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Apple Power Mac M5456 manual

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    1 T echnical Information Main unit Power Macintosh 9600/200 processor A Po werPC ™ 604e processor with the follo wing features: m 200 megahertz (MHz) processor clock m bu ilt-in floating point unit (FPU) m 50 MHz system bus m mounted on a remov able card so you can upgrade as f aster processors become av ailable Power Macintosh 9600/233 processor[...]

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    2 m 8 kilobytes (KB) of non v olatile parameter memory m 512 KB of static RAM used as a le vel 2 cache. (The cache size is not upgradable because the RAM is soldered to the logic board.) For more information and instructions on e xpanding your DRAM, see Chapter 8, “Installing PCI Expansion Cards and Additional Memory , ” in your P ower Macintos[...]

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    Internal disk drives The follo wing dri ves come f actory-installed in your computer: m Apple SuperDri ve 1.4 MB high-density flopp y disk dri ve m Apple SCSI hard disk dri ve (“F ast” SCSI) m 12x-speed CD-R OM dri v e For more information about “F ast” SCSI, see “SCSI Interfaces” later in this booklet. Clock/calendar m CMOS custom circ[...]

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    4 Interfaces m One ADB port supports up to three ADB input de vices (such as a ke yboard, mouse, and trackball) daisy-chained through a lo w-speed, synchronous serial bus m Optional monitor port supports color and grayscale monitors of v arious sizes and resolutions. (See “Optional Monitor Card” earlier in this booklet.) m Six internal expansio[...]

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    5 SCSI interfaces Y our computer has two SCSI interfaces: m an external standard SCSI chain m an internal “Fast” SCSI chain The external SCSI chain supports up to se v en external SCSI de vices. For information on connecting external SCSI de vices to your Macintosh, see your P ower Macintosh User’ s Manual. The internal SCSI chain supports th[...]

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    6 All de vices on the same SCSI chain must hav e unique ID numbers, b ut de vices on dif ferent SCSI chains may use the same SCSI ID number . (For example, you could hav e a CD-R OM driv e with ID number 3 connected to the internal SCSI chain and a tape dri ve with ID number 3 connected to the external SCSI chain.) The dri ves that were installed i[...]

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    7 IMPORTANT Some older SCSI de vices may require updated dri vers. (A “dri v er” is special software that is installed in your System F older .) Contact the device manufacturer for information on obtaining dri v er software. Audio system m Custom sound circuitry , including a stereo generator (digital-to-analog con v erter , or DA C)—capable [...]

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    AC line input m Line voltage: 100–240 v olts (V) alternating current (A C), RMS single phase, automatically configured m Frequency: 50–60 Hz m Po wer: 560 watts (W) maximum continuous; 700 W peak input AC line output m Output receptacle: 100–120 V , 3 amperes (A) A C, 220–240 V , 1.5 A A C RMS (determined by actual input voltage); 3 A maxim[...]

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    Power requirements for devices you can connect Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) m The mouse draws up to 10 milliamperes (mA). m The ke yboard draws 25–80 mA (v aries with k eyboard model used). m The maximum current av ailable for all ADB devices: 500 mA. Note: The ADB port can support up to three daisy-chained ADB de vices. Audio and telecommunications d[...]

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    Expansion cards and other internal devices If you add an expansion card, a 5.25-inch storage de vice, or a 3.5-inch storage de vice to your computer , mak e sure the component’ s power requirements don’ t ex ceed the maximum power allo wances allocated to it by the computer . The maximum po wer allo wances for e xpansion cards in your computer [...]

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    Size and weight Weight Height Width Depth Main unit 15.9 kg* 439 mm 246 mm 440 mm 35 lb.* 17.3 in. 9.7 in. 17.3 in. Mouse 0.11 kg 33 mm 61 mm 107 mm 4 oz. 1.3 in. 2.4 in. 4.2 in. *Weight varies depending on type of hard disk and may be greater if optional devices are installed. Environment Operating temperature m 10° C to 35° C (50° F to 95° F)[...]

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    CD-ROM drive Disc speed m 12x (twelve-times speed) Disc diameters supported m 120 mm (4.7 inches) m 80 mm (3.2 inches) Data capacity m 656 MB, Mode 1 m 748 MB, Mode 2 Modes supported m Audio CD m CD-R OM: Modes 1 and 2 m CD-R OM XA: Mode 2, F orms 1 and 2 m CD-I: Mode 2, Forms 1 and 2 m Photo CD: Single-session and multisession m Vi d e o CD Laser [...]

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     Te chnic a l Infor m at ion Specifications for P ower Macintosh 9600 series computers[...]

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    034-0193-A Printed in U.S.A.  © 1997 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Apple SuperDrive, AppleVision, GeoPort, Macintosh, PlainTalk, and Power Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. AudioVision is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. NuBus is a trademark of Tex[...]