Macintosh SE

M5010 · M5011 · 1987–1990 · all-in-one

Specifications

Cpu: Motorola 68000 8 MHz
Ram: max: 4 MB (4×1 MB 30-pin SIMM) · base: 1 MB
Ports: ADB ×2 · SCSI (DB-25) · RS-422 serial ×2 (printer, modem) · External floppy (DB-19) · Audio out (mono)
Display: 9" CRT 512×342 monochrome
Storage: base: Dual 800 KB floppies or 800 KB floppy + 20 MB HDD · options: 20 MB SCSI HDD · 40 MB SCSI HDD (later)
Os Support: latest: System 7.5.5 · shipped: System 4.0 (Finder 5.4)
Release Price: $2,900

Variants

Revisions

Macintosh SE FDHDM50111989, adds 1.4MB SuperDrive and custom PDS slot

Storage

20MB HDD

40MB HDD

Upgrade paths

RAM

4 MB (4×1 MB 30-pin SIMM) · Compact case: long T-15 Torx and CRT discharge caution. Jumper or resistor change needed on some boards when maxing RAM.

~$20 today

MODERATE

storage

Internal 3.5" SCSI drive of any size the OS supports · First compact Mac with an internal drive bay. Straight swap for a larger SCSI disk or a BlueSCSI/SCSI2SD solid-state replacement.

MODERATE