25 Apr
1999
25 Apr
'99
10:43 p.m.
At 04:57 PM 4/25/99 -0700, you wrote:
My original post may have been misleading. It just says "Macintosh" on
the
back of the case. I'm assuming that it's a 128K Mac because: it has a 400K
floppy drive, no hard drive port on the back, and all of the system
software (Finder, MacWrite, MacPaint) is version 1.0, dated early in 1984.
Also, all of the accompanying documentation seems to be from the original
issue. There's a "limited time" subscription offer to a brand new magazine
called MacWorld - think they'll still honour it?
How can I check the memory capacity, to see if it's a 128K or a 512K Fat
Mac? I'm not that familiar with Macs.
Regards,
Mark.
Just kidding,
but I am looking for some info. I found a good condition 128K
Mac at a sale today, with most of the original packaging and materials. I'd
If it says 128k, its not the first Macintosh, which was just labeled
Macintosh. The 128k marking didn't come out until later models were
released to differentiate it.
25 Apr
25 Apr
11:21 p.m.
At 09:43 PM 4/25/99 -0600, you wrote:
My original post may have been misleading. It just says
"Macintosh" on the
back of the case. I'm assuming that it's a 128K Mac because: ...
How can I check the memory capacity, to see if it's a 128K or a 512K Fat
Mac? I'm not that familiar with Macs.
Boot it up, drop down the left hand (I think) menu and select 'About
Finder'. This should indicate the memory in the system.
-jim
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26 Apr
26 Apr
1:05 a.m.
My original post may have been misleading. It just says
"Macintosh" on the
back of the case. I'm assuming that it's a 128K Mac because: it has a 400K
floppy drive, no hard drive port on the back, and all of the system
Sounds like a 128 to me, the Mac 512 said it was a Mac 512.
Zane
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25 Apr
25 Apr
8:15 p.m.
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 22:05:38 -0800
Reply-to: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com>
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: RARE: Original Macintosh found!!
My original
post may have been misleading. It just says "Macintosh" on the
back of the case. I'm assuming that it's a 128K Mac because: it has a 400K
floppy drive, no hard drive port on the back, and all of the system
Sounds like a 128 to me, the Mac 512 said it was a Mac 512.
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