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Macintosh IIsi Developer Note

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Download it here: Macintosh IIsi Developer Note.pdf

This is Apple Computer's own developer documentation for Macintosh IIsi, published in 1990. It covers the IIsi's single expansion slot and its NuBus and 030 direct-slot adapter cards, the 68HC05 ADB microcontroller and the soft-power circuit, the +5 V trickle supply that keeps the real-time clock and parameter RAM alive with the machine switched off, and the video and sound subsystems.

Apple's developer notes are a different document from the Service Source repair manuals: the Service Source tells a technician which module to swap, while the developer note gives the electrical and architectural detail โ€” rail currents, connector pinouts, power budgets and chip functions โ€” that a repairer needs in order to make a go/no-go measurement. Several figures on this wiki are cited to this document.

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