Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh
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The Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (or TAM) was a radical change from existing computers. The slim unit (under 4" deep) uses the same kind of LCD screen usually found in laptops. Stereo speakers surround it, along with a large subwoofer for really solid bass.
The keyboard is also like that on a PowerBook. It has no numeric keypad, but does include a trackpad.
In all, Apple built 12,000 TAMs.
Although Apple broke the mold after building the TAM, I expect that within a couple years computers will typically ship with a built-in LCD monitor - and the iMac will be a much thinner, lighter machine that we know today.
Details
- introduced May 1997 at $7,499, discontinued
- requires Mac OS 7.6.1 through 9.1 (requires special version of Mac OS 8)
- CPU: 250 MHz PPC 603e
- bus: 50 MHz
- CPU performance: 237, MacBench 4
- RAM: 32 MB (expandable to 128 MB, accepts two 168-pin 5V 60ns or faster EDO or FPM DIMMs)
- VRAM: 2 MB VRAM
- Video: 12.1" 800 x 600 at 8- or 16-bits, ATI 3D RAGE II chip set
- L2 cache: 256 KB, expandable to 1 MB
- hard drive: 2 GB IDE drive
- CD-ROM: 4x
- PCI slots: 1 7" slot
- 1 Comm Slot II, filled with 33.6kbps GeoPort modem
- ADB ports: 1
- DIN-8 GeoPorts: 2
- SCSI: DB-25 connector on back of computer
- upgrade path: none
- dimensions (HxWxD): 17.25"x16.5"x10.0" (43.8x41.9x25.4 cm)
- weight: 14.9 lbs. (6.8 kg)
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Caution
- Steve Wozniak noted on Go2Mac.com that, "A volume over 4 GB will not work in a TAM. It causes what appears to be total death in a short time, like when enough of it gets used."
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