Anybody got a 128k made before February 7, 1984?
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i received the Original Macintosh with model number M0001 and it has no "128k" logo on the "Macintosh" badge
the FCC # which is BCG9GRM0001
There in no place with the words "Serial Number"
Sorry, forgot some of you may not know the secret to determining your Mac's age:
http://macfaq.org/serial.html
The 128k's can be found under the left front bezel next to the brightness knob.
Thanks!
Also, from what I've found, Apple did manufacturing/troubleshooting tests only at the Freemont plant in December 1983 and reportedly rolled the first salable Mac off the assembly line in January 1984. So we're really only talking about 4 weeks or so of manufactured Macs, but that's still about 10,000-15,000 Macs which some of you may have.
Your Mac 128(M001), with serial number F4090BFM0001, was the 411th manufactured during the 9th week of 1984 in Fremont, CA.
Looking at a caladar from 1984, I'll revise the dates somewhat. My 128k was built the 6th week and was the 644th. You can pinpoint a day pretty well if you figure that Apple sold 70,000 Macs in 100 days between 1/24/84 and 5/3/84. That's roughly 2800 Macs a day based on a 5 day week from January 1. Also in 1984 there would have been at least one big holiday delaying the start, so I expect fewer Macs rolled out that first week if any at all. It also means that more Macs may have been made per day. Though, that 70k figure doesn't reflect items sold in advance of manufacture either. It also doesn't take into account Macs that were unsold by 5/3/84. So given the variables 2800/week seems like a reasonable figure for estimating.
I'm putting a date on mine of about the 6th now which means I'm looking for 128ks produced prior to the 6th of February 1984.
January 1984
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
February 1984
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29
Mine is the 319th of week 9. So mine was just 92 macs before yours. I heard that they were producing 1 every 23 seconds which makes our macs about 35 mins apart. cool
"Your Mac 128 (M0001), with serial number F4256KHM0001, was the 8477th manufactured during the 25th week of 1984 in Fremont, CA."
Not to reopen an ancient thread or anything....
I just bought a Mac with serial number F352035M0001. Yup, 1983, week 52, production number 107. It appears to be 100% production, not prototype; and I bought it from the original purchaser, who said he bought it in early 1984. (Sadly, he didn't keep the original packaging.) Yup, it's possible that I have the 107th production Macintosh!
(P.S. It's "Fremont", not "Freemont".)
Mine: Your Macintosh 128 (M0001), with serial number F4381C3M0001, was the 1567th manufactured during the 38th week of 1984 in Fremont, CA.
I'll put my early 128 (without the k) in the line: #F4211D3M0001P
Manufactured in: F => Fremont, California, USA
Year of production: 1984
Week of production: 21
Production number: 1D3 => 1635
Model ID: M0001P => Macintosh 128k/512k
Your Macintosh 128k/512k was the 1635th Mac manufactured during the 21th week of 1984 in Fremont, California, USA.
..and my 512k is: #C5490HGM0001WP
Manufactured in: C => Cork, Ireland
Year of production: 1985
Week of production: 49
Production number: 0HG => 594
Model ID: M0001WP => Macintosh 512K (European Macintosh ED)
Your Macintosh 512K (European Macintosh ED) was the 594th Mac manufactured during the 49th week of 1985 in Cork, Ireland.
Sadly it's "just" an ED - not a really clean 512k?
Marcus
I have a Mac 128K with S/N F444797M0001. If I'm following correctly that means the 797th unit manufactured in the 44th week of 1984, at Fremont, CA.
Besides the MAC itself, the unit includes:
keyboard model M0110
external drive M0130 S/N Y43272GMD130
mouse M0100 S/N G442MO10021349
as well as an AVATEX 1200HC dial-up modem and a TEC CLA45-14601 line printer
Also have the accessory pack/cabling.
For packaging, the component boxes for keyboard, external drive, accessories, and power cord are available, but unfortunately the main exterior box was accidentally destroyed some years ago.
The entire setup boots properly, but unfortunately I cant get past the 'frowny face' that comes up on the screen when I put in the only disk I have. Can anyone tell me if this is an Apple issued system disk that should boot the syste (and apparently therefore has failed) or if I need a system disk? Its titled "Word Master and lists the following contents on the label:MacMate!
Microsoft WOrd
Printer Drivers
AppleDaisy
Brother
Diablo630
NEC7710
Typewriter
System Folder
Clipboard file
Finder
IMageWriter
Note Pad File
Scrapbook File
System
hoping for a reply, thanks everyone.
If it lists Finder and System, it should be a bootlable disk, or at least was at one time.
But what version?
It may be a later Os that won't boot on a 128K Mac.
True. I was assuming it was original to the computer. For that matter, it might not even be a 400k disk.
Thanks for responding. Yes its the original disk, and 400K. Probably has failed sometime in the past 35 years :( I will have to look for another one. thanks again.