Power Macintosh 9700

The Power Macintosh 9700, code named "Power Express", was a high-end prototype tower system from Apple Computer.

Prototypes
Prototype specimens that leaked from Apple contained 6 PCI slots, a DVD-ROM drive, and what is believed to be an engineering sample of an early PowerPC G3 processor, code named "Goleta". The case was based on the design of the Power Macintosh 9600. The revised DAV slot is a predecessor to the personality cards used by the beige Power Macintosh G3 models. Another prototype also contained an early FireWire card.

A 3-slot prototype based on the design of the Power Macintosh 8600 in a smaller case was also produced, called "Power Express Manhattan". The logic board plays a modified version of the Chimes of Death. The six-slot version never shipped, but the revised 3-slot version, code named "Gossamer", became the beige Power Macintosh G3.

Articles

 * [Prototype Le PowerExpress, alias Power Mac 9700] (French) by Pierre Dandumont at Le Journal du Lapin (2013-01-12)
 * Un prototype de Power Mac 9700 (French) by Pierre Dandumont (2021-04-14)