Power Macintosh 8100

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The Power Macintosh 8100/80, introduced in March 1994

The Power Macintosh 8100 (code-named "Cold Fusion", "Flagship") is a personal computer company Apple and belongs to the Power Macintosh series. Together with the affordable 6100 and the mid-range Power Macintosh 7100 computers , it was launched on the market in March 1994. In Japan, the upgraded 8100/110 appeared under the name Power Macintosh 8115/110.

The 8100 was the top model of the new series and was delivered in a tower case. The models in this series were aimed at graphic studios, advertising agencies and printing companies who demanded more performance.

The 8100/80 appeared with a Motorola - PowerPC -601- main processor and a clock speed of 80 MHz. It cost $ 4,200 in the United States. Seven months after its introduction, Apple raised the bar again with the Power Macintosh 8100/110, which was built in parallel. With a clock rate of 110 MHz, a Motorola PPC 601+ processor and a bus clock of 36.7 MHz, it was above the parameters of conventional DOS PCs. The 8100/110 had three NuBus slots for expansion options and was delivered with the MacOS 7.5 operating system (PowerPC Enabler V1.1.1, AppleTalk 58.1.3). It can be upgraded to MacOS 9.

The official successor to the 8100/80 was the 8100/100 from January 1995, which had a Motorola PPC 601 clocked at 100 MHz with a bus clock of 33.3 MHz. The Power Macintosh 8100/100 was equipped with the MacOS 7.5 system and can be used up to MacOS 9.

The AV versions available had a factory-installed audio-video card (S-Video and RCA video in / out).

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