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The Power Macintosh 6100 was Apple Computer's first computer to use the new PowerPC RISC type processor co-created by IBM and Motorola. It came in a Centris 610 "pizza box" low-profile case, and superseded the Quadra series that used Motorola's 68040 processor, Apple's previous high end workstation line. Notable was the new startup and "sad mac" chimes: instead of the electronic "bong" that was the previous norm, it played a guitar chord strummed by jazz guitarist Stanley Jordan, and instead of the "Chimes of Doom" arpeggio that played when there was a hardware error at startup, there was the sound of a car crashing.

It was first introduced in 1994, and featured a 60 MHz (later 66 MHz) 601 PowerPC processor. It was later complemented by an AV version, which featured additional audio and visual enhancements such as composite and S-video input/output and full 48-bit sound processing, invaluable to multimedia professionals. Apple also released a PC-compatible model of the 6100 called the Power Macintosh 6100 DOS Compatible. This version came with a card that featured an Intel 486DX processor and a single SIMM RAM slot that used a different type of RAM to that in the Power Mac itself, and also sported standard PC VGA and joystick ports. One could easily run the Macintosh interface and DOS/Windows 3.1 side by side, even on different monitors if one so desired.

This model and the other early NuBus-based Power Macs (7100, 8100 and Workgroup Server 9150) were replaced by the Power Macintosh PCI series released in 1995, although the 6100 DOS compatible continued in production until 1996, even though Apple had already released the anticipated "PC Personality Card" back in '95 that plugged into a PCI slot of the newer Power Macs. This card boasted a 66 MHz Pentium processor, which was considered very fast at that time.

Specifications

AKA: Performa 6110CD, Performa 6112CD, Performa 6115CD, Performa 6116CD, Performa 6117CD, Performa 6118CD

Codename: Piltdown Man
CPU: PowerPC 601
CPU Speed: 60/66 MHz
FPU: integrated
Bus Speed: 30/33 MHz
Data Path: 64 bit
ROM: 4 MB
RAM Type: 72 pin SIMM
Minimum RAM Speed: 80 ns
Onboard RAM: 8 MB
RAM Slots: 2
Maximum RAM: 72 MB
Level 1 Cache: 16 KB data, 16 KB instruction
Level 2 Cache: optional
VRAM: 1 MB DRAM (2 MB w/ AV card)
Maximum Resolution: 1152x870 at thousands of colors (w/ AV card)
Slots: PDS
or 7" NuBus (AV card fills both)
Floppy Drive: 1.4 MB SuperDrive
Optical Drive: optional 2x CD-ROM
Hard Disk: 160 MB
Ethernet: AAUI-15
ADB: 1
Serial: 2
SCSI: DB-25
Video Out: HDI-45
Audio Out: stereo 16 bit mini
Audio In: stereo 16 bit mini
Speaker(s): mono
Gestalt ID: 75
Power: 210 watts
Weight: 14 lb
Dimensions: 3.4" H x 16.3" W x 15.6" D (86 mm x 414 mm x 396 mm)
Minimum OS: 7.1.2 (60 MHz version), 7.5 (66 MHz version)
Maximum OS: 9.1
Introduced: March 1994
Terminated: May 1996

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