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<span>Macintosh XL</span>
Family
Macintosh
Architecture
68K
CPU
5 MHz 68000
Clock speed
5
Introduced
January 1985
Discontinued

modified version of the Apple Lisa personal computer made by Apple Computer, Inc.

Introduced on 24 January 1984, the Lisa 2 adopted the same 400 KB 3.5″ floppy drive as the simultaneously introduced Macintosh . It was available with the same 5 MB ProFile hard drive as the original Lisa or an internal 10 MB hard drive.

The Lisa 2 was repackaged as the Macintosh XL in January 1985 , then discontinued in April 1985.

With MacWorks XL , the Lisa 2 and Macintosh XL can run a fair bit of legacy Macintosh software compatible with System 3.2 and earlier. In 1988, MacWorks Plus was introduced, which emulates the Mac Plus and can run System 6.0.3. A later version, MacWorks Plus II, supports System 6.0.8, the last version of System 6.

Specs (via Low End Mac)

  • Cpu: 5 MHz 68000
  • Ram: 512 KB, expandable to 2 MB
  • Rom: 16 KB
  • Gestalt Id: 2
  • Weight: 48 lb.
  • Floppy: 3.5″ 400KB drive
  • Sound: beeps
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