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The applications [[MacPaint]], [[MacDraw]] and [[HyperCard]] were bundled with the Mac Plus. |
The applications [[MacPaint]], [[MacDraw]] and [[HyperCard]] were bundled with the Mac Plus. |
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Third-party software applications available included [[Microsoft Word]] and [[Microsoft Excel|Excel]], as well as [[Aldus]]'s [[PageMaker]]. |
Third-party software applications available included [[Microsoft Word]] and [[Microsoft Excel|Excel]], as well as [[Aldus]]'s [[PageMaker]]. |
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For those of you who are nostalgic, there is a program called [[vMac]] that will [[emulate]] a Mac Plus on a variety of platforms, including [[Unix]], [[Windows]], [[DOS]] and [[Mac OS]]. |
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| Introduced: | January 16, 1986 |
| MSRP: | $2599 |
| CPU: | Motorola 68000 |
| CPU speed: | 8 MHz |
| Shipped with system version: | 1.1 |
| RAM: | 1 MB, expandable to 4 MB |
| Discontinued: | October 15, 1990 |
The Macintosh Plus was introduced two years after the original Macintosh. It originally shipped with a beige case, but was later manufactured in the long-lived "platinum" color.
It was the first Macintosh model to include a SCSI port, thus making it compatible with (and boosting the popularity of) the external Apple Hard Disk 20 (HD20), a 20 MB hard drive which was introduced by Apple in 1985.
An all-in-one unit, the Plus had a one-bit, 9" black & white display, common to Macs of the period. The 72-dpi resolution gave the appearance of grayscale. It had one 3 1/2 inch floppy disk drive, variable speed (incompatible therefore with the PC drives), with a capacity of 720 Kb.
The computer included a keyboard (which was not an extended keyboard) and a one-button mouse. It did not have a fan, making it extremely quiet in operation.
The applications MacPaint, MacDraw and HyperCard were bundled with the Mac Plus. Third-party software applications available included Microsoft Word and Excel, as well as Aldus's PageMaker.
For those of you who are nostalgic, there is a program called vMac that will emulate a Mac Plus on a variety of platforms, including Unix, Windows, DOS and Mac OS.