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Power Macintosh 6200

Series of personal computers by Apple Computer

Field	Value
name	Power Macintosh 6200 / 6300
aka	"Crusader" / "Elixir"
family	Power Macintosh, Performa
developer	Apple Computer
type	Desktop
photo	Macintosh Performa 6300.jpg
caption	A Macintosh Performa 6300
release date
discontinued
processor	PowerPC 603 @ 75 MHz
PowerPC 603e @ 100 or 120 MHz
OS	System 7.5.1 to Mac OS 9.1 (except 7.5.2)

The Macintosh Performa 6260CD, as sold in Japan

The Power Macintosh 6200 (also sold under variations of the name Performa 6200, Performa 6300 and Power Macintosh 6300) is a series of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer from May 1995 to July 1997. The 6200 is the PowerPC-based replacement for the Quadra 630, with the same form factor and price range. In early 1997, the rather different Power Macintosh 6300/160 / Performa 6360 based on the Power Macintosh 6400 was introduced. The whole line was discontinued when the desktop model of the Power Macintosh G3 was released.

In addition to the many Performa variants, it also includes model numbers above 6300 (which would normally indicate a different model). The model numbers above 6260 use a PowerPC 603e processor, but are otherwise virtually identical. Finally, some computers with model numbers that indicate they belong to the 6200/6300 family (the above-mentioned Power Macintosh 6300/160 and its Performa version 6360) are rather different on the inside. Generally, the 6200 and 6300 are closely related to the Power Macintosh 5200 LC and 5300 LC. For nearly every 6000-series (desktop) model, there is a 5000-series (all-in-one) model with an integrated CRT screen.

Power Macintosh 6200 / 6300

PowerPC 603e @ 100 or 120 MHz

The 6200 shares its logic board with the Power Macintosh 5200 LC. The internal bus structure consists of three buses:

A 64-bit 75 MHz 603 bus connecting the CPU, 256K L2 cache, and ROM. This is the front-side bus.
A 32-bit 37.5 MHz 68040 bus connecting the memory, video, and I/O controllers. A custom integrated circuit, Capella, bridged this bus to the 603 bus. Capella is very similar to a northbridge chip.
A 32-bit 16 MHz I/O bus managed by a custom integrated circuit, PrimeTime II, which is similar to a southbridge (computing) chip.

On January 27, 1996, the 6300 and 6310 models were introduced, with a new 100 MHz PowerPC 603e CPU. On April 22, 1996, the 6320 and 6300/120 were released. These upgraded the CPU speed to 120 MHz. The 6300/120 was sold as a business model in the Asia market. In all cases the front-side bus speed matched the CPU speed, and the 68040 or northbridge bus speed was increased to 40 MHz. The rest of the logic board remained the same.

Models

Standard equipment on all 6200/6300 models includes an LC-PDS slot, a 1.4 MB SuperDrive with manual insert, two RS-232/422 serial ports, one external SCSI port, one ADB port, monophonic sound input port, internal stereo speakers, and a DB-15 video output port. The internal modem is in a 112-pin expansion slot, allowing for aftermarket modems.{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = March 24, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180324200432/http://tim.id.au/laptops/apple/legacy/performa_6200.6300.pdf | url-status = live

All machines also shipped with an AppleDesign keyboard, ADB Mouse II, and (excepting the 6216CD and 6220CD) an Apple Multiple Scan 15 Display.

Introduced May 1, 1995:

Power Macintosh 6200/75: The 6200 was only sold in Asia under this name. Includes a 500 MB hard drive.{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = August 6, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120806143507/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP321 | url-status = live | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = January 30, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170130054120/http://applemuseum.bott.org/sections/computers/pf6200.html | url-status = live
Performa 6200CD: Basically identical to the Power Macintosh 6200, but comes with a 1 GB hard drive, a 14.4k modem, a bundled monitor and software.{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = September 15, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220915130859/https://support.apple.com/kb/SP348?locale=en_US | url-status = live

Introduced July 17, 1995:

Performa 6216CD: The 6200CD without the monitor.{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = September 15, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220915130900/https://support.apple.com/kb/SP357?locale=en_US | url-status = live
Performa 6218CD: The 6200CD with 16 MB of RAM instead of 8 MB.{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = September 15, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220915130901/https://support.apple.com/kb/SP358?locale=en_US | url-status = live
Performa 6220CD: The 6218CD without the monitor, but with a TV / video in/out card.{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = September 15, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220915130937/https://support.apple.com/kb/SP359?locale=en_US | url-status = live
Performa 6230CD: The 6220CD with a hardware MPEG decoder card.{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = September 15, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220915130902/https://support.apple.com/kb/SP361?locale=en_US | url-status = live

Introduced August 28, 1995:

Performa 6205CD: The 6200CD with a 28.8k Global Village TelePort modem instead of a 14.4k one.{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = September 15, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220915130902/https://support.apple.com/kb/SP351?locale=en_US | url-status = live
Performa 6214CD: The 6200CD with a different software bundle.{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = September 15, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220915130943/https://support.apple.com/kb/SP355?locale=en_US | url-status = live

Introduced October 12, 1995:

Performa 6210CD: The 6205CD with a different software bundle.{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = June 27, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100627011011/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP353 | url-status = live

Introduced October 16, 1995:

Performa 6300CD: The 6290CD with 16 MB of RAM and a bundled monitor.{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = March 14, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090314013720/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP367 | url-status = live

Introduced January 27, 1996:

Performa 6290CD: The Power Macintosh 6200 with a 100 MHz 603e processor and one 1.2 GB hard drive. Only sold in North America.{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = September 15, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220915130902/https://support.apple.com/kb/SP365?locale=en_US | url-status = live

Introduced February 14, 1996:

Performa 6310CD: Identical to the 6300CD,{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = August 8, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140808033614/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP369 | url-status = live

Introduced April 22, 1996:

Performa 6320CD: The 6290CD with a 120 MHz 603e processor, with a bundled monitor and a TV/video card.{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = August 30, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120830005959/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP371 | url-status = live

Introduced June 19, 1996:

Performa 6260CD: The 6290CD with an 800 MB hard drive.{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = June 26, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100626023523/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP363 | url-status = live

Introduced June 27, 1996:

Power Macintosh 6300/120: The 6290CD with a 120 MHz 603e processor and 16 MB of RAM.{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = August 6, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120806143516/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP323 | url-status = live

Power Macintosh 6300/160 / Performa 6360

Width: 12.6 in Depth: 16.5 in Macintosh Quadra 630

The Power Macintosh 6300/160 (also sold as the Performa 6360) was introduced on October 17, 1996. It retains the desktop form factor introduced with the 6200, but is built around the "Alchemy" motherboard that was first introduced with the Power Macintosh 5400/120. This board has a 64-bit data path and 64-bit DIMM RAM, PCI slot, and Comm Slot II (incompatible with the earlier Comm Slot). It also includes two GeoPort external serial ports. Processor Direct Slot cards are not supported.

Standard equipment on the 6300/160 and 6360 include a 1.2 GB IDE hard drive, an 8X CD-ROM, full stereo input (unlike the 6200/6300 series, which combined stereo input into monophonic sound), one internal speaker (compared to two on the 6200/6300 series), and support for increased display resolutions with higher bit depth, notably 800x600 16-bit color at 60 Hz and 1024x768 8-bit color at 60 or 70 Hz. The 6360's power supply unit is increased to 150 watts.

While the 6360 was designed from the start to support JEDEC-standard 5-volt, 64-bit, 168-pin, EDO 70ns DIMMs with a 2k refresh rate,{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = March 25, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160325154236/http://www.macgurus.com/products/motherboards/mbperf6360.php | url-status = live | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = September 24, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045054/https://www.oempcworld.com/support/mac_memory_explained.html | url-status = live

An optional "High-Performance Module for Power Macintosh 6360" that plugged into an internal cache slot was available from Apple authorized resellers that provide a 256 KB L2 CPU cache. Third-party modules in 256 KB, 512 KB and 1 MB sizes were also sold.

Models

Introduced October 17, 1996:

Power Macintosh 6300/160: 160 MHz PowerPC 603ev-based desktop computer.{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = August 6, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120806143529/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP326 | url-status = live
Power Macintosh 6360/160
Performa 6360: Identical to the Power Macintosh 6300/160.{{cite web | access-date = September 23, 2017 | archive-date = September 15, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220915130903/https://support.apple.com/kb/SP373?locale=en_US | url-status = live

Timelines

References

[https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/computing/apple_hardware_devnotes/PowerMac%205200-6200.pdf Apple hardware notes] {{Webarchive. link. (November 8, 2016)
LLC, Kyle Media. "Macintosh Performa 6300CD Specs: EveryMac.com".
LLC, Kyle Media. "Macintosh Performa 6320CD Specs: EveryMac.com".

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