VINTAGE · MAC SE/30 · 1989

Mac SE/30 & Classic Mac OS

The Mac SE/30 (1989) — Motorola 68030 @ 16 MHz, 1 MB RAM (up to 128!), 9" b/w screen — is the classic Mac. Choose any Mac OS below and Infinite Mac will boot it in your browser. Emulator: Infinite Mac by Mihai Parparita (Mini vMac + Basilisk II compiled to WebAssembly, MIT license).

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System 1.0 (1984)

◆ Mac 128K
The original 128K Mac — the OS that started GUI computing for the masses.

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System 3.2 (1986)

◆ Mac Plus
MacPaint, MacDraw, MacWrite era. HFS filesystem, first hard drive support.

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System 6.0.8 (1990)

◆ Mac SE / SE/30
The classic SE/30 experience. MultiFinder, colour on II series, mature OS.

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System 7.0.1 (1991)

◆ Mac SE/30 / II
AppleShare, TrueType fonts, virtual memory. A big leap forward.

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System 7.5.5 (1996)

◆ Mac SE/30 / Classic
PC Exchange, Apple Guide, Extensions Manager. Peak of classic Mac OS.

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Mac OS 8.1 (1998)

◆ PowerMac
Platinum theme, HFS+ filesystem, Java runtime bundled. PowerPC native.

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Mac OS 8.5 (1998)

◆ PowerMac
Sherlock search, native menu bar clock, full PowerPC-only OS.

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Mac OS 9.0.4 (2001)

◆ PowerMac G3/G4
Last Classic Mac OS before Mac OS X. Multi-user, Sherlock 2, iMac era.

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Why the SE/30 is legendary
  • First compact Mac with 32-bit CPU (Motorola 68030)
  • Expandable up to 128 MB RAM (huge for 1989)
  • Could run A/UX — Apple's Unix — a compact Mac running Unix!
  • Used by NASA, banks, universities for decades after production ended
  • Considered by many the best classic Mac ever built
Try these classics

Software already included in each Infinite Mac configuration:

  • System 1-3: MacPaint, MacWrite, Font/DA Mover
  • System 6: HyperCard, MacDraw II, Excel 1.5
  • System 7: MacDraw Pro, ClarisWorks, Photoshop 1.0
  • Mac OS 8: Netscape, Photoshop 4, Illustrator 6
  • Mac OS 9: iTunes 1, iMovie, Photoshop 6, Word 2001

Try HyperCard (System 6/7) — the ancestor of the modern web.

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