Macintosh Quadra 800
Also known as | "Fridge", "Wombat 33" |
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Developer | Apple Computer, Inc. |
Product family | Macintosh Quadra, Workgroup Server |
Release date | February 10, 1993 |
Introductory price | US$4,679 (equivalent to $9,869 in 2023)[1] |
Discontinued | March 14, 1994 |
Operating system | System 7.1 to Mac OS 8.1 With PowerPC upgrade, Mac OS 9.1, A/UX |
CPU | Motorola 68040 @ 33 MHz |
Memory | 8 MB, expandable to 136 MB (60 ns 72-pin SIMM) |
Dimensions | Height: 14 inches (36 cm) Width: 7.7 inches (20 cm) Depth: 15.75 inches (40.0 cm) |
Mass | 24 pounds (11 kg) |
Predecessor | Macintosh Quadra 700 |
Successor | Macintosh Quadra 840AV Power Macintosh 8100 |
The Macintosh Quadra 800 (also sold with bundled server software as the
Introduced in February 1993 alongside the first
The Quadra 800 was discontinued in March 1994 in favor of the PowerPC-based Power Macintosh 8100. Both the 8100 and its successor, the Power Macintosh 8500, used the Quadra 800 case, as did the Power Macintosh 8200, a model only available in Europe which used the Power Macintosh 7200 logic board. A taller, highly modified variant of the case was also used for the Power Macintosh 9500.
Hardware
Case: Apple introduced a new mini-tower case design for the Quadra 800, which was subsequently used for the
Video: The logic board has 512 KB of on-board VRAM; this is sufficient to provide 256-color (8-bit) support on monitors up to 16 inches in size. Two VRAM SIMM slots provide the ability to upgrade to 1 MB of VRAM, which allows for 32,768 color (16-bit) resolutions.[2] Unlike the preceding Quadra 700 and Quadra 900/950, on-board video provided by the Quadra 800 is not capable of operating at 24-bit color regardless of how much VRAM is installed, as 24-bit support was removed as a cost-saving measure. However, installing a 24-bit video card enables the user to use the Quadra 800 in 24bit mode.[4]
CD-ROM: Some configurations included an AppleCD 300i 2x CD-ROM. The Quadra 800 was one of the first Macintoshes shipped with a bootable CD-ROM.[5]
Models
All configurations include an external SCSI port, two ADB and two serial ports, 3 NuBus slots, a Processor Direct Slot, mono audio in, and stereo audio out. The inclusion of an AAUI Ethernet port varied by region. The newly-introduced
Introduced February 10, 1993:
- Macintosh Quadra 800:[6] Sold in multiple configurations.
- 8 MB RAM (onboard), 512 KB VRAM (onboard), no HDD
- 8 MB RAM (onboard), 512 KB VRAM (onboard), 230 MB HDD. US$4,679.[1]
- 8 MB RAM (onboard), 512 KB VRAM (onboard), 500 MB HDD
- 24 MB RAM (8 MB onboard + 16 MB SIMM), 1 MB VRAM (512 KB onboard + 512 KB SIMM), 1 GB HDD
Introduced March 22, 1993:
- Workgroup Server 80[7]
Timelines
Timeline of Macintosh Centris, LC, Performa, and Quadra models, colored by CPU type |
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Timeline of Macintosh servers |
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References
- ^ a b c Brophy, Karen (April 19, 1993). "Apple's new Macs: powerful yet affordable". InfoWorld. Vol. 15, no. 16. pp. 93–97. Archived from the original on September 22, 2021. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
- ^ a b Gruman, Galen (April 1993). "Quadra 800 - The new high-end Mac performs like a Quadra 950 at a lower cost". Macworld. Vol. 10, no. 4. pp. 114–119.
- ^ Knight, Dan (November 8, 1999). "Road Apples - The Quadra 800 case". Low End Mac. Archived from the original on September 7, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2006.
- ^ "Macintosh Quadra 800". Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ "Quadra 800". Low End Mac. Archived from the original on June 20, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
- ^ "Macintosh Quadra 800: Technical Specifications". Apple. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
- ^ "Workgroup Server 80: Technical Specifications". Apple. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
External links
- Quadra 800 at Low End Mac
- Quadra 800 and Workgroup Server 80 at EveryMac.com