Editing Macintosh Color Classic (section)

== Hardware ==
The Color Classic has a [[Motorola 68030]] CPU running at 16&nbsp;MHz and has a logic board similar to the [[Macintosh LC II]].<ref name=lowendmacclassic>{{cite web
| url = http://lowendmac.com/1993/mac-color-classic/
| title = Mac Color Classic
| date = February 10, 1993
| publisher = Low End Mac
| access-date = October 6, 2017
| archive-date = October 7, 2017
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171007120258/http://lowendmac.com/1993/mac-color-classic/
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

Like the [[Macintosh SE]] and [[Macintosh SE/30|SE/30]] before it, the Color Classic has a single expansion slot: an LC-type [[Processor Direct Slot]] (PDS), incompatible with the SE slots. This was primarily intended for the [[Apple IIe Card]] (the primary reason for the Color Classic's switchable 560 × 384 display, essentially quadruple the IIe's 280 × 192 [[Apple II graphics#High-Resolution (Hi-Res) graphics|High-Resolution graphics]]), which was offered with education models of the LCs. The card allowed the LCs to emulate an [[Apple IIe]]. The combination of the low-cost color Macintosh and Apple IIe compatibility was intended to encourage the education market's transition from Apple II models to Macintoshes. Other cards, such as CPU accelerators, [[Ethernet]] and video cards were also made available for the Color Classic's Processor Direct Slot.

The Color Classic shipped with the [[Apple Keyboard]] known as an Apple Keyboard II (M0487) which featured a soft power switch on the keyboard itself. The mouse supplied was the [[Apple Mouse]] known as the Apple Desktop Bus Mouse II (M2706).

A slightly updated model, the Color Classic II, featuring the [[Macintosh LC 550]] [[Motherboard|logic board]] with a 33&nbsp;MHz processor, was released in Japan, Canada and some international markets in 1993, sometimes as the [[Macintosh Performa|Performa]] 275. Both versions of the Color Classic have 256 KB of onboard VRAM, expandable to 512 KB by plugging a 256 KB VRAM SIMM into the onboard 68-pin VRAM slot.<ref name=servicesource275>{{cite web
| url = http://tim.id.au/laptops/apple/legacy/color_classic_ii.perf_275.pdf
| title = Macintosh Color Classic II / Performa 275
| publisher = Apple Service Source
| access-date = September 30, 2017
| archive-date = March 24, 2018
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180324195852/http://tim.id.au/laptops/apple/legacy/color_classic_ii.perf_275.pdf
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

The name "Color Classic" was not printed directly on the front panel, but on a separate plastic insert. This enabled the [[Comparison of American and British English|alternative spelling]] "Colour Classic" and "Colour Classic II" to be used in appropriate markets.

===Upgrades===
Powered by a [[Motorola 68030]] processor, the Color Classic can only go up to Mac OS 7.6.1. However, some Color Classic users upgraded their machines with motherboards from [[Macintosh LC 575|Performa/LC 575]] units ("Mystic" upgrade),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colourclassicfaq.com/mobo/mystic.shtml|title="Mystic" Upgrade Questions|access-date=June 12, 2015|archive-date=November 17, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011117084413/http://www.colourclassicfaq.com/mobo/mystic.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> while others have put entire [[Macintosh Quadra 630|Performa/LC/Quadra 630]] or successor innards into them ("Takky" upgrade).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colourclassicfaq.com/mobo/takky.shtml|title="Takky" Upgrade Questions|access-date=June 12, 2015|archive-date=August 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814113151/http://colourclassicfaq.com/mobo/takky.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Another common modification to this unit was to change the display to allow 640 × 480 resolution, which was a common requirement for many programs (especially [[PC game|games]]) to run.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://powercc.org/640x480|title="640x480" Screen Resolution Upgrade|access-date=February 27, 2018|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107003210/http://powercc.org/640x480/|url-status=live}}</ref>

With the Mystic mod, the Color Classic uses the motherboard of the [[Macintosh LC 575]] which has a [[Motorola 68LC040]] CPU (at a speed of 33&nbsp;MHz instead of 25&nbsp;MHz) and is pin compatible with the Color Classic. A Color Classic with the Mystic upgrade can go up to Mac OS 8.1 (Mac OS 8.6 and newer require PowerPC processors).

With the Takky mod, the case and connector need to be modded, but doing so will allow the use of a PowerPC 601, 603, or 604 equipped motherboard. A Color Classic with the Takky upgrade can go up to Mac OS 9.1 (Mac OS 9.2 and newer require a G3 processor). On Takky Color Classics, there is a way to upgrade the processor with a [[PowerPC 7xx|G3 CPU]], but it will only go up to Mac OS 9.2.2 as Mac OS X isn't officially supported.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://powercc.org/g3|title="G3" CPU Upgrade|access-date=February 27, 2018|archive-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228041602/https://powercc.org/g3/|url-status=live}}</ref>