Macintosh LC
E39011
The Macintosh LC is a low-cost, compact desktop computer introduced by Apple in 1990 as part of its early color-capable Macintosh lineup aimed at home and education markets.
All labels observed (17)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macintosh LC canonical | 7 |
| Macintosh LC series | 6 |
| Macintosh LC 475 | 5 |
| Macintosh LC II | 5 |
| Macintosh LC III | 3 |
| Apple Macintosh LC series | 2 |
| Macintosh LC 500 series | 2 |
| Macintosh LC 520 | 2 |
| Macintosh LC 550 | 2 |
| Apple Macintosh LC | 1 |
| Apple Macintosh LC III | 1 |
| Apple Macintosh LC line | 1 |
| Macintosh LC 575 | 1 |
| Macintosh LC 580 | 1 |
| Macintosh LC III+ | 1 |
| Macintosh LC line | 1 |
| Macintosh LC models | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T299904 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macintosh LC Context triple: [Macintosh LC series, includesModel, Macintosh LC]
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A.
Macintosh Plus
Macintosh Plus is an early Apple Macintosh personal computer model, introduced in 1986, notable for its expanded memory, SCSI support, and improved performance over its predecessors.
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B.
Macintosh SE
The Macintosh SE is a compact all-in-one personal computer introduced by Apple in 1987, notable for adding an internal expansion slot and improved performance to the classic Macintosh line.
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C.
Apple Lisa
Apple Lisa was an early 1980s Apple personal computer notable for pioneering a graphical user interface and mouse-driven desktop environment.
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D.
original Macintosh 128K
The original Macintosh 128K was Apple’s first mass-market personal computer with a graphical user interface and mouse, introduced in 1984 and known for its compact all-in-one design.
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E.
Macintosh II series
The Macintosh II series is a family of modular, expandable Macintosh computers introduced by Apple in the late 1980s that brought color graphics and greater performance to the Macintosh line.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macintosh LC Target entity description: The Macintosh LC is a low-cost, compact desktop computer introduced by Apple in 1990 as part of its early color-capable Macintosh lineup aimed at home and education markets.
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A.
Macintosh Plus
Macintosh Plus is an early Apple Macintosh personal computer model, introduced in 1986, notable for its expanded memory, SCSI support, and improved performance over its predecessors.
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B.
Macintosh SE
The Macintosh SE is a compact all-in-one personal computer introduced by Apple in 1987, notable for adding an internal expansion slot and improved performance to the classic Macintosh line.
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C.
Apple Lisa
Apple Lisa was an early 1980s Apple personal computer notable for pioneering a graphical user interface and mouse-driven desktop environment.
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D.
original Macintosh 128K
The original Macintosh 128K was Apple’s first mass-market personal computer with a graphical user interface and mouse, introduced in 1984 and known for its compact all-in-one design.
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E.
Macintosh II series
The Macintosh II series is a family of modular, expandable Macintosh computers introduced by Apple in the late 1980s that brought color graphics and greater performance to the Macintosh line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple Macintosh
ⓘ
desktop computer ⓘ personal computer ⓘ |
| addressBusWidth | 32-bit address bus (not fully 32-bit clean) ⓘ |
| architecture | 68k ⓘ |
| audioOutput | 8-bit mono sound ⓘ |
| audioPorts | 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack ⓘ |
| busWidth | 16-bit data bus ⓘ |
| caseColor | platinum ⓘ |
| codename | Elsie ⓘ |
| cpu |
Motorola 68020 microprocessor
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 68020
|
| cpuClockSpeed | 16 MHz ⓘ |
| discontinued | 1992 ⓘ |
| expansionSlot |
LC Processor Direct Slot (LC PDS)
ⓘ
surface form:
LC Processor Direct Slot (PDS)
|
| floppyDrive | 1.44 MB SuperDrive ⓘ |
| formFactor | pizza box desktop ⓘ |
| fpuSupport | optional Motorola 68881 FPU via PDS card ⓘ |
| hardDriveOptions |
40 MB SCSI hard disk
ⓘ
80 MB SCSI hard disk ⓘ |
| intendedMarket |
education market
ⓘ
home users ⓘ |
| introduced | October 1990 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Computer, Inc.
|
| networkingOptions | optional Ethernet via PDS card ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
compact pizza-box case enabling small-footprint setups
ⓘ
first low-cost color Macintosh for education ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
System 6.0.7 (with Color QuickDraw)
ⓘ
System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
surface form:
System 7
|
| ports |
ADB
ⓘ
SCSI port ⓘ audio out ⓘ floppy disk port ⓘ two serial ports ⓘ video output port ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Macintosh II series
ⓘ
surface form:
Macintosh IIcx (in product positioning)
|
| productLine |
Macintosh LC
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Macintosh LC series
|
| ramMaximum | 10 MB ⓘ |
| ramMinimum | 2 MB ⓘ |
| ramOnboard | 2 MB ⓘ |
| ramSlots | 2 SIMM slots ⓘ |
| ramType | 30-pin SIMM ⓘ |
| romSize | 512 KB ROM ⓘ |
| storageInterface |
SCSI
ⓘ
surface form:
SCSI-1
|
| successor |
Macintosh LC
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Macintosh LC II
|
| targetPriceAtLaunch | around US$2,400 with monitor ⓘ |
| videoColorSupport | up to 8-bit color ⓘ |
| videoHardware | built-in frame buffer with shared system RAM ⓘ |
| videoResolutions |
512×384
ⓘ
640×480 (with VRAM and appropriate monitor) ⓘ |
| vramMaximum | 512 KB VRAM ⓘ |
| vramMinimum | 256 KB VRAM ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Macintosh LC Description of subject: The Macintosh LC is a low-cost, compact desktop computer introduced by Apple in 1990 as part of its early color-capable Macintosh lineup aimed at home and education markets.
Referenced by (42)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Macintosh LC series
subject surface form:
Macintosh LC series
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC II
subject surface form:
Macintosh LC series
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC III
subject surface form:
Macintosh LC series
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC III+
subject surface form:
Macintosh LC series
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC 475
subject surface form:
Macintosh LC series
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC 520
subject surface form:
Macintosh LC series
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC 550
subject surface form:
Macintosh LC series
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC 575
subject surface form:
Macintosh LC series
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC 580
this entity surface form:
Apple Macintosh LC series
subject surface form:
Apple IIe Card
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC series
subject surface form:
Apple IIe Card
subject surface form:
Apple IIe Card
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC II
subject surface form:
Apple IIe Card
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC III
subject surface form:
Apple IIe Card
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC 475
subject surface form:
LC Processor Direct Slot
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC series
subject surface form:
LC Processor Direct Slot
subject surface form:
LC Processor Direct Slot
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC II
subject surface form:
LC Processor Direct Slot
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC III
subject surface form:
LC Processor Direct Slot
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC 475
subject surface form:
LC Processor Direct Slot
subject surface form:
LC Processor Direct Slot
this entity surface form:
Apple Macintosh LC line
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC series
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC II
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC line
this entity surface form:
Apple Macintosh LC series
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC models
subject surface form:
System 7
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC series
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC series
subject surface form:
Motorola 68020
this entity surface form:
Apple Macintosh LC
subject surface form:
Motorola 68030
this entity surface form:
Apple Macintosh LC III
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC 500 series
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC II
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC series
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC 475
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC 475
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC 500 series
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC 550
this entity surface form:
Macintosh LC 520