PC-GR TECH HISTORY Apple Macintosh Portable Model M5120
Apple Macintosh Portable Model M5120 | TechMuseum
Year of Manufacture: 1989-1991
Technical Specifications:
- Monitor: Monochrome, LCD 640×400
- CPU: Motorola 68HC000, 16 MHz
- RAM: 1 MB
- Storage Units: 3.5″ FDD (1.44MB) , 3.5″ HDD (40MB)
- Connectability: Parallel , Apple Desktop Bus , serial
- Keyboard: 80 keys
- Weight: 7.2 kgr
- OS: MAC OS 6.0.4 to 7.5.5.
The Apple Macintosh Portable model M5120 features a Motorola 68HC000 processor at 16 MHz and memory of 1MB. Equipped with two floppy disks of 3.5” at 1.44MB and one of 3.5″ at 40MB accordingly, it runs with the operating system of the MacOS 6.0.4 up to 7.5.5 version.
Apple introduced to the world the original Macintosh personal computer through a SuperBowl commercial video, called “1984”. During the years the company has made great innovations and the Mac series had undergone transitions. Regarding the processors from the powerful Motorola 68000 transitioned to IBM ProwerPC processors, to Intel x86 and now to Apple Silicon ones. Performance and power efficiency have been praised by the critics.
The name Macintosh was conceived after, what else, founder’s favorite type of apple, literally the Canadian McIntosh red green apple. Each model introduced to consumers presented friendlier user experience, top of the art aesthetic design and powerful architecture.
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