The Apple Macintosh PowerBook 170 is a notebook that was designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple from 1991 to 1992 as part of the Macintosh PowerBook series of Macintosh computers. The computer has been introduced on October 21, 1991, and its price started at $4600.
The new PowerBook features a 25 MHz Motorola 68030 processor, Motorola 68882 FPU coprocessor, 9.8″ monochrome LCD display, 4 MB of RAM, 40 MB or 80 MB hard drive, and 1.44 MB floppy drive.
This Macintosh has been discontinued on October 19, 1992.
Today Macintosh PowerBook 170 is 31 years old!
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Macintosh PowerBook 170 Release Date and Original Price
Introduced
October 21, 1991
Discontinued
October 19, 1992
Model Identifier
21
Model Number
M1057LL/A
Original Price
$4,600
Colors
Grey
Weight
6.8 Ibs. 3.084 KG
Dimensions
2.25” H x 11.25” W x 9.3” D 5.71 cm H x 28.57 cm W x 23.62 cm D
Tech Specs
Processor
Processor
Motorola 68030
Processor Speed
25 MHz
Architecture
32-bit
Number of Cores
1
System Bus
25 MHz
Cache
0.5 KB L1
Coprocessor
Motorola 68882 FPU
Storage & Media
Storage
40 MB 80 MB
Media
1.44 MB floppy
Memory
Built-in Memory
4 MB
Maximum Memory
8 MB
Memory Slots
1 – PowerBook 1xx (70-pin connector)
Minimum Speed
100 ns
ROM
Unknown
Interleaving Support
No
Display
Built-in Display
9.8″ diagonal active matrix transflective LCD
Resolutions
640 x 400
Graphics
Graphics Card
None
Graphics Memory
None
Display Connection
None
Expansion
Expansion Slots
Internal 20-pin connector for the optional 2400-baud modem card