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.jpg) A Macintosh Colour Classic running an Italian version of System 7 | |
| Developer | Apple Computer, Inc. |
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| Product family | Compact,Performa |
| Type | All-in-one |
| Release date | February 10, 1993; 32 years ago (1993-02-10) |
| Introductory price | US$1,400 (equivalent to $3,000 in 2024) |
| Discontinued | May 16, 1995 (1995-05-16)[1] (CC II) November 1, 1995 (1995-11-01) (Performa 275) |
| Operating system | System 7.1–Mac OS 7.6.1 With 68040 upgrade,Mac OS 8.1, or with PowerPC upgrade,Mac OS 9.1 |
| CPU | Motorola 68030 @ 16 or 33 MHz |
| Memory | 4MB onboard, upgradable to 10MB; Withlogicboard upgrade: 64MB, unofficially supports 128MB ofRAM (100 ns 30-pinSIMM) |
| Display | 10 inches (25 cm), 512 x 384 (switchable to 560 x 384) |
| Dimensions | Height: 15 inches (38 cm) Width: 10 inches (25 cm) Depth: 12.66 inches (32.2 cm) |
| Weight | 10.2 kilograms (22 lb) |
| Predecessor | Macintosh Classic II |
| Successor | Macintosh LC 500 series Power Macintosh 5200 LC |
TheMacintosh Color Classic (sold as theMacintosh Colour Classic in PAL regions) is apersonal computer designed, manufactured and sold byApple Computer, Inc. from February 1993 to May 1995 (up to January 1998 in PAL markets). It has anall-in-one design, with a small, integrated 10″SonyTrinitron display at 512 × 384 pixel resolution. The display is capable of supporting up to thousands of colors with a video memory upgrade.
A slightly updated model, theColor Classic II, featuring theMacintosh LC 550logic board with a 33 MHz processor, was released in Japan, Canada and some international markets in 1993, sometimes as thePerforma 275.
The Color Classic is the final model of the original"compact" family ofMacintosh computers, and was replaced by the larger-displayMacintosh LC 500 series andPower Macintosh 5200 LC.
The Color Classic has aMotorola 68030 CPU running at 16 MHz and has a logic board similar to theMacintosh LC II.[2]
Like theMacintosh SE andSE/30 before it, the Color Classic has a single expansion slot: an LC-typeProcessor Direct Slot (PDS), incompatible with the SE slots. This was primarily intended for theApple IIe Card (the primary reason for the Color Classic's switchable 560 × 384 display, essentially quadruple the IIe's 280 × 192High-Resolution graphics), which was offered with education models of the LCs. The card allowed the LCs to emulate anApple 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. Other cards, such as CPU accelerators,Ethernet and video cards were also made available for the Color Classic's Processor Direct Slot.
The Color Classic shipped with theApple Keyboard known as an Apple Keyboard II (M0487) which featured a soft power switch on the keyboard itself. The mouse supplied was theApple Mouse known as the Apple Desktop Bus Mouse II (M2706).
A slightly updated model, the Color Classic II, featuring theMacintosh LC 550logic board with a 33 MHz processor, was released in Japan, Canada and some international markets in 1993, sometimes as thePerforma 275. Both versions of the Color Classic have 256 KB of onboard VRAM, expandable to 512 KB by plugging a 256 KB VRAM SIMM into the onboard 68-pin VRAM slot.[3]
The name "Color Classic" was not printed directly on the front panel, but on a separate plastic insert. This enabled thealternative spelling "Colour Classic" and "Colour Classic II" to be used in appropriate markets.
Powered by aMotorola 68030 processor, the Color Classic can only go up to Mac OS 7.6.1. However, some Color Classic users upgraded their machines with motherboards fromPerforma/LC 575 units ("Mystic" upgrade),[4] while others have put entirePerforma/LC/Quadra 630 or successor innards into them ("Takky" upgrade).[5] Another common modification to this unit was to change the display to allow 640 × 480 resolution, which was a common requirement for many programs (especiallygames) to run.[6]
With the Mystic mod, the Color Classic uses the motherboard of theMacintosh LC 575 which has aMotorola 68LC040 CPU (at a speed of 33 MHz instead of 25 MHz) and is pin compatible with the Color Classic. A Color Classic with the Mystic upgrade can go up to Mac OS 8.1 (Mac OS 8.6 and newer require PowerPC processors).
With the Takky mod, the case and connector need to be modded, but doing so will allow the use of a PowerPC 601, 603, or 604 equipped motherboard. A Color Classic with the Takky upgrade can go up to Mac OS 9.1 (Mac OS 9.2 and newer require a G3 processor). On Takky Color Classics, there is a way to upgrade the processor with aG3 CPU, but it will only go up to Mac OS 9.2.2 as Mac OS X isn't officially supported.[7]
Introduced February 1, 1993 (Japan only): Macintosh Performa 250
Introduced February 10, 1993 (Japan, Asia, Americas) / March 16, 1994 (PAL regions): Macintosh Color/Colour Classic
Introduced October 1, 1993 (South Korea) / September 9, 1994 (Japan): Macintosh Performa 275
Introduced October 21, 1993 (Japan, Asia, Canada)[11] / December 3, 1994 (PAL regions): Macintosh Color/Colour Classic II
| Timeline ofCompact Macintosh models |
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 See also:List of Mac models andCompact Macintosh |
| Timeline ofMacintosh Centris,LC,Performa, andQuadra models, colored byCPU type |
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 See also:List of Mac models |
