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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 4.2, System 4.3, System 5.0, System 5.1, System 6.0, System 6.0.1, System 6.0.2, System 6.0.3, System 6.0.4, System 6.0.5, System 6.0.7, System 6.0.8, System 7.0, System 7.0.1, System 7.1, System 7.1.1, System 7.1.2, System 7.5, System 7.5.1, System 7.5.2, System 7.5.3, System 7.5.5, A/UX 1.0, A/UX 1.1, A/UX 2.0, A/UX 2.0.1, A/UX 3.0, A/UX 3.0.1, A/UX 3.0.2, A/UX 3.1, A/UX 3.1.1 |
| 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