Power Macintosh 8100

The Power Macintosh 8100 was introduced on March 14, 1994 as the flagship of the first Power Macintosh models introduced to the market. When it debuted, it was the fastest Macintosh computer, running at a then-blazing 80 MHz, with an additional 256K cache for added speed.

Description
The external appearance of the Power Macintosh 8100 is very similar to the Macintosh Quadra 800. What's hidden inside is sufficient room for extra internal storage devices (such as hard drives, recordable media devices or CD-ROM players). Three NuBus slots accommodate for even more space.

Amazingly, the Power Mac 8100 arrived in hordes in mainland China, depriving the United States of a fair supply of 8100s.

An AV version (the Power Mac 8100/80AV) was released with a price tag exceeding USD 5,000. Apple later introduced a speedbumped version with chips clocking in at 100 MHz or 110 MHz.

Models

 * Power Macintosh 8100/80
 * Power Macintosh 8100/80AV (includes a video capture PDS card)
 * Power Macintosh 8100/100
 * Power Macintosh 8100/100AV (includes a video capture PDS card)
 * Power Macintosh 8100/110


 * Power Macintosh 8115/110 (for international markets)

System notes

 * The 80 MHz Power Mac 8100s (with or without AV) requires a minimum of System 7.1.2 with PowerPC Enabler or later.
 * The 100 MHz and 110 MHz 8100s require at least System 7.5 with PowerPC Enabler 1.1.1 or later.