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The immortal 1984 Macintosh (restoration diary)

A restoration of a 1984 Apple Macintosh 128K for display and daily use, addressing the original's limitations of only 128KB RAM and no expansion options. The chosen unit was originally upgraded in 1986 to a Macintosh Plus motherboard, giving it 1MB RAM and a SCSI port, enabling a broader library of games and applications. The machine saw heavy use at a psychology practice from 1984 to 2008 before being restored.

Background

The Apple Macintosh 128K, released in 1984, was the first mass-market Apple Macintosh computer. It featured only 128KB of RAM and a single 400KB floppy drive, making it quite limited by modern standards.

Source
Lobsters
Published
Aug 23, 2026 at 07:17 AM
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6.0 / 10