Macintosh IIx Home

The Macintosh IIx was introduced in 1988 as the first Mac with a Motorola 68030 processor.

Macintosh IIx Specifications

• Release Date: September 19, 1988
• Discontinuation Date: October 15, 1990
• Processor: Motorola 68030 @16MHz
• Bus Speed: 16MHz
• L1 Cache: 0.5k
• RAM: 1 or 4MB. Upgradable to up to 128MB.
• RAM Type: 30-pin SIMM (8 Slots)
• VRAM: 256 or 512k
• HDD Size (Standard): 40 or 80MB
• HDD Type: SCSI
• Expansion Slots: 6x NuBus
• PRAM Battery Type: 1/2-AA 3.6V Lithium
• Original Mac OS: System 6.0.1
• Maxiumum Mac OS: System 7.5.5

Macintosh IIx Upgrades

The Macintosh IIx is a highly upgradable system. It features 6 NuBus slots which can take networking cards, video cards, and more.

More to be added in the future.

Macintosh IIx Accessories

The Macintosh IIx would have been paired with the original Apple Desktop Bus keyboard (or extended version) and mouse.

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