Macintosh II
E93142
The Macintosh II is a modular, color-capable personal computer introduced by Apple in 1987 that marked the company’s move toward more expandable, high-performance Macintosh systems.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macintosh II canonical | 6 |
| Apple Macintosh II | 2 |
| Apple Macintosh IIci | 2 |
| Apple Macintosh IIcx | 2 |
| Apple Macintosh IIx | 2 |
| Macintosh IIx | 2 |
| Apple Macintosh IIfx | 1 |
| Macintosh IIci | 1 |
| Macintosh IIvx | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T663609 — 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 II Context triple: [Macintosh Plus, successor, Macintosh II]
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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.
Macintosh Classic
The Macintosh Classic is an early-1990s all-in-one personal computer from Apple that offered a low-cost, compact entry point into the Macintosh line.
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D.
Macintosh XL
The Macintosh XL was a rebranded and slightly modified version of Apple’s Lisa 2 computer, marketed as an early Macintosh-compatible business workstation.
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E.
Macintosh Quadra
The Macintosh Quadra was a line of high-end Apple Macintosh personal computers from the early 1990s, known for using Motorola 68040 processors and targeting professional and power users.
- 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 II Target entity description: The Macintosh II is a modular, color-capable personal computer introduced by Apple in 1987 that marked the company’s move toward more expandable, high-performance Macintosh systems.
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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.
Macintosh Classic
The Macintosh Classic is an early-1990s all-in-one personal computer from Apple that offered a low-cost, compact entry point into the Macintosh line.
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D.
Macintosh XL
The Macintosh XL was a rebranded and slightly modified version of Apple’s Lisa 2 computer, marketed as an early Macintosh-compatible business workstation.
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E.
Macintosh Quadra
The Macintosh Quadra was a line of high-end Apple Macintosh personal computers from the early 1990s, known for using Motorola 68040 processors and targeting professional and power users.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Macintosh computer
ⓘ
desktop computer ⓘ personal computer ⓘ |
| architecture |
Motorola 68020 microprocessor
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 68020
|
| audioOutput | mono sound ⓘ |
| busArchitecture | NuBus ⓘ |
| caseType | horizontal desktop case ⓘ |
| codename | Milwaukee ⓘ |
| colorCapability | color graphics ⓘ |
| coprocessor | Motorola 68881 ⓘ |
| coprocessorType | floating-point unit ⓘ |
| cpu |
Motorola 68020 microprocessor
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 68020
|
| cpuClockSpeed | 16 MHz ⓘ |
| discontinued | 1989 ⓘ |
| expansionSlots | 6 NuBus slots ⓘ |
| family | Macintosh II series ⓘ |
| floppyDriveCapacity | 800 KB ⓘ |
| floppyDriveSize | 3.5-inch ⓘ |
| formFactor | modular desktop ⓘ |
| graphicsHardware | NuBus video card required for display ⓘ |
| hardDiskSupport | SCSI hard disk ⓘ |
| interface |
ADB
ⓘ
SCSI ⓘ serial ports ⓘ |
| introduced | March 1987 ⓘ |
| keyboardInterface | ADB ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Computer, Inc.
|
| marketedAs | high-end expandable Macintosh ⓘ |
| maxColors | 16.7 million colors ⓘ |
| mouseInterface | ADB ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
first color-capable Macintosh with expandable architecture
ⓘ
first modular Macintosh design ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
System 4
ⓘ
System 5 ⓘ System 6 ⓘ System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
surface form:
System 7
|
| operatingSystemFamily | Classic Mac OS ⓘ |
| platform | 68k Macintosh ⓘ |
| powerSupplyLocation | internal ⓘ |
| predecessor | Macintosh Plus ⓘ |
| ram | 1 MB base RAM ⓘ |
| ramExpandableTo | 20 MB ⓘ |
| ramType | SIMM ⓘ |
| releasePrice | US$5498 base configuration ⓘ |
| storage | internal 3.5-inch floppy drive ⓘ |
| successor |
Macintosh II
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Macintosh IIx
|
| targetMarket |
business users
ⓘ
professional users ⓘ |
| videoOutput | external monitor ⓘ |
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 II Description of subject: The Macintosh II is a modular, color-capable personal computer introduced by Apple in 1987 that marked the company’s move toward more expandable, high-performance Macintosh systems.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Macintosh IIx
this entity surface form:
Macintosh IIci
subject surface form:
Motorola 68020
this entity surface form:
Apple Macintosh II
subject surface form:
Motorola 68030
this entity surface form:
Apple Macintosh IIx
subject surface form:
Motorola 68030
this entity surface form:
Apple Macintosh IIcx
subject surface form:
Motorola 68030
this entity surface form:
Apple Macintosh IIci
this entity surface form:
Macintosh IIx
this entity surface form:
Macintosh IIvx