Macintosh SE
Macintosh Recovery - Macintosh SE
Macintosh SE was a personal computer manufactured by Apple during the late 1980s. SE marked significant improvement on the design of Macintosh Plus. It was the first compact Macintosh that featured an expansion slot. The word SE in the name indicates ‘System Expandable.’
Macintosh SE was the first compact Macintosh with space for an internal hard disk (originally 20 MB or 40 MB), or, if the user preferred, dual floppy drives. It used the Apple Desktop Bus (ADB), introduced with the Apple IIGS, for keyboard and mouse interface. Macintosh SE offered greater data throughput with improved SCSI interface. It had a special PDS slot that allowed for expansion cards, such as accelerators, to be installed. It was also provided with an additional fan.
Macintosh SE originally used only Single Sided Double Density (SSDD) (400 KB) and Double Sided Double Density (DSDD) (800 KB) formatted floppy disks. In August 1989, with the introduction of Macintosh SE FDHD with the new SuperDrive, it featured a floppy drive that could handle 1.4 MB High Density (HD) floppy disks. HD floppies then became the de-facto standard on both the Macintosh and PC computers.
In Europe, Macintosh SE FDHD was sold under the labeled name Macintosh SE 1/20 and was shipped 1MB RAM and an internal 20MB hard drive, as well as the Macintosh SE 1/40 which likewise shipped with a 40MB drive. Apple discontinued the product in October 1990, with the introduction of the Macintosh Classic to succeed it.
