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Macintosh 128K - Quiz
Contributed by: Appleby
  • 1. Which microprocessor is at the heart of the Macintosh 128K?
A) Motorola 6502
B) Motorola 68000
C) Zilog Z80
D) Intel 8086
  • 2. What is the clock speed of the Macintosh 128K's processor?
A) 1 MHz
B) 7.8336 MHz
C) 4.77 MHz
D) 10 MHz
  • 3. How much ROM is included in the Macintosh 128K?
A) 128 KB
B) 16 KB
C) 32 KB
D) 64 KB
  • 4. How many 64 kilobit DRAM chips does the Macintosh 128K use?
A) 4
B) 16
C) 32
D) 8
  • 5. What is the effective clock rate of the Macintosh 128K due to RAM access limitations?
A) 7.8336 MHz
B) 4 MHz
C) 6 MHz
D) 5 MHz
  • 6. Approximately how much memory was available for applications and data on the Macintosh 128K?
A) 40 KB
B) 88 KB
C) 128 KB
D) 64 KB
  • 7. How much memory remained for programs and data when Microsoft's BASIC interpreter was loaded?
A) 24 KB
B) 13 KB
C) 88 KB
D) 40 KB
  • 8. What is the screen size of the built-in CRT display?
A) 12 inches
B) 15 inches
C) 7 inches
D) 9 inches
  • 9. What is the fixed resolution of the Macintosh 128K display?
A) 640 x 480 pixels
B) 512 x 342 pixels
C) 800 x 600 pixels
D) 320 x 200 pixels
  • 10. What type of connector is used for the serial ports on the back of the Macintosh?
A) DB-25
B) USB
C) RJ11
D) DE-9
  • 11. How did the Macintosh keyboard connect to the computer?
A) RJ11 telephone cord-style connector
B) USB connector
C) DE-9 connector
D) 19-pin D-sub connector
  • 12. Which printer was initially supported by the Macintosh's print software?
A) Epson Stylus
B) HP LaserJet
C) Apple ImageWriter
D) Apple LaserWriter
  • 13. What was the retail price of the numeric keypad sold by Apple?
A) US$299
B) US$49
C) US$199
D) US$99
  • 14. What was the speed of the slower modem offered by Apple?
A) 300 bps
B) 1200 bps
C) 56k
D) 2400 bps
  • 15. How much memory did the system software occupy on the Macintosh 128K?
A) 64 KB
B) 40 KB
C) 128 KB
D) 13 KB
  • 16. What standard did the serial ports use?
A) SCSI
B) RS-422
C) RS-232
D) Centronics
  • 17. Did the Macintosh 128K offer RAM upgrades?
A) Yes, up to 256 KB
B) Yes, up to 1 MB
C) No
D) Yes, up to 512 KB
  • 18. What was the maximum document size limit for MacWrite?
A) 24 KB
B) 88 KB
C) 64 KB
D) 13 KB
  • 19. What was the resolution of the Apple ImageWriter?
A) 600 dots per inch
B) 144 dots per inch
C) 300 dots per inch
D) 72 dots per inch
  • 20. What kind of signal did the mouse use to track movement?
A) Quadrature signals
B) Optical laser signals
C) Infrared signals
D) Ultrasonic signals
  • 21. Who was brought in during 1982 to shape the marketing and launch of the Macintosh?
A) Regis McKenna
B) Steve Jobs
C) Ridley Scott
D) John Sculley
  • 22. Which individual is credited with bringing the concept of event marketing to Apple?
A) Regis McKenna
B) John Sculley
C) Jane Anderson
D) Andy Cunningham
  • 23. Where was the Macintosh 128K manufactured?
A) Fremont, California
B) Cupertino, California
C) San Jose, California
D) Palo Alto, California
  • 24. In what month and year was the Macintosh 128K officially announced?
A) December 1983
B) October 1983
C) January 1984
D) February 1983
  • 25. During which event did the '1984' commercial air?
A) The Academy Awards
B) Super Bowl XVII
C) A national news broadcast
D) Super Bowl XVIII
  • 26. Which applications were bundled with the Macintosh at launch?
A) Excel and Word
B) MacDraw and MacProject
C) MacWrite and MacPaint
D) Multiplan and Word
  • 27. What image appeared on the heroine's tank top in the '1984' commercial?
A) A silhouette of Big Brother
B) The Apple logo
C) A Picasso-style picture of the computer
D) A graphical user interface
  • 28. What was the reason for the initial lack of software for the Macintosh?
A) The computer was too expensive
B) The hardware lacked enough memory
C) Existing applications required time-consuming code rewrites
D) Developers were discouraged by Apple's marketing
  • 29. Which software did Microsoft migrate to the Macintosh in April 1984?
A) Excel
B) Word
C) Multiplan
D) PowerPoint
  • 30. What was the name of the unsuccessful ad campaign for the Macintosh Office?
A) Test Drive
B) Lemmings
C) Conformity
D) 1984
  • 31. How many pages of the post-election issue of Newsweek did Apple purchase for advertising?
A) 50 pages
B) 20 pages
C) 18 pages
D) All 39 pages
  • 32. What were the primary criticisms regarding the 'Test Drive a Macintosh' promotion?
A) Lack of software and complex setup
B) Insufficient supply and damaged returned units
C) Poor marketing and illegal practices
D) High cost and low participation
  • 33. How many Macintoshes had the company sold by April 1984?
A) 250,000
B) 50,000
C) 70,000
D) 10,000
  • 34. What literary work did the '1984' commercial allude to?
A) Animal Farm
B) Brave New World
C) Fahrenheit 451
D) Nineteen Eighty-Four
  • 35. What was the name of the original Macintosh personal computer?
A) Apple II
B) Macintosh 512K
C) Macintosh 128K
D) Lisa
  • 36. Which television commercial introduced the Macintosh?
A) Think Different
B) The Desktop
C) Super Bowl
D) 1984
  • 37. Who directed the "1984" commercial?
A) Andy Hertzfeld
B) Ridley Scott
C) Steve Jobs
D) Jef Raskin
  • 38. What was the initial price of the Macintosh?
A) $2,495
B) $1,295
C) $7,700
D) $4,500
  • 39. What kind of monitor did the Macintosh 128K feature?
A) 15-inch color plasma
B) 14-inch monochrome LCD
C) 9-inch monochrome CRT
D) 12-inch color CRT
  • 40. Who started the Macintosh project in 1979?
A) Burrell Smith
B) Jef Raskin
C) Steve Jobs
D) Steve Wozniak
  • 41. Where did Apple engineers visit to see graphical user interface systems in 1979?
A) Xerox PARC
B) MIT
C) IBM
D) Stanford
  • 42. Who was responsible for designing the board that integrated the 8 MHz Motorola 68k?
A) Steve Wozniak
B) Burrell Smith
C) Jef Raskin
D) Andy Hertzfeld
  • 43. What was the storage device built into the Macintosh?
A) Hard drive
B) Cassette deck
C) Zip drive
D) Floppy drive
  • 44. Who took over the Macintosh project after deciding it was more marketable than the Lisa?
A) Bud Tribble
B) Steve Wozniak
C) Steve Jobs
D) Jef Raskin
  • 45. How many floppy disk drives could be housed internally in the Macintosh 128K?
A) Zero
B) Two
C) One
D) Three
  • 46. Why did the Macintosh 128K store its system software on disk instead of in ROM?
A) To facilitate booting from a hard drive
B) To allow for modular upgrades
C) To conserve RAM
D) To increase speed
  • 47. What was a notable capability of the Macintosh 128K regarding the startup disk while running?
A) It could be reformatted
B) It could be partitioned
C) It could be locked permanently
D) It could be temporarily ejected
  • 48. What was the primary benefit of the Macintosh External Disk Drive?
A) Improving graphics resolution
B) Adding hard drive storage
C) Increasing the processing speed
D) Reducing the need to swap disks
  • 49. How did Apple specify that third-party hard drives should connect to the Macintosh?
A) Through the SCSI port
B) Through the floppy port
C) Through the serial port
D) Through the internal bus
  • 50. Why could the Macintosh 128K not use the Hierarchical File System (HFS)?
A) It was not supported by the startup disk
B) It did not have enough RAM
C) It was incompatible with the CPU
D) It required a hard drive
  • 51. When did Apple replace the MFS with the Hierarchical File System?
A) 1986
B) 1987
C) 1985
D) 1984
  • 52. What was the physical size of the Macintosh 128K floppy disks?
A) 3 1/2-inch
B) 5 1/4-inch
C) 8-inch
D) 3-inch
  • 53. What cooling method did the Macintosh 128K rely on?
A) Forced air induction
B) Convective heat transfer
C) Active liquid cooling
D) Solid-state cooling
  • 54. What was the formal name of the Macintosh System Software release included with the original Mac?
A) System 0.97
B) System 1.0
C) System 2.0
D) System 3.2
  • 55. What was the internal codename for the original Macintosh?
A) Macintosh SE
B) Lisa
C) Thin Mac
D) Fat Mac
  • 56. What was the consequence of the decision to ship the Mac without a fan?
A) The monitor displayed fewer colors
B) The computer ran faster
C) Common, costly component failures
D) The power supply required more voltage
  • 57. Why did Steve Jobs believe the Macintosh 128K did not need expansion slots?
A) Customization is mostly software
B) The slots were too fragile
C) The motherboard was already full
D) Users did not want to open the case
  • 58. What was the title of the Macworld magazine cover featuring a heavily upgraded Macintosh 128K?
A) Beyond the 128K
B) Faster than a Vax
C) The Ultimate Macintosh
D) The 4 MB Revolution
  • 59. What was the purpose of the MacCharlie accessory?
A) Provided a cooling fan
B) Added IBM PC compatibility
C) Added an internal hard drive
D) Increased RAM capacity
  • 60. Which publication criticized the price of the Macintosh 128K memory upgrade?
A) New York Times
B) Wall Street Journal
C) Macworld
D) Time Magazine
  • 61. What component was replaced to upgrade a Macintosh 128K to a 512K model?
A) Disk drive
B) CRT monitor
C) Motherboard
D) Power supply
  • 62. Besides the logic board, what part of the case had to be changed to upgrade to a Macintosh Plus?
A) Top handle
B) Internal fan housing
C) Front bezel
D) Case back
  • 63. What additional accessory could optionally be added during a Macintosh Plus upgrade?
A) Numeric keypad
B) External modem
C) Extended keyboard
D) Laser printer
  • 64. What did Andrew Fluegelman suggest about the type of machine the Macintosh was?
A) A left-brain machine
B) A purely scientific machine
C) A text-heavy business machine
D) A right-brain machine
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