Retro Tech: Macintosh Color Classic

The Color Classic may have been the last of the compact Macs, but it certainly left an interesting legacy.

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Sources and reference material, in order of appearance:

— Jeff Keacher, http://www.keacher.com (Mac Plus image)
— Reddit user SeanEqualsYes, https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/280v1l/68k_week_my_newly_functional_macintosh_classic_ii (Classic II setup image)
— Wikipedia user Danamania, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Danamania (Classic II and SE studio images)
— Macworld magazine, April, 1993 (review articles)
— http://www.cuk.ch/articles/4133 (LC III image)
— Jonathan Zufi, http://iconicbook.com (Color Classic II images)
— Low End Mac, http://www.lowendmac.com (Color Classic II specs screenshot)
— Lyle Hiroshi Saxon, https://www.youtube.com/user/lylehsaxon (MacWorld Expo 1993 footage)
— Mystic Room, http://web.archive.org/web/20050305174058/http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~t-imai/maine.html
— Imgur user 3583Bytes, http://imgur.com/gallery/vYoOmyd (LC 520 image)
— Stuart Bell, http://www.applefritter.com/?q=powercolorclassic/stuartbell (Mystic enabler, Takky portmanteau, motherboard connector relocation, stereo speakers and slot-loading CD-ROM screenshots)
— S. Watanabe, http://web.archive.org/web/20091217191523/http://homepage.mac.com/wtnb/index.htm (Mystic, Power Color Classic desk setup, G3 upgrade and main page screenshots)
— https://compidiaries.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/ethernetkarte-fur-macintosh-performa-5400 (Performa 5400 motherboard image)
— CCSCC English page, http://web.archive.org/web/20030623011714/http://kanchan.hn.org
— John Stocker, http://web.archive.org/web/20010712145042/http://glowsoft.com/sfs/pcc/modelb.html (Power Color Classic build page screenshot)
— New York Times article « A Long-Discontinued Macintosh Thrills Collectors to the Core, » August 24, 2000, http://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/24/technology/a-long-discontinued-macintosh-still-thrills-collectors-to-the-core.html

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