Macintosh IIci
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| Macintosh IIci | |
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| Manufacturer | Apple Computer |
| Introduced | September 20, 1989 |
| Discontinued | February 10, 1993 |
| Price | US$6269 |
| CPU | Motorola 68030, 25 MHz |
| RAM | 1 MB or 4 MB, expandable to 128 MB, 80 ns 30-pin SIMM |
| OS | System 6.0.4 |
The Apple Macintosh IIci was an improvement on the Macintosh IIcx. Sharing the same compact case design with three expansion slots, the IIci improved upon the IIcx's 16 MHz Motorola 68030 CPU and 68882 FPU, replacing them with 25 MHz versions of these chips. The IIci had an 80 megabyte hard disk.
The IIci was the first Macintosh to feature 32-bit clean ROMs, an optional Level 2 cache, and — a first for a non-all-in-one Mac — onboard graphics for an external display. Because the built-in graphics used the system's RAM for its VRAM, some users used a NuBus graphics card to reclaim the lost memory. For a short time in 1989, before the introduction of the 40 MHz Macintosh IIfx, the IIci was the fastest Mac available. It was also one of the most popular Macs of all time.
Possible upgrades include a 50MHz Daystar 68030 board, a couple of different 68040 upgrades, and a PowerPC 7xx series upgrade.
An easter egg exists in the IIci ROM. If the system date is set to September 20th, 1989 (the machine's release date) and the Command - Option - C - I buttons held during boot time, an image of the development team will be displayed.
[edit] References
- Macintosh Buyer's Guide, vol. 7 no. 3 (Summer 1990)
