code names: Pacific, Aurora II, Cobra II “…may be the best machine Apple has ever produced.” MacUser, November 1989. Overview Building on the success of the Mac IIcx, the IIci offered 56% more power in...

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Mac IIfx

code names: F-16, F-19, Stealth, Blackbird, Zone 5, Four Square, IIxi, Weed Whacker Overview Six months after moving from 16 MHz to 25 MHz with the IIci, Apple introduced the “wicked fast” 40 MHz IIfx....

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Mac IIsi

code names: Erickson, Raffica, Raffika, Ray Ban, Spin, Oceanic Overview The IIsi shares some features with the SE/30, some with the LC series, and some with the Mac II series. Like the SE/30, it has a...

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Mac LC

What was the smallest desktop Mac prior to the Mac mini? Apple’s LC series, which measures just under 3″ tall, although it has as big a footprint as four minis. The Mac LC, introduced in October 1990,...

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Mac LC II

What was the smallest desktop Mac prior to the Mac mini? Apple’s LC series, which measured just under 3″ tall, although it had as big a footprint as four minis. The LC II (a.k.a. Performa 400-430 and...

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Classic Mac OS Downloads and Updates

Need a copy of System 6.0.8 or 7.0.1 for your vintage Mac? You can dig through apple.com and try to find them – or you can download them from Apple using the links on this page. (Apple does rearrange...

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Mac Portable

You might not believe the cover from the November 1989 MacUser. They considered the Mac Portable so sexy it was photographed with a swimsuit model for the front cover! (Or maybe so unsexy it needed...

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Mac Classic

Introduced as the first sub-$1,000 Macintosh in October 1990, the basic Classic came with 1 MB of RAM, a SuperDrive, and space to mount an internal SCSI hard drive. The hard drive version came with 2...

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The Mac SE Experience, Part 2

This is part two of an epic saga about one man and his Macintosh SE. If you missed the first part or maybe you just need to get a quick refresh about part one, feel free to go back and enjoy it again....

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The Joy of Six: Apple’s Fast, Svelte, Reliable, and Still Useful System 6

Ding! Welcome to Macintosh. Whirr whirr whirr. A scant few seconds later, you’re clicking on Microsoft Word 5.1a and beginning to type. This is the experience of a 68020 or 68030 Macintosh. On the...

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Mac Plus with System 6, a Vintage Mac Workhorse

This is the first in a series of articles showing how Adam Rosen uses four vintage Macs to read, recover, convert, transfer, and return files to his clients. Today’s installment covers the Mac Plus....

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Vintage Macs with System 6 Run Circles Around 3 GHz Windows PC

2006: One common recommendation for the use of System 6 is word processing and creative writing. I’ve tested three System 6 machines against a typical modern computer – and the results may surprise...

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Why Should I Choose System 6 for My 8 MHz Compact Mac?

1999 – What is System 6, and why is it the preferred system for 8 MHz compact Macs? System 6 was the operating system used by all front line Macs from 1989 through 1991. It came out in a variety of...

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Why Should I Choose System 6 for the Mac II Family?

1999 – How did System 6 and its features work with 2-8 MB “high end” Macs like the Mac II? With the introduction of the Mac Plus in 1986, it became both possible and economical for people to buy and...

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The Mac Classic: Apple Does Cheap

Did you know that Apple once released a Macintosh with the Mac System in its ROMs? Did you know that Apple released an 8 MHz model in October 1990, so it was available at the same time as the “wicked...

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