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Apple PowerBook 170

Apple Macintosh · 1991

The top of the 1991 PowerBook launch: a 68030 with an FPU and an active-matrix screen, which is the difference that matters — the passive screens of its siblings smear, and this one does not. The best of the first generation and the one worth finding with a good display.

As catalogued

Maker
Apple
CPU
Motorola 68030-25
Memory
2MiB, 4MiB, 8MiB
Styles
PowerBook 140, PowerBook 145, PowerBook 170
Regions
US, Europe, Japan
Chassis
notebook with an active-matrix mono LCD
OS
System 7

Chips

6
CPU
Motorola MC68030
ROM
64K ROM, 128K ROM, 256K ROM, 512K ROM
Disk controller
Apple IWM, Apple SWIM
VIA
Synertek SY6522, Rockwell R6522
Serial
Zilog Z8530, AMD Am8530
FPU
Motorola MC68882

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