I recently ran across a receipt for the Mac I purchased back in 1989
when I headed up a programming department for a Connecticut
manufacturer. We managed to scrape together $7,070 to purchase the Mac, monitor and keyboard. The “bad boy” in question was an Apple Mac IIx which boasted the following specs:
- CPU: Motorola MC68030
- CPU Speed: 16 MHz
- FPU: 68882
- Bus Speed: 16 MHz
- RAM 4MB
- Maximum RAM: 128 MB
- Level 1 Cache: 0.5 kB
- Expansion Slots: 6 NuBus
- Hard Drive: 80 MB
- Floppy Drive: 1.4 MB SuperDrive
Some serious dough for 1989. I am not sure how many people were
spending that kind of money at The Computer Factory, but I was sure
happy that day. You can see the actual receipt by clicking on the
receipt image or by simply clicking here.
