computer introduced in early 90s

October 1991 saw the introduction of the firest Macs using Motorola’s high-octane 68040 CPU. The Quadra 700, built in the same chassis as the Mac IIci , was built as a minitower, although with no front accessible hard drive bays. The Quadra 700 and 900 were the first Macs with built-in ethernet, using Apple’s AAUI connector.

Unlike the IIci, the Quadra 700 had only two NuBus expansion slots. Also unlike the IIci, it can support a two-page display without the need to add a video card.

If you are running a Quadra 700 without an internal hard drive, you must have an internal terminator installed in the computer.

Specs (via Low End Mac)

• Cpu: 25 MHz 68040
• Performance: 11.9, relative to SE; 7.61, MacBench 2.0 CPU; 16.2, Speedometer 3.06; 0.89, Speedometer 4; 22 MIPS see Benchmarks: Quadra 700
• Ram: 4 MB on motherboard, expandable to 68 MB using a single bank of 4 80ns 30-pin SIMMs; can use 1 MB, 4 MB, 8 MB, or 16 MB SIMMs (can only recognize 64 MB of memory)
• Rom: 1 MB
• L2 Cache: optional, PDS
• Hard Drive: 80, 160, or 400 MB
• Video: 512 KB VRAM, expandable to 1 MB or 2 MB; internal video does not support 16-bit mode 512 x 384: 16-bit @ 512 KB, 24-bit @ 1 MB 640 x 480, 832 x 624: 8-bit @ 512 KB, 24-bit @ 2 MB 1152 x 870: 4-bit @ 512 KB, 8-bit @ 1 MB
• Addressing: 24-bit, 32-bit
• Gestalt Id: 22
• Upgrade Path: Power Mac PDS card
• Adb: 2 ports for keyboard and mouse
• Scsi: DB-25 connector on back of computer
• Serial: 2 DIN-8 RS-422 ports on back of computer
• Pram Battery: 3.6V half-AA
• Weight: 13.6 lbs.
• See: Online resources and links for the Quadra 700