Macintosh Quadra 660AV
Apple Computer | |
Product family | Centris, Quadra |
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Release date | July 29, 1993 |
Introductory price | US$2,300 (equivalent to $4,851 in 2023) |
Discontinued | September 12, 1994 |
Operating system | System 7.1 – Mac OS 8.1 With PowerPC upgrade Mac OS 9.1 |
CPU | Motorola 68040 @ 25 MHz |
Memory | 8 MB, expandable to 68 MB (60 ns 72-pin SIMM) |
Successor | Macintosh Quadra 630 Power Macintosh 6100/60AV |
Related | Macintosh Quadra 840AV |
The Macintosh Quadra 660AV, originally sold as the Macintosh Centris 660AV, is a
The 660AV was discontinued a few months after the introduction of the Power Macintosh 6100/60AV. Apple sold a Power Macintosh Upgrade Card that upgrades the 660AV to match the 6100/60AV's specifications for US$1,399.[2] This and the Quadra 630 were positioned for users who were not ready to move to PowerPC.
Hardware
The 660AV uses the
The 660AV is the first Macintosh to include GeoPort; an optional GeoPort Telecom Adapter enables fax and modem capabilities.[1]
Some of the earliest Centris 660AVs have the older auto-inject floppy drive opening similar to the 610, but most of the Centris models and all of the Quadra models have a drive similar to the Power Macintosh 6100, lacking the auto-inject feature. These models have a deep round indentation at the center of the floppy drive slot to make it possible to fully insert the disk.
The Quadra AV Macs introduced a new universal ROM (codenamed SuperMario) that would later be used in all PowerPC systems. It includes SCSI Manager 4.3 and Sound Manager 3.0. It also is "vectorized", making it easier to patch.[4]
Models
Introduced July 29, 1993:
- Macintosh Centris 660AV[5]
Introduced October 21, 1993:
- Macintosh Quadra 660AV[3]
Reception
Jonathan Chevreau of the
Timeline of Macintosh Centris, LC, Performa, and Quadra models, colored by CPU type |
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References
- ^ ISBN 0-7645-4040-8.
- ^ Gruman, Galen (June 1994). "Power Watch - The Latest Products for the Power Macs". Macworld. Vol. 11, no. 6. p. 43.
- ^ a b "Macintosh Quadra 660AV: Technical Specifications". Apple. Archived from the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
- ^ "Centris 660AV & Quadra 840AV: 2MB ROM Information". Apple. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
- ^ "Macintosh Centris 660AV: Technical Specifications". Apple. Archived from the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
- Newspapers.com.
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External links
- Centris 660av (Quadra 660AV) at Low End Mac
- Centris 660AV and Quadra 660AV at EveryMac.com