macintosh classic/color

Introduced on october 15, 1990, the macintosh classic was the first apple macintosh to sell for less than CHF 1’600. The classic was an adaptation of the 1984 macintosh 128K industrial design, as had been the earlier Macintosh SE.  The system specifications of the classic were very similar to its predecessors, with the same 9-inch (23 cm) monochrome CRT display, 512×384 pixel resolution, and 4 megabyte (MB) memory limit of the older macintosh computers. Apple's decision to not update the classic with newer technology such as a 68010 CPU, higher RAM capacity or color display ensured compatibility with the mac's by-then healthy software base as well as enabled it to fit the lower price Apple intended for it. Nevertheless, the Classic featured several improvements over the aging macintosh plus, which it replaced as apple's low-end mac computer. It was up to 25 percent faster than the plus and included an apple superdrive 3.5-inch (9 cm) floppy disk drive as standard. 

The color classic was identical to the classic II, except for a color screen, a larger ROM, and a restyled case. Released only in japan, the color classic II improved on the original color classic by doubling both the processor speed to 33 MHz and the data path to 32-bit. Also added was stereo sound output.