Mac Color Classic
Posted by musovern on Apr 16th, 2018 in Macintosh, Vintage Computers | 0 comments
The Macintosh Color Classic was the first color compact Apple Macintosh computer. It was essentially a Macintosh LC II with an integrated 10″ Sony Trinitron color display with the same 512×384 pixel resolution as an LC II with the Macintosh 12″ RGB monitor. This integrated unit resembled the original Mac series, albeit slightly expanded, (see Macintosh Plus for an example), hence “Classic.” In Japan, Canada[2] and some other markets – but not the US – Apple later released the Color Classic II which was essentially the same case but with the LC 550 logicboard that doubled both RAM and speed. The Color Classic was also sold to consumers in the United States as the Performa 250, and the Color Classic II as Performa 275. The Color Classic was the final model of the original “compact” Macintosh family of computers.
Read More...Mac SE
Posted by musovern on Apr 16th, 2018 in Macintosh, Vintage Computers | 0 comments
The Macintosh SE was a personal computer manufactured by Apple. This computer marked a significant improvement on the Macintosh Plus design and was introduced by Apple at the same time as the Macintosh II. It had a similar case to the original Macintosh computer, but with slight differences in colour and styling.
Read More...Mac Plus
Posted by musovern on Apr 16th, 2018 in Macintosh, Vintage Computers | 0 comments
The Macintosh Plus computer was the third model in the Macintosh line, introduced on January 16, 1986, two years after the original Macintosh and a little more than a year after the Macintosh 512K, with a price tag of 2599 USD. As an evolutionary improvement over the 512K, it introduced RAM expansion from 1 MB to 4 MB, and the SCSI peripheral bus, among smaller improvements. It originally had the same generally beige-colored case as the original Macintosh (“Pantone 453”), but in 1987, the case color was changed to the long-lived, warm gray “Platinum” color.
Read More...Super Elf
Posted by musovern on Apr 15th, 2018 in Cosmac-Elf, Single Board Computers | 0 comments
The SuperElf single-board computer was made by Quest Electronics. It was an improvement of the Netronics Elf and Elf II training boards, also based on the RCA 1802, one of the first RISC microprocessors.
The board also featured an 1861 video chip that was closely tied to the 1802 to generate a video image of 128×64 dots.
2, 4 or 6 7-segment Led display could be used. Its hexadecimal keyboard allowed programs to be entered and controlled more efficiently thanks to 8 function keys:
Read More...S100 – 9 Slot System
Posted by musovern on Apr 13th, 2018 in S100, S100 9 Slot System | 0 comments
The S100 Computer System
I have been interested in S100 systems ever since i was a young lad of age 14. So I have re kindled my interest in them in the last few years. I had join a computer group called the N8VEM back in early 2000 and built a Z80 system off there. and then I found out about the s100 Computers.com group about 3 years ago
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