Apple Powermac 9600/200mHz Computer

The Power Macintosh 9600 computers excel in performance and expandability, which is tremendous news for publishers and multimedia

Powermac 9600 Tower Computer

professionals. Featuring the PowerPC processor, the Power Macintosh 9600 series offers the outstanding performance you need to handle even the most complex tasks – such as color publishing or video editing. The built-in Iomega Zip drive provides fast, easy storage for backup or file transfer. Power Macintosh 9600 systems make use of a tower design that provides rapid, simple access to the computers’ components.

What’s more, these computers also include a high-speed CD-ROM drive for fast, easy access to CD-ROM-based materials. And on the communications front, these computers come with all the software you need for easy Internet access.

9600 Motherboard

Bundled with the expansion slots that support the industry-standard high-performance Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) architecture, these systems are also some of the most customizable, expandable Macintosh computers available today. For example, if you want to run MS-DOS and Windows applications, you can install an Apple PC Compatibility Card and switch instantly between the computing environments. So whether you’re involved in publishing, multimedia, or engineering – or simply want an incredibly powerful, expandable, and versatile Macintosh computer – one of the Power Macintosh 9600 systems is sure to meet your needs.

The 9600 came in the same new case as the 8600, but was internally very similar to the 9500 that preceded it, with 12 RAM slots and 6 PCI slots instead of the 8 RAM and 3 PCI slots on the 8600. The 9600 used the new PowerPC 604e CPU, an enhanced version of the 9500 604. On introduction, three processor configurations were available: single 200 MHz, dual 200 MHz and single 233 MHz. In August 1997, they were replaced by two new models, with a single 300 MHz or 350 MHz “Mach 5″ 604ev with a larger L2 cache. The 350 MHz model was initially discontinued in October due to CPU supply problems, but reintroduced on February 17 when the 300 MHz model was discontinued in favor of the new Power Macintosh G3 minitower – while the G3 was faster, its expandability was only on par with the 8600, so the 9600 was kept available until March for users that needed that kind of expandability.

The Apple Power Macintosh 9600/200, based on the Tsunami architecture, featured a 200 MHz PowerPC 604e processors, 32 MB of RAM, a 4.0 GB hard drive, and a IMS Twin Turbo 120 M4A video card in a well-designed, easy-to-upgrade tower case.