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Power Macintosh 9500
M3098 · Platinum
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Identifiers
| Order number | M3098 |
Reference
| Original price | $5,300 |
| Announced | 1995-06-19 |
| Discontinued | 1997-02-17 |
| Max supported OS | Mac OS 9.1 |
| Design era | Platinum |
Configurations
| Colors | Platinum |
| CPU | PowerPC 604 @ 120 MHz, PowerPC 604 @ 132 MHz, PowerPC 604 @ 150 MHz, Dual PowerPC 604 @ 150 MHz |
| Memory | 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB, 768 MB (max) |
| Storage | 1 GB SCSI HDD, 2 GB SCSI HDD |
| Graphics | ATI XCLAIM! 2 MB PCI card (bundled), PCI video card (6 PCI slots) |
| Operating system | System 7.5, System 7.5.1, System 7.5.2, System 7.5.3, System 7.5.5, Mac OS 7.6, Mac OS 7.6.1, Mac OS 8.0, Mac OS 8.1, Mac OS 8.5, Mac OS 8.5.1, Mac OS 8.6, Mac OS 9.0, Mac OS 9.0.2, Mac OS 9.0.3, Mac OS 9.0.4, Mac OS 9.1 |
| Removable media | 1.4 MB floppy (FDHD), 4× CD-ROM |
Physical
| Ports & connectivity | ADB · DB-25 SCSI · 2× RS-422 Mini-DIN-8 serial · 3.5mm audio in/out · AAUI Ethernet · 6× PCI slots |
| Dimensions (W×H×D) | 432 × 432 × 216 mm |
| Weight | 13.6 kg |
Known quirks
- Full tower case with 6 PCI slots — most expandable Mac of its era
- No built-in video — first PM to ship without onboard graphics, requires PCI card
- Dual-CPU 604e models were first Macs to ship with SMP
- Power supply caps fail after decades
- PRAM battery leak common