Macintosh Performa 5400CD

The Macintosh Performa 5400CD was a lower mid-range personal computer that was released in April 1996 as a part of Apple Computer's Macintosh Performa family of Macintosh computers for the consumer market. It was succeeded by the Power Macintosh 5500 in 1997.

Features
Like other models based on the Performa 5400 (and Power Macintosh 5400), the 5400CD is an all-in-one desktop with a built-in 15" display. It contained 1 MB of VRAM that could support up to 8-bit color at a resolution of 832 x 624 pixels and 16-bit color at 640 x 480 pixels. Its logic board, code named "Alchemy", supported a PowerPC 603e processor (clocked at 120 MHz in the 5400CD). Two 168-pin  slots allowed RAM to be upgraded from the base 8 MB soldered onto the motherboard, to a maximum of 136 MB. There were three different expansion slots: a PCI slot, a Comm Slot II for an internal modem or Ethernet card, and a video-in slot that could accept connection to an Apple TV Tuner Card. The 4x CD-ROM and external hard drives were connected through a SCSI bus. The 1.6 GB internal hard disk drive was connected through an IDE bus. The built-in floppy drive supported 1.44 MB high-density disks.

The Performa 5400CD first came with Mac OS 7.5.3 pre-installed along with System Enabler 410 and a home software bundle. The last operating system that it supported was Mac OS 9.1. It also features an L2 cache slot that can be used as a processor direct slot to upgrade it to a PowerPC G3 processor.

Included software
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April 1996

 * Mac OS 7.5.3
 * Finder 7.5.5
 * LaserWriter 8.3.3
 * Apple Guide
 * AppleScript 1.0.1
 * QuickDraw GX
 * QuickDraw 3D
 * CD-ROM (includes Apple CD-ROM, Foreign FIle Access, Apple Photo Access, etc.)
 * QuickTime 2.1
 * Speech Manager
 * ColorSync v2.0
 * Adobe Type Manager 3.8.3
 * PC Exchange
 * At Ease v3.0
 * American Heritage Dictionary
 * America Online 2.7
 * Adobe PageMill v1.0
 * ClarisWorks v4.0
 * Quicken Special Edition '96 from Intuit
 * Eric's Solitaire Sampler
 * Kid Pix Studio from Broderbund
 * Descent
 * The Family Doctor 3rd Edition
 * Electronic Arts 3D Atlas v1.1
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October 1996

 * Mac OS 7.5.3
 * Finder 7.5.5
 * LaserWriter 8.3.4
 * At Ease 3.0
 * Apple Guide
 * AppleScript 1.1
 * ColorSync 2.0
 * CD-ROM (includes Apple CD-ROM, Foreign FIle Access, Apple Photo Access, etc.)
 * PowerTalk
 * QuickDraw 3D
 * QuickTime 2.1
 * Speech Manager
 * PC Exchange
 * Adobe Type Manager 3.9
 * Adobe PhotoDeluxe v1.0.1
 * America Online 2.7
 * Quicken Special Edition '96 from Intuit
 * ClarisWorks v4.0
 * Eric's Solitaire Sampler
 * Electronic Arts 3D Atlas v1.1B
 * Descent
 * The Amazing Writing Machine from Broderbund
 * Thinkin' Things Collection 2 from Edmark
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