For your consideration at this wonderful sale is a rare and vintage Apple Macintosh Color Classic from 1993, with an upgraded Logic Board containing a Motorola MC68LC040 series processor clocked at up to 33Mhz speeds, and custom configured with an Apple IIe card. These specifications have been upgraded with 20MB of RAM, an internal spacious 4GB (Gigabyte) SCSI Hard Drive and a full installation of System 7.5.5 (this only supports IIe Card), Mac OS 7.6.1 and Mac OS 8.1, making it more attractive and interesting. Apple Ethernet Card is installed on the logic board in the communications slot for AppleTalk and Network Connections, and the logic board features both PDS and Communication Slot connections. The PDS slot, currently occupied with the IIe card, supports other devices, such as graphics cards, display engines, mainframe systems, etc. The Apple IIe y-shaped adapter cable with part number 590-0703-A is included; when connected to the Apple IIe card, to be used with Apple II peripherals, such as external Apple 5.25" Floppy Disk Drives (not included, sold separately) and Apple Joysticks (not included, sold separately).
The built-in crisp Sony 9" Trinitron display supports thousands of vibrant colors in crisp quality with the upgraded VRAM memory. Apple ADB DesignKeyboard matching with Mouse II are included. Built-in speaker and microphone are present, however, internal sound is untested. SCSI port allows connection to external hard disk drives, CD-ROM drives and peripherals; the serial ports allow connections to external modems and desktop printers. There is line-in and line-out connection for audio devices, such as microphones and speaker systems, but they are untested. An Apple Omni-directional Microphone will be included.
This unique configuration was time consuming and took a great deal of effort & patience to make it possible for the hardware to understand that there is an internal 4GB hard drive installed, and it is partitioned into several drive icons. System 7.5.5, Mac OS 7.6.1 and Mac OS 8.1 are installed on separate partitions. The Apple IIe card will only function in System 7.5.5 with 32-bit addressing turned off in the memory control panel. 32-bit memory addressing will turn back on when switching into Mac OS 7.6.1 and Mac OS 8.1. The Apple IIe card will not function after System 7.5.5 - it is not supported because of the 32-bit memory addressing. An LC 575 (Mystic) logic board is installed, however, the original Color Classic logic board and plastic panel cover are absent due the different design of the port layout and will not be included with this sale. PRAM clock batteries are not included on logic boards when shipped international due to customs and courier regulations pertaining to battery devices. There is an internal Apple 1.4MB SuperDrive floppy disk drive inside the Color Classic, and it appears functional. CRT displays may show signs of age over the years during the first few minutes of startup, with small dark portions of the screen readjusting to full contrast, or partial burn-in, and this is considered normal for vintage computers. Color Classics have beige cases that have been exposed to sunlight and may appear to fade from platinum to tan beige or sometimes yellow.
Seller will ship this Color Classic carefully wrapped for domestic shipping throughout the United States.The equipment will be professionally packaged by the seller when shipped, however, international shipping and handling is also available throughout the world at additional cost specified here in the sale; Approximate weight of bundle for shipping is 40 pounds.I have years of experience packing Color Classics for shipment, and I insist on wrapping at least 6 to 12 inches of bubble-wrap around all 6 sides of the machine to minimize the potential for physical damage upon direct impact during handling.
However, this unit is offered as-is, with no warranty and no returns, and any changes or additional modifications are not supported, as such actions are performed at your own risk. It is recommended to make a secondary back-up of the hard drive when using this machine for the first time.
Please see all the pictures before asking questions or making a decision to make a final offer.
