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# Power Macintosh 5400 LC

AKA

Performa 5400CD

Performa 5410CD

Performa 5420 (black case)

Performa 5420CD

Performa 5430CD

Performa 5440CD

Essentials

Family: Macintosh LC

Codename: Excalibur, Chimera

Gestalt ID: 74

Minimum OS: 7.5.3

Maximum OS: 9.1

Introduced: April 1996

Terminated: Early 1998

Processor

CPU: PowerPC 603ev

CPU Speed: 120/160/180/200 MHz

FPU: integrated

Bus Speed: 40 MHz

Register Width: 32-bit

Data Bus Width: 64-bit

Address Bus Width: 32-bit

Level 1 Cache: 16 kB data, 16 kB instruction

Level 2 Cache: 256 kB DIMM

ROM: 4 MB

RAM Type: 168 pin DIMM

Minimum RAM Speed: 70 ns

Onboard RAM: 8 MB

RAM slots: 2

Maximum RAM: 136 MB

Expansion Slots: 7" PCI, comm, video i/o, TV

Video

Monitor: 15" CRT (built-in)

VRAM: 1 MB DRAM

Max Resolution: 832x624

Storage

Hard Drive: 1.6 GB

ATA Bus: ATA

Floppy Drive: 1.4 MB SuperDrive

Optical Drive: 4x CD-ROM

Input/Output

ADB: 1

Serial: 2 Mini DIN-8

SCSI: DB-25

Audio Out: stereo 16 bit mini

Audio In: stereo 16 bit mini

Speaker: stereo

Microphone: mono

Networking

Ethernet: 10Base-T

Miscellaneous

Power: 220 Watts

Dimensions: 17.5" H x 15.1" W x 16" D

Weight: 47 lbs.

Notes

The L2 cache was optional on the 120 and 180 MHz models. The 160 MHz and higher configurations shipped with an 8x CD-ROM. The minimum system software for the 180 and 200 MHz models was 7.5.5.

Introduced in April 1996, the PowerMac 5400 LC looked the same as the 5200 on the outside, but inside was radically different. Running on a 120 MHz 603e processor (a high speed variant of the 603), and initially released only to educational markets, the 5400 was the first LC to use 168-pin DIMM sockets for memory expansion. It was also the first LC to include an industry-standard PCI slot, (although it also included the familiar LC comm, video i/o, and TV slots) and the first Macintosh computer to include enhanced SRS surround sound support. The 5400 was "speed bumped" to 180/200 MHz in February 1997, and discontinued in early 1998. It was also released in the consumer market as the Performas 5400CD, 5410CD, 5420CD, 5430CD and 5440CD, each with different hardware and software bundles. There was also a Performa 5420, which came in a black case similar to the failed Mac TV and was never released in the US.

Picture Credits:
John Greenleigh/Flipside Studios
Apple, Inc.