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Macintosh LC
Architecture
68K
CPU
25 MHz 68030
Clock speed
25
Introduced
June 1993
Discontinued
February 1994

Take an LC III and graft on a 14″ Trinitron monitor along with stereo speakers. That’s what Apple did to create the 520.

With the all-in-one design, these were especially popular in schools. It even had a built-in microphone, just like the Color Classic .

Specs (via Low End Mac)

  • Cpu: 25 MHz 68030
  • Fpu: 68882 (optional)
  • Performance: 3.2 (relative to SE); 6.3 MIPS
  • Ram: 4 MB on motherboard, expandable to 36 MB using a single 80ns 72-pin SIMM; can use 1 MB, 2 MB, 4 MB, 8 MB, 16 MB, or 32 MB SIMM
  • Rom: 1 MB
  • L2 Cache: none
  • Hard Drive: 80 or 160 MB
  • Video: 512 KB VRAM, supports 640 x 480 at 8-bits
  • Addressing: 24-bit or 32-bit
  • Gestalt Id: 56
  • Upgrade Path: LC 550 , LC 575 , LC 475/Quadra 605 motherboard, Power Mac PDS card
  • Adb: 2 ports for keyboard and mouse
  • Scsi: DB-25 connector on back of computer
  • Serial: 2 DIN-8 RS-422 ports on back of computer
  • Pram Battery: 3.6V half-AA
  • Weight: 40.5 lb.
  • See: Online resources and links for the Mac LC 520 (Performa 520)
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