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# Macintosh Portable

Essentials

Family: PowerBook

Codename: Laguna, Riveria, Malibu, Esprit, Guiness. (Backlit configuration: Aruba, Love Shack, Mulligan)

Gestalt ID: 10

Minimum OS: 6.0.4

Maximum OS: 7.5.5

Introduced: September 1989

Terminated: October 1991

Processor

CPU: Motorola MC68000

CPU Speed: 16 MHz

FPU: none

Bus Speed: 16 MHz

Register Width: 32-bit

Data Bus Width: 16-bit

Address Bus Width: 32-bit

ROM: 256 kB

RAM Type: proprietary

Minimum RAM Speed: 100 ns

Onboard RAM: 1 MB

RAM slots: 1

Maximum RAM: 8 MB

Video

Screen: 1-bit active matrix (backlit after 2/91)

Max Resolution: 640x400

Storage

Hard Drive: optional 40 MB

Floppy Drive: 1 or 2 1.4 MB SuperDrive

Input/Output

ADB: 1

Serial: 2 Mini DIN-8

SCSI: DB-25

Audio Out: stereo 8 bit mini

Speaker: mono

Miscellaneous

Power: 5 Watts

Dimensions: 4.05" H x 15.25" W x 14.83" D

Weight: 15.8 lbs.

Announced in September 1989, The Mac Portable was Apple's first attempt at a more easily portable Macintosh. It had a bay for a 3.5" half-height drive, and could support up to two Super Drives. Reaction to the Portable was poor. It was clunky, slow, had no expansion capabilities, and its active matrix screen (later backlit) made it incredibly expensive. It sold for $6,500.

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