Apple Macintosh II microcomputer

UvA Computer Museum catalogue nr 99.52

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The Macintosh II (introduced 1987) was the first Mac suitable for serious applications. Due to its NuBus architecture (six slots), videoboards, peripheral adaptors and even alternative processor boards could be plugged in to meet the needs of the user; the same principle which contributed much to the success of the Apple II. The Mac II found its way to laboratories, and - thanks to software packages like Pagemaker, Photoshop and Illustrator - to offices (desktop publishing) and the graphics industry. Some features of the Macintosh II are:

• Motorola 68020 processor, 68881 floating-point coprocessor; 15.6 MHz clock
• synchronous, multi-master 32-bit NuBus (ANSI/IEEE standard)
• RAM up to 20 MB, or even 68 MB with the help of an upgrade kit
• up to 80 Mbyte hard disk
• SCSI interface for connecting an external harddisk, CDROM drive and other peripherals
• standard NuBus video board has 640*480 pixels, 512Kb memory, 256 colors from a palette of 16 million
• built-in sound synthesis hardware

We bought in 1988 our Mac II system, including a 40 Mb disk and the famous 13" Apple color monitor, for Dfl 15000. The caddy-based CD-ROM drive shown in the picture was added a few years later.