General Information

Serial #

F71867UM0001A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/ METAL PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

27.6 cm

Width

24.5 cm

Height

34.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital computing devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Apple

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Cupertino

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1986-1991

Canada

AMERICAN DESIGNED & MANUFACTURED PERSONAL COMPUTER ALSO MARKETED & USED IN CANADA. IT'S OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE GREATLY SIMPLIFIED USE OF MACHINE, ENHANCING ITS MARKETABILITY. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED BY NMST'S DESIGN DEPT. TO DEVELOP DESIGNS FOR MUSEUMS EXHIBITS.

Function

A SMALL COMPUTER CONTAINING A MICROPROCESSOR, USED BY AN INDIVIDUAL FOR PERSONAL OR BUSINESS COMPUTING. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED BY DESIGNERS TO DEVELOP MUSEUM EXHIBIT DESIGNS.

Technical

INTRODUCED IN 1984, MACINTOSH WAS APPLE COMPUTER'S 2ND VERY SUCCESSFUL PRODUCT. BASED ON MOTOROLA'S 68000 MICROPROCESSOR, IT WAS 1ST PC TO USE OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE & MOUSE TO CONTROL CURSOR POSITION. FASTER & MORE POWERFUL MACINTOSH PLUS WAS INTRODUCED WITHIN YEAR, WITH 1 MB OF MEMORY & EXPANSION SLOTS FOR 4 MG. MAC CAME WITH 2 SOFTWARE PROGRAMS, MACWRITE (WORD PROCESSOR) & MACPRINT (DRAWING PROGRAM).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABEL ON BACK READING: 'Macintosh plus 1Mb/ Apple Computer, Inc./ Cupertino, California/ Made in U.S.A./ Model Number: M0001A' & '[COPYRIGHT] 1987 BY APPLE COMPUTER INC.'; BLACK 'MacIntosh Plus' ON FRONT; ON BACK LABEL READING 'N.M.C./M.N.C./ No. 62677'

Missing

NONE. UNIT WAS NORMALLY ATTACHED TO A 20 MEG. HARD DRIVE ALSO MADE BY APPLE.

Finish

LIGHT GREY CASING/ SLIGHTLY DARKER GREY KEYS & BUTTONS

Decoration

MULTICOLOURED APPLE LOGO ON FRONT