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MacWorld, San Francisco, California. January 19,1989. Apple Computer, Inc.
today introduced the Macintosh(R) SE/30 computer, a major extension of its
compact Macintosh personal computer product line.
The Macintosh SE/30 operates at up to four times the speed of the Macintosh SE
and provides users with convenient MS-DOS and OS/2 disk compatibility. It is
the company's first transportable system to use the Motorola 68030
microprocessor and 68882 math coprocessor and to provide RAM expansion
capability up to 8MB.
Apple also announced that it will make an upgrade kit available to current
Macintosh SE users who want Macintosh SE/30 functionality. "With the
introduction of the Macintosh SE/30, Apple is demonstrating its commitment to
technological advancement in the Macintosh product family," stated Randall S.
Battat, vice president, Product Marketing. "The Macintosh SE/30 delivers the
most significant performance increase yet in a compact Macintosh."
The Macintosh SE has become the most popular model in the Macintosh computer
family since its introduction in 1987. The new Macintosh SE/30 continues to
build on this heritage and provides users with the familiar compact, easy to
set up design and integral high-resolution monochrome video screen. The
Macintosh SE/30 also works with most of the existing base of Macintosh
software applications.
Macintosh SE/30 Features
The increased performance of the Macintosh SE/30 derives from its combined use
of the Motorola 68030 and the Motorola 68882 floating point coprocessor chips.
The 16MHz Motorola 68030 is a full 32-bit microprocessor with separate 256-
byte data and instruction caches. These features make the Macintosh SE/30
operate up to four times the speed of the Macintosh SE.
In addition, the companion Motorola 68882 floating point coprocessor performs
certain complex mathematical calculations more than 100 times faster than the
Macintosh SE. This dramatically improves the performance of some
spreadsheets, statistical and numeric-based graphics programs.
A second key feature of the Macintosh SE/30 is the Apple(R) FDHD(TM) (Floppy
Drive High Density), an internal 1.4MB floppy disk drive that increases
flexibility in integrating the Macintosh SE/30 operation into a multivendor
environment. Nicknamed "SuperDrive," the FDHD can read, write and format MS-
DOS, OS/2, Macintosh and Apple II ProDOS(R) diskettes. It works with 720K or
1.4MB MS-DOS or OS/2 diskettes; 400K, 800K and 1.4MB Macintosh diskettes; and
ProDOS diskettes.
Apple File Exchange, a utility available with Macintosh System Software, is
used along with the FDHD drive to access and transfer files conveniently
between MS-DOS, OS/2 and ProDOS diskettes. The Macintosh SE/30 user in a
multivendor office can then share documents, spreadsheets and other data files
simply by transferring a diskette from one system to another.
The Macintosh SE/30 expansion slot architecture supports new types of advanced
expansion options not previously available on a compact Macintosh, such as
video, memory parity, high-speed communications and sound.
Several well-known hardware developers have already endorsed the 030 Direct
Slot and are introducing products at MacWorld. These cards expand Macintosh
SE/30 customers' options in networking and communications, allow the addition
of external color and gray-scale monitors, and let users work with digital
signal processing (DSP) based sound. These companies include: Avatar
Corporation, Creative Solutions, Digital Communications Associates, DigiDesign
Inc., Dove Computer Corporation, Epic Technology, Kinetics, MacPEAK Systems,
Micron Technology, and SuperMac Technology.
In addition to other advances, the Macintosh SE/30 includes an Apple custom
sound chip on the motherboard that provides four-voice stereo sound capability
and compatibility with sound applications.
"The Macintosh SE/30 is the choice for users who want a general purpose
computing system that is easily transportable, expandable and provides maximum
performance," stated Todd Logan, Macintosh SE/30 product manager. "By
incorporating the 68030 in a compact Macintosh we are making the latest in
technology as affordable as possible."
Configurations
Apple offers three configurations of the Macintosh SE/30. The first option
has 1MB of RAM and a single 1.4MB FDHD floppy disk drive; the second option
has 1MB of RAM and an internal 40MB hard disk; and the third option has 4MB of
RAM and an 80MB internal hard disk. Both hard disk configurations include the
FDHD. Keyboard options and other peripheral devices are packaged and sold
separately.
Price and Availability
Immediately available from Apple U. S. resellers nationwide, the Macintosh
SE/30 (1MB) carries a suggested retail price of $4,369, the Macintosh SE/30
Hard Disk 40 (1MB) carries a suggested retail price of $4,869, and the
Macintosh SE/30 Hard Disk 80 (4MB) has a suggested retail price of $6,569.
Both configurations ship with Macintosh System Software 6.0.3, MultiFinder(TM)
and HyperCard(R). The Macintosh SE/30 requires System Software 6.0.3.
The upgrade kit for Macintosh SE users includes a Macintosh SE/30 logic board
and chassis. Customers who upgrade to Macintosh SE/30 functionality, can also
elect to upgrade their internal floppy disk drive to 1.4MB capacity using the
optional FDHD Upgrade Kit. Pricing and availability for the Macintosh SE/30
upgrades will be announced in the Spring.
Apple, the Apple Logo, Macintosh, HyperCard and ProDOS are registered
trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. FDHD and MultiFinder are trademarks of
Apple Computer, Inc. NuBus is a trademark of Texas Instruments. MS-DOS is a
registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.