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Software for Macintosh 128k

Macintosh 128k-512k 400k disk images and software!

This page is dedicated to software that will run on the earliest Macintosh computers, the 128k and 512k.  All the software below has been tested on a Mac 512k with 400k floppy drive, running System 2.0 and Finder 4.1.  The zip files below contain .dsk images that will run in the Mini vMac emulator.  See my Mini vMac download page.

There are several methods you can use to get these disk images onto physical disks:

1. You can use a bridge machine, i.e. an old Macintosh that can connect to a network and has a floppy drive for creating disks from images.
   
2. Serial transfer using Mini vMac to mount the .dsk images, and then package files in a BinHex or Packit archive.  See the Serial cable file transfer, pc to Macintosh 128k/512k for more info on serial transfers.
   
3. You can use the Floppy Emu Macintosh floppy emulator.  See the Floppy Emu website for details.  I have one of these they are great.

While there are dozens of applications for the original Macintosh on the web, I've been selective with the software below.  I've selected the best quality software that is out there.

400k boot disk for serial transfers
	MacTerminal_Binhex5_boot disk Year: 1983 Screen shot 400k boot disk with required utilities for serial cable transfers.  Contains MacTerminal 1.1 with xmodem, BinHex 5.0 and Packit 1.0
Applications
	MacPaint 1.0 and MacWrite 1.0 Year: 1983 Screen shot MacWrite and MacPaint version 1.0
	Data Flow flowchart application Year: 1984 Screen shot Flowcharting application
	Mac Write 2.0 Year: 1985 MacWrite version 2.0
	Mac Draft 1.2a Year: 1986 Screen shot Drafting application
	Microsoft Multiplan 1.11 English Year:1985 Screen shot Microsoft Multiplan spreadsheet application.  The predecessor to Excel.
	Mac Paint 2.0 Year: 1985 MacPaint version 2.0.
	Microsoft Chart 1.0 Year: 1984 Screen shot Charting application.
	Microsoft Basic versions 1 to 3 Year:1983 Screen shot Microsoft Basic for the Macintosh versions 1, 2, and 3.
	Picture Base 1.1 Year: 1986 Screen shot Application for storing pictures.
	MacBasic Year: 1984 Screen shot The original MacBasic which was never released.  It was replaced by MS Basic.
System disks
	System 2.0 Year: 1985 Macintosh System 2.0, Finder 4.1.
	System 3.3 Year:1987 Macintosh System 3.3, contains Appleshare networking.
Utilities
	Mac Speak speech synthesizer Year: 1984 Screen shot Speech emulator.  I believe this was the one used in the famous Macintosh launch video. The Mac used in the video by Jobs had 512k or ram.
	Switcher_Multiple_Versions Year: 1985 Screen shot The famous switcher application, allows you to switch between applications.
	RedRyder Year: 1986 Screen shot Serial terminal program.
	Packit v1, v3 Year: 1985  Packit archive utility, very small application, multiple files support, preserves resource fork of files.
	Mac Tools Year: 1984, 1988 Screen shot File and folder utility.
	BinHex_5.0 Year: 1985 Screen shot BixHex utility, archives files to preserve resource fork.
	MacTerminal 1.1 Year: 1984 Screen shot Early terminal program with xmodem transfers, very small around 90k.
	MacTerminal_2.2 Year: 1987 v2.2 of MacTerminal, slightly bigger but has some added features.
	CopyRom 512k Utility to extract rom from physical Mac.  Rom can then be used in emulators like Mini vMac.
	Smooth Talker Year:1986 Screen shot Speech synthesiser application.
Games
	Wizard's Fire Year: Screen shot A great arcade game, based on the old missle command.
	Space Invaders Year: 1985 Screen shot The classic arcade game.
	Social Climber Year: Screen shot Arcade game.
	ShufflePuck Year: Screen shot Arcade game, based on air hockey.
	Pyramid of Peril v1 EN Year: 1985 Screen shot First person adventure game with line graphics!
	Psion Chess Year: Screen shot A good looking chess game.
	MacMan v1.0 Year: 1986 Screen shot A great Pacman clone.  You play as a Mac being chased by IBM pc's.
	MacJack_v3.0.1 Year: 1984 Screen shot A decent Blackjack game.
	Microsoft Flight Simulator Year: 1986 Screen shot Flight simulator.
	Klondike v4.0 Year:1989 Screen shot A really good Solitare game.
	Lode Runner Year:1983,1984 Screen shot A great version of the classic Lode Runner.
	MacCommand Year:1985 Screen shot A decent missle command clone.
	Cairo Shootout Year:1987 Screen shot Arcade game.
	Brickles v7.0 Year: Screen shot A great breakout game, like the old Arkanoid.
	Rogue Year: 1985 Screen shot Top view adventure scroller.
	Phraze Craze Year: 1986 Screen shot Wheel of fortune game.
	Fusillade Year: 1985 Screen shot  A grid style arcade game.
	Fokker Triplane Year: 1985 Screen shot Flight simulator.
	Gemstone Warrior Year: 1986 Screen shot An adventure game.
	Grid Wars Year: 1985 Screen shot  Arcade game.
	MacLanding Year: 1986 Screen shot A clone of the old Defender arcade game.
	MacMissles Year: 1985 Screen shot A decent clone of the old Missle Command game.
	Sierra Boxing Year: 1985 Screen shot Arcade style boxing game. Note: this game did not fit on a 400k disk with the system folder, so this disk image is not bootable.

Macintosh 128k teardown

Edit Step 1 — Macintosh 128K Teardown

• The original Mac retailed for $2,495—that's $5,594.11 in today's dollars. So what did you get for all that coin?
  
  • 8 MHz Motorola 68000 processor
    
  • 128 KB DRAM
    
  • 9" black-and-white CRT display running at 512 x 342 (72 dpi)
    
  • 400 KB total storage via a single-sided 3.5-inch floppy disk drive
    
  • Single-button mouse and hefty keyboard
    
• Inflation notwithstanding, this treasure of the '80s didn’t cost us a cent. A big thanks to our friends at the Vintage Mac Museum for lending us this Mac, and to Cult of Mac for injecting some extra '80s flavor into the teardown!
  

12 Edit Step 2

• Before we crack open this time capsule (no, not these Time Capsules), let's take a moment to see just how far we've come in three decades.
  
• First up, displays. 1984's Mac 128K featured a 9" CRT with 512 x 342 resolution and support for two colors: black, and white. On the right, our lovely comparison Late 2013 iMac has a 21.5" 1920 x 1080 pixel display with millions of colors. Oh, and the original iPhone had a 480 × 320 pixel screen at 163 ppi.
  
• As Apple works to popularize Thunderbolt, a 20 Gb/s IO interface, let's reflect back on the high-speed Serial port, sporting speeds measured in thousands of bps, rather than billions.
  
• But hey, at least the AC plug is the same.
  

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• Thirty years of progress yields some impressive changes to input peripherals. Keyboards and mice are now wireless, thinner, and comprised mainly of sturdy, non-yellow metal.
  
• And we now have arrow keys! In typical Apple fashion, they ditched the arrows on the original Mac to force people to use the mouse, a strange new accessory at the time.
  
  • Cult of Mac adds: This trend-setting streak continued. Apple jettisoned SCSI and serial ports with the release of the first iMac in 1998, hastening the acceptance of USB. Plus ça change, plus c'est pareil.
    
• Here's a side-by-side comparison of a single-button voice command peripheral and a magic-based, gesture-capable, wireless input device.
  
  • Okay, technically that boxy one is an Apple Mouse II, Model Number M0100. It utilizes a D-subminiature serial connector (DE-9 to be exact). The spacey egg is a Magic Mouse.
    

3 Edit Step 4

• Now that's a model number: Macintosh Model M0001. (Apple built in just a teensy bit of headroom for future models.)
  
• These early labels are sad tidings— even in Apple's younger, wilder days they didn't want people to service their own gadgets.
  
  • This is it, the beginning of an exciting challenge—to fight for the right to repair!
    
• That FCC label means business: if you're going to tinker with your Mac, you run the risk of local radio interference. (We're guessing Pandora wasn't a viable alternative in 1984.)
  

4 Edit Step 5

• It makes no difference to our Pro Tech Toolkit when this Mac was manufactured—it's packed with all the tools you need for the repairs of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
  
• Our flex extension takes on the deeply recessed T15 screws in the case.
  
• True to form, Apple hid a screw; this time, it's under the clock battery door. No fuss for us, it's out and we're spudgering into history.
  
• Cult of Mac adds: Fortunately these early Macs were not glued together—and even had a user-replaceable battery.
  

2 Edit Step 6

• We deliver and open the vault; we're only slightly disappointed at the lack of a cool pneumatic sound effects.
  
• The entire machine slides out of the back case, revealing the power supply, CRT display, 3.5-inch floppy drive, and hiding beneath it all, the logic board.
  
• Molded into the inside rear plastic casing are runes of technology past the autographs of Steven Jobs, Woz, Bill Atkinson, Andy Hertzfeld, Bruce Horn, Jef Raskin and the rest of the historic team.
  
• Cult of Mac adds: Real artists sign their work.
  

Edit Step 7

• Now that we're in authorized-service-personnel-only land, we found a few calibration potentiometers for fine-tuning the display.
  
• Ye olde CRTs were a mixed bag for repair purposes—easier to access than today's tight-fitting flat panel displays, but boy were they dangerous if mishandled. Those high voltage warnings are no joke.
  
  • All the lead (Pb) in the CRT glass is slightly more joke-worthy, but it's still not very funny.
    
• Present, meet your past, face to face. And if you're both here in 30 years, maybe you'll meet the future.
  

2 Edit Step 8

• Between the CRT and the capacitors, disconnecting this power supply sort of feels like disarming a bomb.
  
• Apple did their best to keep average users out of the Macintosh, using Torx screws on the exterior. But once you're inside, it's a fun mix of screw types, including Phillips and flathead. Time to pull out our favorite roll of fixed-handle drivers, the Pro Tech Screwdriver Set.
  
• Cult of Mac adds: We'd still rather disassemble a 128K Mac than an iMac any day!
  

5 Edit Step 9

• To the tune of Mission Impossible, we quickly and safely remove the power supply. No electrocuted technical writers... today.
  
• This 60-watt power supply is Apple Part number 630-0102.
  
  • We think 60 watts peak is pretty dang impressive for an entire computer and CRT display.
    
• Our comparison iMac features a 186 watt power supply, that fits onto a considerably smaller circuit board than the 128K's.
  

Edit Step 10

• And the award for most noticeable technological advancement goes to: Mac displays. This enormous old CRT is a far cry from the graphics offered by today's ultra-thin Retina displays.
  
• Bulky, heavy, and full of lead, these old-school electron guns in vacuum tubes and their deflection coils were all the rage in the '80s. Totally tubular!
  
• Cult of Mac adds: The original Macintosh display was only 1-bit black & white, yet ushered in the revolutionary era of WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) graphics and desktop publishing.
  

3 Edit Step 11

• Even 30 years ago, Apple had a thing for tidy packaging. With just a little coaxing, the logic board slides neatly out of its tray.
  
• There's no active cooling on this daddy Mac. The Motorola 68000 has a little breathing room, but nothing more.
  
  • This processor, commonly called the 68k, is a surprisingly popular chip. Aside from the Macintosh, it can also be found in the Sega Genesis, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, and even the TI-89 graphing calculator.
    
• Cult of Mac adds: The 68k also powered the Lisa, Apple's predecessor to the Macintosh.
  

7 Edit Step 12

• Notable ICs on the Mac 128K logic board:
  
  • Motorola MC68000G8 Microprocessor
    
  • Fairchild Semiconductor 74LS393 Video Counter
    
  • Micron 4264 64 kb RAM (64 kb x 16 chips = 1024 kb, or 128 KB)
    
    • The namesake for the 128K was this non-upgradable array of RAM. Anticipating that customers would want more power, Apple engineers secretly designed the logic board to facilitate manufacturing a 512 KB version, which was released only nine months later.
      
  • Simtek C19728 and C19729 32 KB ROM (32 KB x 2 ICs = 64 KB)
    
  • Simtek 344-0041-A "Integrated Woz Machine" Disk Controller
    
  • Zilog Z8530PS Serial Communications Controller
    

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