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Technical Introduction to the Macintosh Family 1987

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Apple Technical Introduction to the Macintosh Family is a 1987 book by Apple Computer, published by Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-17765-X. The scan is the fourth printing, December 1988.[1] The book's numbered pages run to 289.[2]

The preface describes it as an introduction to the hardware and software design of the Macintosh family and a starting point to Apple's technical documentation, aimed mainly at the Macintosh Plus, SE and II, with notes on earlier models where they differ from the Plus. It does not teach application programming; that is left to the companion volume, Programmer's Introduction to the Macintosh Family.[3] The copyright page credits NuBus as a trademark of Texas Instruments.[1]

Contents

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Page numbers are from the book's contents list.[2]

  • Preface, p. xiii
  • Chapter 1: The Macintosh Family, p. 1
  • Chapter 2: Introduction to the Macintosh Software, p. 13
  • Chapter 3: The User Interface Toolbox, p. 33
  • Chapter 4: Resources, p. 67
  • Chapter 5: Macintosh Graphics, p. 81
  • Chapter 6: System Software, p. 121
  • Chapter 7: Macintosh Memory, p. 139
  • Chapter 8: Files and Volumes, p. 153
  • Chapter 9: The Macintosh Operating System, p. 165
  • Chapter 10: The Macintosh Family Hardware, p. 191
  • Chapter 11: The UNIX Operating System (A/UX), p. 237
  • Appendix A: Macintosh Family Specifications, p. 251
  • Appendix B: For More Information, p. 256
  • Glossary, p. 261
  • Index, p. 283

What it settles

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Chapter 10 describes the hardware of the classic Macintosh, the SE and the II: the 68000 and 68020 address spaces, the Macintosh II's memory management and MC68881, the SE expansion connector and the II's NuBus slots, RAM access time and adding RAM, the ROM, video, interrupts, block diagrams of the Plus, SE and II, the VIA, the real-time clock, sound, the disk interfaces, the serial ports and the mouse. For serial port pinouts it refers the reader to the Macintosh Family Hardware Reference.[4]

Appendix A gives Apple's specifications for the Plus, SE and II. For example, the Plus's 68000 runs at 7.8336 MHz and the II's 68020 at 15.6672 MHz; the Macintosh II accepts 90-140 V or 170-270 V AC at 48-62 Hz, configured automatically, with a maximum power of 230 W not including the monitor.[5]

What this book does not contain

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It has no service procedures, parts lists, schematics or component values. Apple's repair documentation is in Category:Apple Service Source. The hosted scan is 303 PDF pages including the covers.

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Download: Technical_Instroduction_To_The_Macintosh_Family_1987.pdf (43 MB)

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Apple Computer, Technical Introduction to the Macintosh Family (Addison-Wesley, 1987), cover, title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 1-3).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Apple, Technical Introduction to the Macintosh Family, Contents, pp. iii-viii (PDF pp. 4-9), and index (PDF pp. 296-302).
  3. ↑ Apple, Technical Introduction to the Macintosh Family, Preface, pp. xiii-xvii (PDF pp. 14-18).
  4. ↑ Apple, Technical Introduction to the Macintosh Family, Chapter 10, pp. 191-236 (PDF pp. 207-252).
  5. ↑ Apple, Technical Introduction to the Macintosh Family, Appendix A, pp. 251-255 (PDF pp. 265-269).
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