Apple released the Macintosh Plus on January 10, 1986, for a price of US$2,600. It offered one megabyte of RAM, easily expandable to four megabytes by the use of socketed RAM boards. It also featured a SCSI parallel interface, allowing up to seven peripherals—such as hard drives and scanners—to be attached to the machine. Its floppy drive was increased to an 800 kB capacity. The Mac Plus was an immediate success and remained in production, unchanged, until October 15, 1990; on sale for just over four years and ten months, it was the longest-lived Macintosh in Apple's history. In September 1986, Apple introduced the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop, or MPW, an application that allowed software developers to create software for Macintosh on Macintosh, rather than cross compiling from a Lisa. In August 1987, Apple unveiled HyperCard and MultiFinder, which added cooperative multitasking to the Macintosh. Apple began bundling both with every Macintosh. COUNT 5
QSN1 What was the longest-lived Macintosh in Apple's history while it was in production? ANS1 The Mac Plus QSN2 How long did the Mac Plus remain in production, unchanged? ANS2 just over four years and ten months QSN3 In 1986, what did Apple introduce to allow developers to create software for Macintosh on Macintosh? ANS3 Macintosh Programmer's Workshop QSN4 What did Apple's HyerCard and MultiFinder add to the Macintosh? ANS4 cooperative multitasking QSN5 After their unveiling in 1987, what did Apple begin bundling with every Macintosh? ANS5 HyperCard and MultiFinder