Complete Collection of Every Compact Mac?

[equill]

... 512Ke is F7353V7M0001ED. So where does that put it in the time line?

The life of the Plus was 16 Jan 1986 to 15 Oct. 1990, or almost five years.

The life of the 512Ke was 14 Apr 1986 to 1 Sep. 1987. In its shorter life, the 512Ke managed to be Beige Mac Minus to the Beige Mac Plus, and then Platinum Mac Minus alongside the Platinum Mac Plus. Your 512Ke must have come from the dying days of the model's currency (35th week of 1987).

Its serial number includes the information (M0001ED) that it was a member of the first distinct group (M0001) of Mac models, was an 'extended' (E) 512K, or 512Ke, and was made for the education market (D).

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[iamdigitalman]

I have a non working SE FDHD and SE Superdrive, a Plus, and a Classic I.

I believe the list goes like this:

-Macintosh 128k (labeled just Macintosh on the back)

-Macintosh 128k (labeled Macintosh 128k on the back)

-Macintosh 512k

-Macintosh 512ke

-Macintosh ED

-Macintosh Plus

-Macintosh Plus ED

-Macintosh SE

-Macintosh SE FDHD

-Macintosh SE Superdrive

-Macintosh SE 1/20

-Macintosh SE 2/40

-Macintosh SE/30

-Macintosh Classic

-Macintosh Classic II

-Macintosh Color Classic

-Macintosh Color Classic II

I think that's a complete list, unless you count a 128k/512k upgraded to plus as an additional model. That's the one I have, so in essence, it is not a "true" Macintosh Plus.

17 macs to collect, not that bad, but some are rarer than others.

good luck everyone.

-digital

 

[Mac128]

I think that's a complete list,

17 macs to collect, not that bad, but some are rarer than others.

Yours would be the badged list – ie the compacts that have unique badging, but not necessarily all of the model permutations, including colour (which in my book is a biggie). That's where the 29+ comes in. However, you left out the Performa's which are also unique badged compacts, so you can't include the "FDHD" & "Superdrive" and leave out the Performa's ... so your list goes up to at least 20 on first glance.

If you're happy with that collection, it will definitely save you some money LOL. Some of us are more obsessed.

FYI, you have to count the 128K to 512K upgrade as well as the 128/512K/e to Plus upgrade since Apple ordered the 128Ks upgraded to 512K after they were discontinued, and the 512K/es upgraded to Pluses and sold that way after the upgrade kit was discontinued. So that adds 3 official models to the list.

 

[macman142]

Some of us are more obsessed.

Indeed we are

By the way, I'm glad to see we agree on a lot of common points about the 'complete' collection as well as the various levels.

 

[stevep]

According to Low End Mac, SE 1/20 and SE 2/40 were not official designations. Neither were SE/20, SE 1/40 or SE 4/80.

Anyone got an SE marked as such? Just curious!

 

[Mac128]

According to Low End Mac, SE 1/20 and SE 2/40 were not official designations. Neither were SE/20, SE 1/40 or SE 4/80.
Anyone got an SE marked as such? Just curious!

A simple Google Image search will turn up a number of examples. Almost every Mac site out there has incorrect information. Low End Mac is a never ending source of consternation for me as much of the information propagated there is presented as fact when indeed it is mostly speculation and assumption. I'm not knocking Low End Mac, I really appreciate the site, much of the information there is accurate and it is the godfather site of Macintosh preservation. Unfortunately for Dan Knight, there is so much information accumulated there now that it is impossible for him to correct every piece of mis-information.

As for the SE configurations, here are two clearly branded models:

http://www.nielsbretschneider.com/mac/se/




The others did not produce immediate results, but the fact LEM was so wrong about the 1/20 & 1/40 should make you take the info from LEM with a grain of salt. Also, there is an unfortunate tendency among North Americans to assume if it wasn't sold here it doesn't exist. Many of the unusual model configurations were sold internationally to appeal to the local markets. That's where the 512K/800 comes from.

I think the SE/20 is permutation of the SE 1/20 name, but Apple may have indeed offered the SE/20 in some markets to clearly differentiate the dual floppy from the HD model. Obviously, this would not have happened after they changed their naming conventions with the SE/30. It seems like I have seen the 2/40, but that could also be a permutation of the 1/40 name. The 2 would imply 2MB RAM instead of 1MB. The 4/80 seems a likely candidate to me as it would clearly justify the price difference between a 1/20 & 1/40 as the high end SE.

 

[stevep]

Thanks Mac128 for the pictures. Now I know I have to search for these as well