The Macintosh LC (to the right) advertised with the Macintosh Classic and IIsi. These specifications didn’t set the world on fire, but eventuated to being a success for the intended market. The processor despite being 32-bit was restricted to a 16-bit data bus, there was no floating point coprocessor, and RAM was restricted to a maximum of 10 MB in total.
In order to reduce costs, the LC was crippled. Starting with the original Macintosh LC, these housed a Motorola 68020 16 MHz processor, 2 MB of onboard RAM, 256 KB of video memory, and a 40 or 80 MB SCSI hard disk.
Whichever it may be, the LC was aimed for families and the education market as a lower cost alternative to the Macintosh II. I’m not fully certain on officially what the LC represented, whether it was “low cost”, “low cost colour”, or from the name of Project Elsie in which the objective was to build a more affordable Macintosh with a colour screen. The earlier LC models were commonly referred to as pizza boxes, given their slim design, and in hindsight could be seen as the then Mac Mini. The LC family began with the original Macintosh LC released in October 1990, and the series continued up until 1997 with the Power Macintosh 5200/75 LC in an all-in-one form factor. Nevertheless there was some sentimental value towards this model – it was the model I experienced using a Macintosh for the very first time. Between price, condition, and the models out there to choose from it’s hard pickings.
Getting a Mac from the LC series wasn’t my first choice, having preferred finding a Quadra or Performa instead. A little while ago I picked up this Macintosh LC II off eBay, from the state of Queensland. It’s been years since owning a beige Macintosh, and I had an itch to own one again.
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