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# Macintosh 128K

![https://github.com/seanpm2001/WacOS/blob/master/Graphics/Macintosh/128K/Macintosh_128k_transparency.png](https://github.com/seanpm2001/WacOS/blob/master/Graphics/Macintosh/128K/Macintosh_128k_transparency.png)

This article is about the first edition Macintosh.

The Macintosh 128K is the first computer in the line of Macintosh computers by Apple Inc. As the name implies, it comes with 128 Kilobytes of RAM built in. It has a monochrome (Greyscale) display built in, and runs [System software 1](https://github.com/seanpm2001/WacOS/wiki/System_1/) it has a Motorola 68K CPU, with about 7.83 megahertz processing power, but only 6 megahertz is usable effectively. It has a 9 inch (23 centimeter) screen, and weighs 7.5 kilograms (16.5 pounds) it costs US$2,495 which is equivalent to US$6,220 in 2020 standards. It was discontinued the next year on October 1st 1985, being manufactured from January 24th 1984 to the end date listed.

Due to the price of hard disk drives at the time, the system only came with a 3 and a half inch floppy drive with 400 kilobytes of memory. Due to problems with memory usage and the 128 kilobytes of RAM, external floppy disk readers, and constant floppy diskette swapping was very common.

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## Sources

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_128K](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_128K/)

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**Written on:** `Friday, 2021 September 17th at 4:00 pm)`

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