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Macintosh II
M5000 · Platinum
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Identifiers
| Order number | M5000 |
Reference
| Original price | $5,498 |
| Announced | 1987-03-02 |
| Discontinued | 1990-01-15 |
| Max supported OS | System 7.5.5 |
| Design era | Platinum |
Configurations
| Colors | Platinum |
| CPU | Motorola 68020 @ 16 MHz + 68881 FPU |
| Memory | 1 MB, 4 MB, 8 MB, 20 MB, 68 MB (max) |
| Storage | 40 MB SCSI HDD, 80 MB SCSI HDD, BlueSCSI |
| Graphics | Apple Macintosh II Video Card (4-bit), Apple 8•24 NuBus card, Toby Frame Buffer, RasterOps NuBus card |
| Operating system | System 4.1, System 6.0.x, System 7.5.5, A/UX |
| Removable media | 1.4 MB floppy (FDHD) |
Physical
| Ports & connectivity | ADB (2) · DB-25 SCSI · 2× RS-422 Mini-DIN-8 serial · 3.5mm audio out · 6× NuBus slots |
| Dimensions (W×H×D) | 476 × 140 × 371 mm |
| Weight | 11.6 kg |
Known quirks
- First Mac with color — but requires separate NuBus video card, not included
- PRAM battery leak common and destructive to logic board
- No built-in video — headless without a NuBus card
- ROM lacks 32-bit clean code — limited to 8 MB RAM without MODE32 extension