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Mac models - early

For historical purposes, following is a list of the earliest Macintosh models, all of which used the Motorola 68000 CPUs. See 68000.

EARLY MACINTOSH COMPUTERS680xx Clock  Bus  RAM  HDModel       CPU    MHz  bits MB  bytes

 128          00      8  16  128K      20
 512          00      8  16  512K
 Plus         00      8  16  1-4
 SE           00      8  16  1-4   20-160
 SE30         30     16  32  1-8
 Classic      00      8  16  1-4
 Classic II   30     16  16  2-10  40-80
 Color Classic (256 cols)
              30     16  16  4-10  80-160
 II           20     16  32  1-8
 IIx          30     16  32  1-8
 IIcx         30     16  32  1-8
 IIci         30     25  32  5-32  80-230
 IIfx         30     40  32  4-32     80+
 IIsi         30     20  32  3-17   40-80
 IIvi         30     16  32  4-20  40-400
 IIvx         30     32  32  4-20  40-400
 LC           20     16  16  1-10   40-80
 LC II        30     16  16  2-10   40-80
 LC III       30     25  32  4-36  80-160
 LC 475       40  25/50  32  4-36  80-160
 LC 520       30     25  32  4-36  80-160
 LC 550       30     33  32  4-36     160
 LC 575       40  33/66  32  4-36 160-320
 LC 580       40  33/66  32  8-52     500
 LC 630       40  33/66  32  8-52 250-350
 LC 630 DOS   40  33/66  32  4-36  80-160
 Centris610   40     20  32  4-68  80-500
 Centris650   40     25  32 4-132  80-500
 Portable     00     16  32   1-9  40


 Quadras (24-bit color)680xx Clock  Bus  RAM  HDModel       CPU    MHz  bits MB  bytes

 605          40  25/50  32  4-36 160-250
 610          40  25/50  32  4-68 160-230
 630          40  33/66  32  4-36     250
 650          40  33/66  32 4-132 250-500
 660AV        40  25/50  32  8-68 230-500
 700          40     25  32  4-20  80-400
 800          40     33  32 4-136  230-1G
 840AV        40  40/80  32 8-136  230-1G
 900          40     33  32  4-64 160-400
 950          40  33/66  32 8-256  230-1G


 PowerBook Portables680xx Clock  Bus  RAM  HDModel       CPU    MHz  bits MB  bytes

 100          00     16   16  2-8      20
 140          30     16   16  2-8   20-40
 145          30     25   16  4-8   40-80
 145B         30     25   16  4-8   40-80
 150          30     33   16  4-40    250
 160          30     25   16  4-14 40-120
 165          30     33   16  4-14 80-160
 165c         30     33   16  4-14 80-120
 170**        30     25   16  4-8      40
 180          30     33   16  4-14 80-120
 180c         30     33   16  4-14 80-160
 190/66       40  33/66   16  4-40    500
 190cs/66     40  33/66   16  4-40    500
 210 Duo      30     25   32  4-24     80
 230 Duo**    30     33   32  4-24 80-160
 250 Duo**    30     33   32  4-24    200
 270cDuo**    30     33   32  4-32    240
 280 Duo**    40  66/33   32  4-40    240
 280cDuo**    40  66/33   32  4-40    320
 520          40  50/25   16  4-36    240
 520c         40  50/25   16  4-36 40-320
 540**        40  66/33   16  4-36    320
 540c**       40  66/33   16  4-36    240

 Duo = inserts into docking station
  ** = active matrix LCD
   c = color screen
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