Macintosh Plus

Name: Macintosh Plus
Brand: Apple
Rating: 4.5 (14 reviews)

The Macintosh Plus is the third model in the Macintosh line. It was based on the case of the 128K and 512K Macintoshes with a 9-inch display (512x342 pixels, monochrome), but with more memory (1 MB, expandable to 4 MB), a larger ROM (128 KB instead of 64 KB), and a SCSI interface, through which external hard drives and data exchange drives could be connected, as well as a SCSI Ethernet adapter. The case was initially beige in color and later became available in platinum gray.

Technical specifications of computer Macintosh Plus

Manufactured by: Apple
Launched: 1986
Price: 2599 USD
Manufactured in USA
CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 8MHz
Memory: 128 KB ~ 4 MB
Support: Diskette 3½"
Hard drive:
Operating system: Mac OS

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