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 Apple Powerbook 500 series

 

 

Codenamed Blackbird this was a serious step in the right direction for Apple. The Powerbook 500 series saw the first forray into hot swap drive and battery bays, with one bay doubling up as a pcmcia chassis slot and battery bay for a second battery, adding more life to this road warriors laptop. The powerbook 500 series also sported a faster 68040 based processor on swappable processor card, adding upgradeablility for the first time.

 

Processor Type:

68LC040/ 68040

Processor Speed:

25 MHz to 33mHz.

Processor Upgrade:

N/A 2.

FPU:

N/A

System Bus Speed:

25 MHz

Lookaside Bus Speed:

N/A

ROM Size:

2 MB

Data Path:

32-bit

Level 1 Cache:

8k

Level 2 Cache:

N/A

RAM Type:

70 ns DRAM card

VRAM Type:

Built-in

Standard RAM:

4 MB, 12 MB

Maximum RAM:

36 MB

Motherboard RAM:

4 MB

RAM Slots:

1 (PB 500 series)

Standard VRAM:

512k 3.

Maximum VRAM:

512k 3.

Standard Hard Drive:

160 MB, 240 MB

Int. Hard Drive Type:

SCSI

Standard CD-ROM:

N/A

Standard Disk:

1.44 MB (manual)

Standard Modem:

14.4k (optional)

Standard Ethernet:

AAUI-15

Case Type:

Portable (Gray)

Form Factor:

PowerBook 520

Exp. Slots:

Modem

Exp. Bays (Free):

None

Battery Type:

PB 500 Series NiMH

Battery Life:

3.0-4.0 hours

Built-in Display:

9.5" Grayscale 4. to colour

Supported MacOS:

7.1.1-8.1

 

powerbook 500

Powerbook 500 series from:

  • 25/ 33mHz 68040 processor
  • Greyscale/ colour TFT

sorry, out of stock

 

 

 
 
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