Hard Disk 20
| Connects to | Macintosh Plus; Macintosh 512K via:
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| Design firm | Apple Inc. |
| Manufacturer | Apple Inc. |
| Introduced | September 17, 1985 |
| Discontinued | September 1987 |
| Cost | US$1,495 (equivalent to $4,371 in 2024) |
| Type | Hard Disk |
| Memory | 20 MB |
| Connection | Floppy drive port at 500 kbit/s |
| Power consumption | 30 W |
| Weight | 7 lbs (3.2 kg) |
| Dimensions | 3.1 x 9.7 x 10.5 inches (7.9 x 25 x 27 cm) |
The Macintosh Hard Disk 20 is the first hard drive developed by Apple Computer specifically for use with the Macintosh 512K. Introduced on September 17, 1985, it was part of Apple's solution toward completing the Macintosh Office (a suite of integrated business hardware & software) announced in January 1985. It would be over a year more before Apple would release the file server software AppleShare that would link all of the hardware together. By that time the SCSI interface introduced on the Macintosh Plus in January 1986, would accommodate far faster and more efficient hard drives, rendering the Hard Disk 20 virtually obsolete.