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# Macintosh Centris 610

Essentials

Family: Macintosh Centris

Codename: ?

Gestalt ID: 52

Minimum OS: 7.0.1

Maximum OS: 8.1

Introduced: February 1993

Terminated: October 1993

Processor

CPU: Motorola MC68LC040

CPU Speed: 20 MHz

FPU: available via 68040 upgrade

Bus Speed: 20 MHz

Register Width: 32-bit

Data Bus Width: 32-bit

Address Bus Width: 32-bit

Level 1 Cache: 4 kB data, 4 kB instruction

ROM: 1 MB

RAM Type: 72 pin SIMM

Minimum RAM Speed: 80 ns

Onboard RAM: 4 MB

RAM slots: 2

Maximum RAM: 68 MB

Expansion Slots: 1 7" NuBus or PDS

Video

VRAM: 512 kB - 1 MB (two sockets)

Max Resolution: 1152x870

Video Out: DB-15

Storage

Hard Drive: 80-500 MB

Floppy Drive: 1.4 MB SuperDrive

Optical Drive: 2x CD-ROM

Input/Output

ADB: 2

Serial: 2 Mini DIN-8

SCSI: DB-25

Audio Out: mono 8 bit mini

Audio In: stereo 8 bit mini

Speaker: mono

Microphone: mono

Networking

Ethernet: AAUI-15

Miscellaneous

Power: 86 Watts

Dimensions: 3.4" H x 16.3" W x 15.6" D

Weight: 14 lbs.

Introduced in Febrary 1993, the Centris 610 was one of the first mid-range computers to include a 68040 processor (although it had no FPU) and the first Mac to be housed in the now-familiar low-profile case. It was replaced in October with the Quadra 610.

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