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Power Macintosh 8100/100AV

Power Macintosh 8100/100AV

Compared with the Power Macintosh 8100/80AV, this model runs its PowerPC 601 at 100 MHz instead of 80 MHz. It keeps the AV card for composite and S-video input and output and comes with 16 MB of RAM. The minitower case and the NuBus slots did not change.

Model number
M1688
Released
3 January 1995

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Specs

Overview

Introduced
3 January 1995
Discontinued
5 August 1995
Original price
US$4,600

Processor

Processor
PowerPC 601
Speed
100 MHz
System bus
33.3 MHz
L1 cache
32 KB

Memory

Standard
16 MB
Maximum
264 MB
Built in
8 MB
Slots
8
Minimum speed
80 ns

Graphics

Video memory
2 MB
Maximum video memory
2 MB
External displays
Dual/Mirroring
Largest external display
1152×870

Display

Resolution
832×624

Ports

Video out
Yes (×2)
S-Video out
1
S-Video in
1
Security slot
Yes

Networking

Ethernet
AAUI-15

Battery and power

Backup battery
3.6 V lithium coin-cell

Physical

Form factor
Tower
Weight
25.3 lb

Software

Operating system at launch
Mac OS 7.5

Specs from Beetstech's device records. Something wrong? Tell us.