Original 1984 Macintosh 128k M0001 - IN ORIGINAL BOX - Once in a Lifetime Find!

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I'm selling mycollection of rare Apple Computers. The machine below is a real treat!The computer that changed the world! An original MACINTOSH (aka Macintosh 128k) . Original SIGNED Working 1984 Macintosh - In Original Packaging! Includes Original Keyboard, Mouse, User's Manual, "Picasso" Case, Original Power Cord in "Picasso" container, Original Keyboard in "Picasso" keyboard container, Original Mouse in "Picasso" Mouse Container. Original software, ORIGNAL APPLE BOX WITH STYROFOAM PACKAGING, and much more! This Macintosh has been professionally cleaned, inspected, tested, and serviced to ensure you recieve a fully functional 1984 Macintosh 128k! Many of these you see will have non functioning disk drives or keyboards. Not this one! The computer has been fully inspected, tested, serviced and cleaned! This machine is a very special Macintosh 128k with the signatures of the design team on the inside of the case!To explain how special this machine truely is, here's a little background on the Apple Macintosh itself: The Macintosh was introduced by the now famous US$1.5 million television commercial by Ridley Scott, "1984", that most notably aired on CBS during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII on January 22, 1984. This Macintosh didn't have a model number - it was simply the Macintosh. There was no name on the front. Early 128Ks simply said "Macintosh" on the back, while later ones were marked "Macintosh 128K" to distinguish them from the later Macintosh 512K. Equipped with 128 KB RAM, 64 KB ROM, a 3.5" 400 KB floppy drive, a 1-bit 512 x 342 pixel b&w monitor, a mouse, and a couple applications (MacWrite and MacPaint), the Macintosh was destined to change the face of computing forever - it not only created the Mac look and feel, it also inspired forthcoming versions of Microsoft Windows and several other windowing interfaces. The Macintosh had twice as much memory as the popular Commodore 64, put 2.5 times as much data on a floppy disk as the IBM PC's single-sided 5.25" disk, included two serial ports (one which could be used for networking at the then-incredible speed of 230.4 kbps), and a totally graphical operating system, all packed into the cutest, friendliest package the computer industry had yet seen. Apple sold 70,000 during its first 100 days on the market. If you didn't crave a lot of speed, you could even add a serial hard drive. In fact, Apple's argument for a closed box (no slots) was that the high speed serial port was fast enough for anything you might want to add to the Macintosh - this was certainly not true for hard drives. The Macintosh was supplemented by the 512K in October. (It's commonly told that the original Macintosh would have had 256 KB of memory if RAM prices hadn't been so high.) This item has been tested working and will be shipped fully insured to guarantee you receive an incredibly rare, fully functional Apple Macintosh! The screen is perfectly fine! This is strictly the camera's shutter speed that creates this dark area on the screen. Looking at it with a human eye shows a perfectly functioning screen! The computer has been tested and inspected! We'll start the tour with how you would have recieved the computer back in 1984. The original box is intact though showing wear from having been shipped and of course being 27 years old. The box has retained its white color and hasn't become discolored like many you see out there. As you can see the box is not perfect, but it's nice for its age. It's incredible after 27 years to still have one of these in their original boxes! The computer serial number matches the box's serial number! This is a matching original set! Open the box and the original Macintosh Piccaso software and manual case greets you! It still looks great in here! Under the first layer of styrofoam is the computer, keyboard and mouse. Remove everything and the bottom layer of styrofoam is broken from shipping, but it is all there! This original plastic case is still in excellent shap... read more

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