General Information

Serial #

M7O9M01003465O

Part Number

3

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/ METAL PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

12.0 cm

Width

6.2 cm

Height

3.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Apple

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Cupertino

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1986-1991

Canada

AMERICAN DESIGNED & MANUFACTURED PERSONAL COMPUTER ALSO MARKETED & USED IN CANADA. IT'S OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE GREATLY SIMPLIFIED USE OF MACHINE, ENHANCING ITS MARKETABILITY. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED BY NMST'S DESIGN DEPT. TO DEVELOP DESIGNS FOR MUSEUMS EXHIBITS.

Function

A DATA INPUT COMPONENT OF A COMPUTER, USED TO ENTER ALPHANUMERIC DATA AND COMMANDS.

Technical

INTRODUCED IN 1984, MACINTOSH WAS APPLE COMPUTER'S 2ND VERY SUCCESSFUL PRODUCT. BASED ON MOTOROLA'S 68000 MICROPROCESSOR, IT WAS 1ST PC TO USE OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE & MOUSE TO CONTROL CURSOR POSITION. FASTER & MORE POWERFUL MACINTOSH PLUS WAS INTRODUCED WITHIN YEAR, WITH 1 MB OF MEMORY & EXPANSION SLOTS FOR 4 MG. MAC CAME WITH 2 SOFTWARE PROGRAMS, MACWRITE (WORD PROCESSOR) & MACPRINT (DRAWING PROGRAM).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON UNDERSIDE RAISED 'Apple Computer, Inc./ Model Number: M0100/ Made in Japan'; LABEL ON SIDE READS'NMC62679'

Missing

NONE. UNIT WAS NORMALLY ATTACHED TO A 20 MEG. HARD DRIVE ALSO MADE BY APPLE.

Finish

LIGHT GREY CASINGS/ SLIGHTLY DARKER GREY KEYS & BUTTONS

Decoration

N/A