Macintosh 128k
The Macintosh 128K or Macintosh 1984 was the first model in the Apple Macintosh series and the first successful PC with a graphical user interface. It was introduced on January 24, 1984 and was in the program until October 1985. The sales price was 2,495 US dollars (around 4,190 euros based on today's purchasing power).
Surname
Originally the machine was simply called Apple Macintosh . It was not until September 1984, a good six months after its spectacular introduction, that its successor, the Macintosh 512K, came onto the market, that the debut was retrospectively referred to as the Macintosh 128K (based on the size of the RAM) or Macintosh 1984 (based on its year of introduction). Its official model number is M0001.
Furnishing
It was equipped with a main processor of the Motorola 68000 type , 128 KB main memory (RAM) and 64 KB read-only memory (ROM); the drive processed floppy disks with 400 KB capacity.
Since it was not planned to upgrade the main memory via slots, the expansion was only possible for experts by soldering on additional RAM chips. The main memory, which was very tight at the time , especially in view of the complex graphical user interface (GUI) , is generally seen as the Achilles heel of the Mac 128k.
The beige case was the precursor to the case designs of the Macintosh Plus , Classic and Classic II series, and was designed by Jerry Manock , an in-house Apple designer. The Macintosh 128k was the second Apple computer with a graphical user interface after the Apple Lisa . 70,000 units were sold by May 3, after which sales figures stagnated.
commercial
The computer was made famous by Ridley Scott's 1984 commercial , which cost 900,000 US dollars (around 1,510,700 euros in terms of current purchasing power) and was shown particularly prominently on the US television channel CBS during Super Bowl XVIII on January 22, 1984 has been.
developer
The signatures of the developers of the Macintosh 128k were engraved on the inside of the device housing. The names were Peggy Aleixo, Colette Askeland, Bill Atkinson , Steve Balog, Bob Belleville, Mike Boich, Bill Bull, Matt Carter, Berry Cash, Debbie Coleman, George Crow , Donn Denman, Christopher Espinosa , Bill Fernandez , Martin Haeberli, Andy Hertzfeld , Joanna Hoffman , Rod Holt, Bruce Horn , Hap Horn, Brian Howard, Steve Jobs , Larry Kenyon, Patti King, Daniel Kottke , Angeline Lo, Ivan Mach, Gerald Manock, Mary Ellen McCammon, Vicki Milledge, Mike Murray, Ron Nicholson Jr , Terry Oyama, Benjamin Pang, Jef Raskin , Brian Robertson, Dave Roots, Patricia Sharp, Burrell Smith , Bryan Stearns, Lynn Takahashi, Randy Wigginton , Linda Wilkin, Steve Wozniak , Pamela Wyman, Laszlo Zidek and two others.
See also
- List of Macintosh models
Individual evidence
- ↑ Owen W. Linz Meyer: Apple confidential 2.0 - the definitive history of the world's most colorful company . 2004, ISBN 1-59327-010-0 .