Apple Computer Inc duly announced the heavily previewed Macintosh IIcx yesterday, plus the forecast monitors, and, in the UK, version 1.1 of A/UX. The Mac IIcx – intended to fill the gap between the Mac II and smaller integrated SE range – uses a 16MHz 68030 with 68882 maths co-processor and features Apple’s 1.4Mb high density floppy disk drive, NuBus, three slots, colour QuickDraw, and an internal 3.5 hard disk. In addition to the usual Macintosh ports – two RS232, two Apple Desktop Bus, SCSI and stereo audio ports – the IIcx has an external floppy disk drive port. It comes with a mouse, System Software 6.0.3 with Apple File Exchange, Hypercard and documentation. There is a new monochrome board for the 12 monochrome monitor to enable users to configure the lowest cost Mac II system. Mac IIcx, out at the end of the month, is UKP3,540 for console with 2Mb and 40Mb disk.
