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Macintosh IIcx

Personal computer by Apple, Inc

Field	Value
name	Macintosh IIcx
aka	"Aurora"
family	Macintosh II
developer	Apple Computer, Inc.
image	Macintosh IIcx.jpg
release_date
price
cpu	Motorola 68030
cpu_speed	16 MHz
os	System 6.0.3 - 7.5.5, A/UX
memory	1 MB or 2 MB, expandable to 128 MB
memory_type	120 ns 30-pin SIMM
weight	13.6 lb
dimensions	Height: 5.5 in
Width: 11.9 in
Depth: 14.4 in
discontinued
predecessor	Macintosh II
successor	Macintosh IIci
related	Macintosh IIx

Width: 11.9 in Depth: 14.4 in

The Macintosh IIcx is a personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from March 1989 to March 1991. Introduced six months after the Macintosh IIx, the IIcx resembles the IIx and provides the same performance, but is 7 in narrower, 10 lb lighter, and quieter due to a smaller internal fan. The relative compactness results in three NuBus slots being available,{{cite web | access-date = June 6, 2017 | archive-date = August 6, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120806143935/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP196 | url-status = live | chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/macworldmacsecre00pogu/page/468 | chapter-url-access = registration | author-link = David Pogue

The new case, Apple's first to be designed to operate in either a horizontal or vertical orientation, remained in use for its successors the Macintosh IIci and Quadra 700. The idea for vertical orientation, one of the first minitower cases, was suggested by Apple CEO John Sculley, who was running out of space on his desk, despite the fact that the new layout actually took more space once the monitor was taken into account. The model was designated IIcx for compact (echoing the earlier Apple IIc), and the x was Apple's designation for the Motorola 68030 processor.

Users liked the Mac IIcx, in part, because its components and parts (such as the RAM, NuBus slots, and power supply) snapped into place inside the case without the need for screws. There was one central safety screw that tied the assembly together though it was often not reinstalled if ever removed. At the IIcx's introduction, Jean-Louis Gassée demonstrated the IIcx's modular design by assembling one from parts in front of the audience.{{cite magazine | access-date = May 2, 2017 | archive-date = May 15, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170515081504/http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.05/05.11/Nov89Letters/index.html | url-status = live

This model was superseded by the Macintosh IIci, which used the same case. It was designed by Gavin Ivester.

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