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Scans of Macintosh 128k, 512k, 512ke and Plus manuals

Posted by: Realitystorm on 2023-02-09 14:33:17

I'm working on a few things for my site and I wanted to link to manuals for early releases of System software. But... I'm having difficulty finding existing scans online for the various revisions. I'm hoping to track them down through this site so can get them added to the internet archive if they haven't been scanned yet. I've included links to copies I have found:

1.0: 030-0687 128k/512k owner's guide, System 1.0 Finder 1.0
1.0: 030-0687-A 128k/512k owner's guide, not sure what changed
1.1: 030-0687-B 128k/512k owner's guide, possibly updated for System 1.1 Finder 1.1g?
2.0: no info, possibly an insert, System 2.0 / Finder 1.1g
2.1: 032-0017 insert, 12 pp. Introduced new features in System 2.0 Finder 4.1?
3.0: 030-1246-A Plus owner's guide. Covers System 3.0 Finder 5.1?
3.x: 030-1246-B Plus owner's guide, no sure what changed
3.x: 030-1326-A 512Ke owner's guide.
030-1320-C a combined 512Ke (512K/800) and Plus Manual
4.0: 030-1242-A Plus Owner's Guide, 1987. Covers System 4.0 Finder 5.4.
5.0: 031-1302-Macintosh New Features Update
6.0: 030-3294-A Plus Owner's Guide, 1988.
6.0: 030-3294-B Plus Owner's Guide, 1988. I have this one, will scan.

Reference codes found in http://web.archive.org/web/20040710125446/homepage.mac.com/chinesemac/earlymacs/#Plus_manuals
And Service Manuals, e.g. https://archive.org/details/Apple_S...e_PN_072-0082/page/n175/mode/2up?q="032-0017"

Posted by: pezter22 on 2023-02-17 18:09:08

Pretty cool. I have a 512k. Nice to have some documentation.

Posted by: Iesca on 2023-02-18 04:28:11

I have 030-3294-A which I can scan at some point. Wonder what's different with the B revision!

Posted by: slomacuser on 2023-02-18 04:57:52

The B version is missing the alternate disk chapter and has some screenshots with newer icons and font mover. It was discussed on this forums years ago could be lost too

Posted by: RudyAdrian on 2025-05-02 14:26:39

I have 1.1: 030-0687-B 128k/512k owner's guide in very neat condition, if you're still after it 🙂

https://www.instagram.com/p/DBSLaVZTApj/

Best contact me RudyAdrianMusic via Instagram, as I'm unlikely to visit this forum often, sorry 🙂

Posted by: cheesestraws on 2025-07-08 16:16:42

I have both 030-0687-B and 030-1246-A and they will be scanned as part of my ongoing scanning effort when I get to that shelf. Please feel free to poke me in my accountability thread if I get quiet on the subject, here https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/cheeseys-manual-scanning-accountability-thread.50415/

Posted by: Realitystorm on 2025-07-09 04:36:54

I have both 030-0687-B and 030-1246-A and they will be scanned as part of my ongoing scanning effort when I get to that shelf. Please feel free to poke me in my accountability thread if I get quiet on the subject, here https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/cheeseys-manual-scanning-accountability-thread.50415/

Thanks! I recently got a a Macintosh 512k system, and also a 128k motherboard, so will likely flip through the manuals as part of playing with these early systems

Posted by: cheesestraws on 2025-10-09 16:40:25

1.1: 030-0687-B 128k/512k owner's guide, possibly updated for System 1.1 Finder 1.1g?

Here's a scan of 030-0687-B which I did tonight. The PDF is big because I tried to scan the photographic pages in perhaps excessive quality.

"Macintosh" (Manual for 128k and 512k Macintosh; 030-0687-b) : Apple : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

This item is the second (?) edition of the user manual for the original Macintosh computer, with Apple part number 030-0687-B.

archive.org

Of course, feel free to re-encode/compress/archive/make available for download/whatever.

Posted by: Realitystorm on 2025-10-09 18:42:14

Here's a scan of 030-0687-B which I did tonight. The PDF is big because I tried to scan the photographic pages in perhaps excessive quality.

"Macintosh" (Manual for 128k and 512k Macintosh; 030-0687-b) : Apple : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

This item is the second (?) edition of the user manual for the original Macintosh computer, with Apple part number 030-0687-B.

archive.org

Of course, feel free to re-encode/compress/archive/make available for download/whatever.

Thanks!

Posted by: adespoton on 2025-10-15 15:03:08

Thanks! And thanks for going for excessively high quality. You can always downsample, but up-sampling is all guesswork, even with today's models. I eventually stopped asking other people to scan things for me because I invariably got them at 70 or 90 dpi (or less) from which it was pretty much impossible to create something both accurate AND printable/readable.

Posted by: pl212 on 2025-10-15 15:14:16

Yes, those scans were high-quality enough to see at least two examples of a Twiggy Mac!

Posted by: cheesestraws on 2025-10-15 15:56:21

Yes, those scans were high-quality enough to see at least two examples of a Twiggy Mac!

I didn't even notice those while scanning! Can see them now...

Posted by: pl212 on 2025-10-15 16:27:01

Interesting as well to see this early mouse with a "Lisa"-style plug and no thumbscrews: