{"id":23938,"date":"2026-03-20T14:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?page_id=23938"},"modified":"2026-03-20T15:05:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:05:51","slug":"vin203","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/vintage-computing\/item\/vin203\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Macintosh Classic II"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Apple Macintosh Classic II<\/h2>\n<p>[Vin 203]<\/p>\n<p>The <strong data-start=\"4\" data-end=\"28\">Macintosh Classic II<\/strong> was Apple\u2019s last monochrome compact Mac, pairing the familiar all-in-one 9-inch screen design with a faster 16 MHz Motorola 68030 processor in a lower-cost machine introduced on <strong data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"227\">October 21, 1991<\/strong>. It is especially notable for bringing more modern Macintosh performance to the beloved compact form factor, serving as a practical bridge between the earliest compact Macs and the more capable Macintosh systems of the 1990&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Manufacturer<\/strong>: Apple Computer Inc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Released<\/strong>: 1991<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type<\/strong>: Personal Computer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cost at release<\/strong>: CAD ~$4,250 (adjusted for inflation)<\/li>\n<li><strong>MIPS<\/strong>: 2-3 MIPS (millions of instructions per second)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"slideme\"><dl class=\"slideme__list\"><dt class=\"slideme__term\"><a href=\"#slideme-hardware-specifications\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"slideme-hardware-specifications\" class=\"slideme__heading slideme__trigger\">Hardware Specifications<\/a><\/dt><dd class=\"slideme__description\" id=\"slideme-hardware-specifications\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CPU<\/strong>: Motorola 68030, 16 MHz<\/li>\n<li><strong>RAM<\/strong>: 2 MB standard, expandable up to 10 MB<\/li>\n<li><strong>ROM<\/strong>: 512 KB<\/li>\n<li><strong>Display<\/strong>: 9-inch monochrome CRT, 512 \u00d7 342 pixel resolution<\/li>\n<li><strong>Storage<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>1.44 MB SuperDrive floppy disk (standard)<\/li>\n<li>Optional 40MB or 80MB SCSI hard disk drive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ports<\/strong>: serial ports, ADB, floppy port, SCSI<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weight<\/strong>: ~7 kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p><\/dd><dl><\/div>\n<div class=\"slideme\"><dl class=\"slideme__list\"><dt class=\"slideme__term\"><a href=\"#slideme-operating-system-programming-languages\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"slideme-operating-system-programming-languages\" class=\"slideme__heading slideme__trigger\">Operating System &amp; Programming Languages <\/a><\/dt><dd class=\"slideme__description\" id=\"slideme-operating-system-programming-languages\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>O\/S<\/strong>: System 7.0.1 to 7.6.1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Programming Languages<\/strong>: BASIC, Pascal, C, C++, HyperTalk, Lisp, and other classic Macintosh programming environments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p><\/dd><dl><\/div>\n<div class=\"slideme\"><dl class=\"slideme__list\"><dt class=\"slideme__term\"><a href=\"#slideme-notables\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"slideme-notables\" class=\"slideme__heading slideme__trigger\">Notables <\/a><\/dt><dd class=\"slideme__description\" id=\"slideme-notables\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"2\" data-end=\"174\">Apple Computer introduced it in 1991 as the <strong data-start=\"46\" data-end=\"88\">last black-and-white compact Macintosh<\/strong>, making it the final chapter of the original compact Mac design that began in 1984.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"276\">It was also sold as the <strong data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"217\">Performa 200<\/strong>, helping Apple push further into the home retail market.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"279\" data-end=\"404\">Although it looked like an older compact Mac, internally it was closer in design philosophy to the <strong data-start=\"378\" data-end=\"394\">Macintosh LC<\/strong> family.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"407\" data-end=\"565\">It used a <strong data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"435\">Motorola 68030<\/strong>, but its <strong data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"464\">16-bit data bus<\/strong> made it slower than the more famous SE\/30, which is one of its best-known quirks among collectors.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"568\" data-end=\"682\">It was the <strong data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"640\">last desktop Macintosh with an external floppy drive port<\/strong>, a small but notable historical \u201clast.\u201d<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"754\">Apple used internal codenames including <strong data-start=\"725\" data-end=\"735\">Apollo<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"740\" data-end=\"751\">Montana<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"908\">Its place in computing history is as the machine that closed out Apple\u2019s monochrome compact Mac era just before the arrival of the <strong data-start=\"888\" data-end=\"905\">Color Classic<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"911\" data-end=\"1100\">In advertising and retail positioning, the Performa version was marketed as an approachable home computer, often bundled for family and first-time users rather than technical professionals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p><\/dd><dl><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple Macintosh Classic II [Vin 203] The Macintosh Classic II was Apple\u2019s last monochrome compact Mac, pairing the familiar all-in-one 9-inch screen design with a faster 16 MHz Motorola 68030 processor in a lower-cost machine introduced on October 21, 1991. 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