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Macintosh IIx

M5840 · 1988–1990 · desktop

Specifications

Cpu: Motorola 68030 16 MHz + 68882 FPU 16 MHz (first Mac to ship both as standard)
Gpu: None onboard; NuBus video cards required
Ram: max: 128 MB (8×30-pin SIMM in two banks of four, 120 ns; 4/16 MB sticks must be PAL fast-paging type, MODE32 needed beyond 8 MB) · base: 1 MB
Ports: NuBus slots ×6 · ADB ×2 · SCSI (DB-25) · Serial ×2 (printer, modem) · Audio out (mono)
Display: None built in and no onboard video; requires a NuBus video card, one display per slot possible
Storage: base: 40 MB SCSI HDD · options: 80 MB SCSI HDD · 1.4 MB SuperDrive floppy (first Mac with it standard), bay for a second floppy
Os Support: latest: System 7.5.5 · shipped: System 6.0.1
Release Price: $7,769

Variants

Storage

40MB HDD

80MB HDD

Dual floppyDual-floppy configuration, no internal HD

Upgrade paths

RAM

128 MB (8×30-pin SIMM) with MODE32 · Standard 30-pin SIMMs in banks of four; 4 MB and 16 MB modules must be PAL fast-paging type.

EASY

other

IIfx logic board swap in the same six-slot case · Period owners typically jumped to a IIfx board rather than accelerating the IIx; Apple itself sold a IIx board upgrade to original Mac II owners.

MODERATE

storage

Internal SCSI drives or solid-state emulators

EASY