24Jan/060
Happy Birthday Macintosh
On this date in 1984, Apple told us why their new product wouldn't be like 1984 in one of the most famous commercials of all time aired during Super Bowl XVIII.
(click image to view full 13.13 MB Quicktime commercial)
Original Macintosh Specs:
- introduced January 24, 1984 at $2,495; discontinued on October 1, 1985
- works with any system from 1.0 through 3.3 (System 3.2 and Finder 5.3)
- CPU: 8 MHz 68000
- performance: 0.8 (relative to SE); 0.7 MIPS
- ROM: 64 KB
- RAM: 128 KB
- display: 9" b&w 512 x 342 pixels
- keyboard attached via coiled telephone-like cable
- mouse attached via DB-9 connector
- serial ports: DB-9 modem and printer ports
- floppy: 400 KB single sided
- floppy connector on back of computer
- physical size (HxWxD): 13.6" x 9.6" x 10.9"
- weight: 16.5 lb.
- PRAM battery: 4.5V PX 21 (a.k.a. Eveready 523, ANSI 1306AP, IEC 5LR50), discontinued
- power supply: 60W
- model no.: M0001
- Gestalt ID: 1
- addressing: 24-bit only
Now that I've drunk the Apple Kool-Aid, a happy birthday is definitely in order.
