Macintosh LC

The Macintosh LC was the first low-cost desktop color computer ever made by Apple (of course, they had the Apple II series - namely, the IIgs - but they were not exactly Macintoshes, even if they could run a very primitive version of the Finder and Mac apps...). It was marketed for the home and education market, and since it had a PDS slot, it could even be used to run older Apple II software, using a specific card which went into that slot, and allowed the user to run either Mac or Apple II software (that was very important in schools - especially American ones - which bought large amounts of educational software and needed compatibility for it!).

The LC brought along a new processor, the MC68020, which ran at 16 MHz. Its VRAM could be upgraded to 512 kB (at its default 256 kB, it could display up to 256 colors in 640x400 pixels), and one could bump the RAM up to 10 MB (8 MB expansion + 2 MB onboard). It came with a hard drive as standard, however that could be replaced with a second floppy drive (the case was ready for that transformation if necessary).

The unit I own was seriously upgraded, probably due to the fact it was used in an academic institution (in a research environment - Biology labs). The RAM was maxed out, and I found a curious daughtercard once I opened the case: turns out it is a socket for a math co-processor (the LC does not have the socket integrated into the motherboard, hence that had to be introduced with an expansion card). It runs a Portuguese version of system 7.1, and was filled with some scientific software. (biology stuff - genetics, statistics?)

Specifications

Processor: Motorola MC68020 @ 16 MHz (plus MC68882 math co-processor in a separate expansion card);
Memory: 10 MB (maxed out);
Other I/O: single 1.44 MB 3.5'' floppy drive ("SuperDrive"), 40 MB SCSI HD, SCSI (DB-25), serial "round" ports and ADB connectors;