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# Macintosh Quadra 700

Essentials

Family: Macintosh Quadra

Codename: Shadow, Spike, IIce, Evo 200

Gestalt ID: 22

Minimum OS: 7.1

Maximum OS: 8.1

Introduced: October 1991

Terminated: March 1993

Processor

CPU: Motorola MC68040

CPU Speed: 25 MHz

FPU: integrated

Bus Speed: 25 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: 30 pin SIMM

Minimum RAM Speed: 80 ns

Onboard RAM: 4 MB

RAM slots: 4

Maximum RAM: 68 MB

Expansion Slots: 2 NuBus, 1 PDS

Video

VRAM: 512 kB - 2 MB (six sockets)

Max Resolution: 1152x870

Video Out: DB-15

Storage

Hard Drive: 80-400 MB

Floppy Drive: 1.4 MB SuperDrive

Input/Output

ADB: 2

Serial: 2 Mini DIN-8

SCSI: DB-25

Audio Out: stereo 8 bit mini

Audio In: mono 8 bit mini

Speaker: mono

Networking

Ethernet: AAUI-15

Miscellaneous

Power: 50 Watts

Dimensions: 5.5" H x 11.9" W x 14.4" D

Weight: 13.6 lbs.

The Quadra 700 was powered by a 25 MHz 68040 processor, which included an FPU. It was the first in a new family of Macs, and was the first Mac to ship in a tower case (a IIcx case on its side, with the label rotated 90 degrees). The Quadra 700 was priced at $6,000.

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