Mac SE
Introduced along with the Mac II in March 1987, the SE came with 1 MB of RAM, one or two double-sided 800K floppies, and space to mount an internal SCSI hard drive (the second drive bay held either a hard drive or second floppy - no room for both, although that didn't stop some people from creating a bracket to mount a hard drive in a two-floppy SE). The SE was the first compact Mac with a built-in fan.
In August 1989 Apple began to ship the SE with their high density floppy drive, known as the FDHD (floppy drive, high density) or SuperDrive (for its ability to read and write IBM-format floppies with additional software). Not only did this provide 1.4 MB capacity, but also the ability to read and write 3.5" DOS disks using special software.
The SE was introduced as the low-end cousin of the hot new 16 MHz Mac II. The SE was the first compact Mac with an expansion slot. One of the first add-in cards was an MS-DOS card. Over time, video, Ethernet, and accelerator cards became popular accessories.
Details
- SE introduced 03/02/1987 at $2,900 (dual floppy) or $3,700 (with 20 MB hard drive); discontinued 08/01/1989
- CPU: 8 MHz 68000
- ROM: 256 KB
- RAM: 1 MB, expandable 4 MB using pairs of 256 KB or 1 MB 150ns 30-pin SIMMs (will not work with two-chip 1 MB SIMMs)
- configurations included dual-floppy or one floppy plus 20 or, 40 MB hard drive
- 9" b&w screen, 512 x 342 pixels
- ADB ports: 2 for keyboard and mouse
- serial ports: 2 DIN-8 RS-422 ports on back of computer
- SCSI: 1 DB-25 connector on back of computer, maximum throughput of 5,248 kbps
- floppy: 800 KB or 1.4 MB double sided
- floppy connector on back of computer
- size (HxWxD): 13.6" x 9.6" x 10.9"
- Weight: 17 lb.