Macintosh PowerBook 160

Introduced: October 1992
Terminated: August 1993

Description

The PowerBook 160 was the first PowerBook that could be used to power a color external monitor. It ran a Motorola 68030 processor at speeds of 25MHz. The 4MB of RAM was upgradeable to 14MB. It had a 10” passive matrix grayscale LCD screen with a resolution of 640 x 400. The hard drive was available with between 40 and 120MB of space and it had an internal 1.44MB floppy drive.

History

The ability to use the PowerBook 160 to power a color display was a great advantage, especially for users who wanted to base both a home and mobile office on their PowerBook. It could produce eight-bit color at 832 x 624 resolution. It retailed for $2,480.

Specifications

Processor: Motorola 68030
Processor Speed: 25 MHz
Coprocessor: None
Cache: 0.5k L1
System Bus: 25 MHz
Hard Drive: 40, 80, or 120 MB
Media: 1.44 MB floppy
Weight and Dimensions (US): 6.8 lbs., 2.25” H x 11.25” W x 9.3” D
Weight and Dimensions (Metric): 3.1 kg, 5.7 cm H x 28.6 cm W x 23.6 cm D
Original Mac OS: System 7.1 (System Enabler 111)
Maximum Mac OS: Mac OS 7.6.1
Firmware: Macintosh ROM
Logicboard RAM: 4 MB of PSRAM
Maximum RAM: 14 MB
Type of RAM Slots: 1 - PowerBook 1xx (70-pin connector)
Minimum RAM Speed: 85 ns
Interleaving Support: No
Graphics Card: None
Graphics Memory: 128 KB
Built-in Display: 10” Film SuperTwist Nematic (FSTN) (Passive Matrix) LCD
Resolutions: 640 x 400
Display Connection: Mini-15
Expansion Slots: Internal 20-pin connector for optional 2400-baud modem card
Expansion Bays: --
Hard Drive Bus: 40-pin SCSI
Backup Battery: --
Power Adapter: --
System Battery: 2.8 ampere-hour NiCad
Max Watts: 17 W
Ethernet: None
Infrared: None
Modem: None
ADB: 1
Serial: 2
SCSI: HDI-30
USB: None
FireWire: None
Audio In: 1 - 3.5-mm analog input jack, 1 - Built-in microphone
Audio Out: 1 - 3.5-mm analog output jack, 1 - Built-in speaker