- Power Macintosh 6400
Mac_specs|Name=Power Macintosh 6400 / Performa 6400|
7 August 1996 |MSRP=2400, 2800|CPU=PowerPC 603e
CPUspeed=180 or 200 MHz|OS=System 7.5.3|RAM=16MiB , expandable to 136 MiB|RAMtype=70 ns 168-pin DIMM
Discontinued=1 August 1997 The Power Macintosh 6400 (Codenames: "InstaTower", "Alchemy", "Hacksaw"; also sold under variations of the name Performa 6400) is a mid-rangepersonal computer that is a part ofApple Computer 'sPower Macintosh andMacintosh Performa series of Macintosh computers. The two Performa variants were introduced in August 1996, while the Power Macintosh variant arrived two months later. They were discontinued in favor of the uniformly namedPower Macintosh 6500 in August 1997, ending the Performa brand.The 6400 shares its logic board with the
Power Macintosh 5400 , only without an integrated monitor. Its new "InstaTower“ case, however, features an integratedsubwoofer . ThePerforma 6360 uses the same logic board in aPower Macintosh 6200 -style desktop case. The 5400/6400 is generally believed to be superior to its 6200/5200 predecessors, since the issues that plagued those models had been resolved by then. [ [http://lowendmac.com/roadapples/x200.shtml Low End Mac: Road Apples - Power Mac x200 series] ]All 6400 series computers used a
PowerPC 603e processor. Thiscentral processing unit (CPU) was soldered to the computer's "Alchemy" main logic board and cooled by a fanless heat-sink. Though initially considered non-upgradable, CPU upgrades did come to market that overrode the fixed CPU by use of the Level 2 cache slot. [ [http://www.zone6400.com/L2G3_spec_comparison.html The 6400 Zone - L2 G3 Specs Comparison] ]creenshots
Models
*Power Macintosh 6400: 180 or 200 MHz CPU, sold only in the North American education market
*Performa 6400: North American consumer model, 180 or 200 MHz CPU
*Performa 6400/200 VEE: The 200 MHz 6400 with anAvid video I/O card and video editing software, and 32 MiB RAM
*Performa 6410: The 6400/180's name in Europe and Asia
*Performa 6420: The 6400/200's name in Europe and AsiaReferences
External links
* [http://www.zone6400.com/ The 6400 Zone] , a 6400 and 6500-specific resource site
* [http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=112383 Power Macintosh 6400/200] , [http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=112368 Performa 6400/180] , [http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=112390 6410] , [http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=112369 6400/200] and [http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=112389 6420] at AppleSpec
* [http://apple-history.com/?page=gallery&model=6400 Performa 6400] at apple-history.com
* [http://lowendmac.com/ppc/6400.shtml Performa 6400] at Low End Mac
* [http://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/stats/powermac_6400_200.html Power Macintosh 6400/200] , [http://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_performa/stats/mac_performa_6400_180.html Performa 6400/180] , [http://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_performa/stats/mac_performa_6410_180.html 6410] , [http://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_performa/stats/mac_performa_6400_200.html 6400/200] and [http://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_performa/stats/mac_performa_6420_200.html 6420] at EveryMac.com
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