Macintosh LC II

1992

Historia

La serie LC de Macintosh estaba diseñada como un modelo de bajo costo

(LC=Low Cost), para reemplazar las Apple II en centros de educación. El precio
inicial del LC II fue de unos $1300, aproximadamente la mitad del de otros
modelos de la epoca. Entre otros recortes, se eliminaron las expansiones NuBus, se
uso un bus interno de 16 bits, y se limitaron las capacidades de expansión de
memoria y almacenamiento. La única posibilidad de expansión interna es una
conexión que se puede usar para una tarjeta de red o un emulador de Apple II
para permitirle el uso de la gran librería de programas existentes para esa
computadora.
Comparada con el modelo original LC, la LC II de 1992 usa un CPU Motorola
68030 a 16 Mhz en lugar de un 68020 y 4 Mb de RAM en lugar de 2. Pero el bus de
datos aun es de 16 bits, y aunque es posible tener instalados hasta 12 Mb de RAM,
solo 10 son reconocidos, ambas limitaciones heredadas del modelo anterior.
Se entregaron inicialmente con el sistema 7.0.1, y pueden utilizar hasta la versión
7.6.1
La misma computadora fue vendida con los nombres de Performa 400, Performa
405, Performa 410 y Performa 430, con tan solo mínimos cambios.
Fue remplazada en 1993 por el modelo LC III
Hay mas información en el sitio de Apple y en la wikipedia

La computadora del museo fue fabricada en Mayo de 1993, haciéndola una de las
ultimas del modelo, con el numero de serie SG321D0BF28.
Tiene 10 (12) Mb de RAM instalados y 512 Kb de RAM de video. El disco duro es
de 80 Mb.
Tiene instalado el sistema 7.1, y varios programas educativos, ya que hasta el 2003
fue propiedad del "Linden board of education".
Desafortunadamente no tengo el teclado, mouse o monitor original, y la uso con un
monitor SVGA gracias a un adaptador de video. 

Mac LC Dell Atari Falcon Amiga Mac LC

Comparación Mac LC
II 486P/20 030 4000 III
RAM 2-10 Mb 4-10 Mb 4 Mb 4-14 Mb 4-16 Mb 4-36 Mb
MC MC Intel
CPU Intel 846SX MC 68030 MC 68040
68020 68030 846DX
Mhz 16 16 20 16 25 25
Gráficos 256 Kb 512 Kb 512 Kb 1 Mb? 2 Mb? 512 Kb
Hard drive 40 Mb 80 Mb 116 Mb 80 Mb 120 Mb 160 Mb
1 x 1.4 1 x 1.4 1 x 1.76
Disketera 1 x 1.2 Mb 1 x 1.44 Mb? 1 x 1.4 Mb
Mb Mb Mb
Peso: 4 Kg - Ancho: 31 cm - Profundidad: 39 cm - Altura: 7,5 cm

Macintosh LC II
Logic Board Ports Power

Processor: 68030, 16 USB:   Max

50
PMMU: integrated ADB: 1 Watts:

FPU: none DB- Amps: .42

Video: 15
Data Path: 16, 16 BTU per
171
Floppy: none Hr:
L1 Cache: 0.5K
DB- Voltage: 90-240
L2 Cache: none SCSI: 25
Freq
2nd Processor: none 50-60 Hz
Geoports:   Range:
Slots: 1 LC PDS Ethernet: none Battery 3.6V
FireWire:   Type: lithium

Mic Type: Omni

AirPort
 
Ready:
Other Ports: Printer
Modem
Speaker
,

Memory Video Memory

Logic Board: 4 MB Video Memory Video Memory

Resolution 256K VRAM 512K VRAM
RAM Slots: 2, 30-pin SIMM (1x256K) (1x512K)

Min - Max RAM: 4 MB - 10 MB 512 x 384 8-bit 16-bit

Min RAM Speed: 100 640 x 400 n/a-bit n/a-bit
RAM Sizes: 1, 2, 4 MB
640 x 480 4-bit 8-bit
Install in Groups
2 800 x 600 n/a-bit n/a-bit
of:
Notes: When all SIMM slots are filled 832 x 624 n/a-bit n/a-bit
 with 4MB SIMMs, the lower 2MB 1024 x 768 n/a-bit n/a-bit
of RAM on the logic board cannot
1152 x 870 n/a-bit n/a-bit
be addressed.
1280 x 1024 n/a-bit n/a-bit

Physical Software Storage

Introduced: 3/23/1992 Addressing 24-, Floppy

1.44MB
Modes: 32-bit Size:
Discontinued: 3/15/1993
Form Factor: LC Orig SSW: 7.0.1 Floppy
auto
Orig Inject:
Gestalt ID: 37 none
Enabler: Min. Int 40-
Weight (lbs): 8.8 HD Size: 80MB
ROM ID: $067C
Dimensions (in): 2.9 H x 12.2 W x 15.3 D Int HD
ROM Ver: $19 SCSI
Notes: Support Discontinued 9/1/98 Interface:
ROM Size: 512K
Orig CD
AppleTalk n/a
54 Speed
Ver:
Int CD
Mac OS 7.0.1
7.1 Support:
Supported: 7.1.1
(Pro)
7.5
7.5.1
7.5.3
7.5.5
7.6
7.6.1

Macintosh LC
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Macintosh LC II "pizza box" computer, circa 1992.

The Macintosh LC (meaning low-cost color) was Apple Computer's product family of low-end

consumer Macintosh personal computers in the early 1990s. The original Macintosh LC was released in
1990 and was the first affordable color-capable Macintosh. Due to its affordability and Apple II
compatibility the LC was adopted primarily in the education and home markets. Together with the Mac
IIsi, it introduced built-in audio input on the Mac. The "LC" name was subsequently used for a line of
low-end Macintosh computers for several years and spanned the 68k to PowerPCtransition.

Contents
 [hide]

1 History
2 Features
o 2.1 Apple IIe Replacement
3 LC models
o 3.1 "Pizza boxes"
o 3.2 All-in-one
o 3.3 Standard desktop
o 3.4 Timeline of Macintosh LC models
o 3.5 Timeline of Apple II Family models
4 Specifications

5 External links
[edit]History

Macintosh computers, especially the color Macs starting with the Macintosh II in 1987, had always been
rather expensive computers with large profit margins. The original LC was an attempt at an affordable,
modular, color-capable Macintosh. Compared with earlier Macs, Apple cut some corners on performance
and features in order to keep the price down.

The Mac LC sold well, and in 1991 was replaced by the LC II, which replaced the LC's 68020 processor
with a 68030. The LC II sold even better than the LC and this spawned a whole series of LC models, most
of which later were sold both with the LC name to the education world and to consumers via traditional
Apple dealers, and as Performa to the consumer market via electronics stores, and department stores such
as Sears. (For example, the LC 475 was also known as the Performa 475.) All PowerPC-based LC
models were sold as "Power Macintosh xxxx LC" (and as "Performa xxxx"). The LC line lived on until
the iMac was released in 1998. The LC 580 was notable for being the last desktopMotorola 68k-based
Macintosh of any kind. All subsequent Macintoshes used PowerPC processors and, later, Intel processors.

[edit]Features

Notably, the LC used a very small "pizza box" case with no NuBus slots, had a 16
MHz 68020 microprocessor and no floating-pointcoprocessor running on a 16-bit data bus (a major
bottleneck as the 68020 was a 32-bit CPU), a limit of 10Mb RAM and shipped with only 256Kb of
VRAM, therefore only supporting a display resolution of 512x384 pixels at 8-bit color on Apple's 12"
RGB monitor. The VRAM was upgradeable to 512Kb though, supporting a display resolution of 512x384
pixels at 16-bit color or, on a VGA-compatible display, 640x480 pixels at 8-bit color. Nevertheless, most
LCs were purchased with an Apple 12" RGB monitor with a fixed resolution of 512x384 pixels. Many
software programs that had been designed for other color Macs assumed that the minimum screen size
was 640x480 pixels. As a result, some programs simply would not function correctly on the LC, and for
several years software developers had to add support for this smaller screen resolution in order to
guarantee that their software would run on LCs. Overall, general performance of the machine was
disappointing due to the crippling data bus bottleneck, making it run far slower than it should have been
(e.g. the same 16 MHz 68020 based Macintosh II ran almost twice as fast as the Macintosh LC). One
difference between the Mac II and the Mac LC is the latter had no socket for a 68851 MMU, therefore it
could not take advantage of System 7's virtual memory features. The successor model LC II's 68030 has a
built-in MMU. The CPU was the only major change to the LC II; the bus remained 16 bits. A full 32-bit
bus had to wait for the LC III successor a year later.

[edit]Apple IIe Replacement

Despite the LC's lack of NuBus slots, it did come with a Processor Direct Slot (PDS). This was primarily
intended for the Apple IIe Card, which was offered with education models of the LCs. The card allowed
the LC to emulate an Apple IIe. The combination of the low-cost color Macintosh and Apple IIe
compatibility was intended to encourage the education market's transition from Apple II models to
Macintoshes. Despite the LC's minimal video specs with a 12" monitor, any LC that supports the card can
be switched into 560x384 resolution for better compatibility with the IIe's 280x192 High-Resolution
graphics (essentially doubled).

Other cards, such as CPU accelerators, ethernet and video cards were also made available for the LC's
PDS slot.

[edit]LC models
[edit]"Pizza boxes"

 Macintosh LC (1990)

Processor: Motorola 68020 Recommended System Software: System Software 6.0.7-Mac OS 7.5.5
Fastest System Software: System Software 6.0.8L

 Macintosh LC II (1992) — also known as Performa 400, Performa 405, Performa 410, Performa
430

Processor: Motorola 68030 Recommended System Software: System Software 6.0.8L-Mac OS 7.6.1
Fastest System Software: System Software 7.0.1

 Macintosh LC III (1993) — also known as Performa 450. First LC with 32 bit wide system bus
Processor: Motorola 68030 Recommended System Software: System Software 7.1-Mac OS 7.6.1 Fastest
System Software: System Software 7.5

 Macintosh LC III+ (1993) — also known as Performa 460, Performa 466, Performa 467
 Macintosh LC 475 (1993) — base on the LC III and officially sold as Quadra 605, also known as
Performa 475, Performa 476. First 68040-based LC.

[edit]All-in-one

 Macintosh Color Classic (1993) Unofficial LC based on the LC II

 Macintosh LC 520 (1993)
 Macintosh Color Classic II (1993) Unofficial LC based on the LC 550 sold only outside the US
 Macintosh TV (1993) Unofficial LC based on the LC 550 with dedicated PDS slot and limited
RAM
 Macintosh LC 550 (1994) — also known as Performa 550, Performa 560
 Macintosh LC 575 (1994) — also known as Performa 575, Performa 576, Performa 577,
Performa 578
 Macintosh LC 580 (1995) — also known as Performa 580CD, Performa 588CD
 Power Macintosh 5200 LC (1995) — also known as Performa 5200CD, Performa 5210CD,
Performa 5215CD, Performa 5220CD
 Power Macintosh 5260 LC (1996) — also known as Performa 5260CD, Performa 5270CD
 Power Macintosh 5300 LC (1995) — also known as Performa 5300CD, Performa 5320CD
 Power Macintosh 5400 LC (1996) — also known as Performa 5400CD, Performa 5410CD,
Performa 5420CD, Performa 5430CD, Performa 5440CD, Performa 5420 (black case)
 Power Macintosh 5500 (1997) Unofficial LC essentially an upgraded LC 5400, initially sold
only to educational markets. Though it dropped the name, it is functionally the successor to and last
of the Macintosh LC line.

[edit]Standard desktop

 Macintosh LC 630 (1994) — an LC in name only, it was officially sold as Quadra 630, also
known as Performa 630, Performa 630CD, Performa 631CD, Performa 635CD, Performa 636,
Performa 636CD, Performa 637CD, Performa 638CD, Performa 640CD

Timeline of Macintosh LC models

See also: Timeline of Apple Macintosh models
All LC models except the original LC (and Mac TV) were also sold under the Performa brand.

Timeline of Apple II Family models

See also: Timeline of Apple II Family

See also: Timeline of Apple Macintosh models and Timeline of Apple products

[edit]Specifications

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