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The Macintosh Quadra 630 (Codenames: "Crusader", "Show Biz", "Show & Tell"; also sold with minor variations as the Macintosh LC 630 in the educational market and as the Macintosh Performa 630 in the consumer market) is a personal computer that is a part of Apple Computer's (now Apple Inc.) Quadra series of Macintosh computers. It was introduced in July 1994, replacing the Quadra 610, and was discontinued in October 1995 with no direct replacement - however, the Power Macintosh 6200 and its Performa versions took a very similar position in Apple's product lineup later, and continued using the new case introduced with the 630. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Variants
The 630 was available in a confusing number of configurations, especially in the Performa variants (which had slightly different model numbers). The Quadra 630 featured an 68040 processor, 4 MiB of RAM, a 250 MB hard disk and a CD-ROM drive; the LC 630 was essentially identical, but had the FPU-less 68LC040 processor. The LC 630 DOS compatible added an additional 486DX2 processor at 66 MHz and dedicated RAM on a Processor Direct Slot card to the LC 630. The Performa versions were: The Motorola 68040 is a microprocessor from Motorola. ...
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- 630 - The LC 630, but without the CD-ROM drive
- 630CD - Identical to the LC 630
- 630CD DOS compatible - Identical to the LC 630 DOS compatible
- 631CD - Like the 630CD, but with an additional RAM slot (for a total of two) on the motherboard, 8 MiB RAM, 500 MB hard disk and sold bundled with a monitor
- 635CD - The 630CD, but with 5 MiB RAM, bundled with a monitor and a modem
- 636 - The 635CD without the monitor and CD-ROM, but with 8 MiB of RAM and the 500 MB hard disk
- 636CD - The 636 with a CD-ROM
- 637CD - The 636CD with the monitor, but only a 350 MB hard disk
- 638CD - The 637CD without the monitor, but a TV/video in card instead
- 640CD DOS compatible - The 631CD with a modem and the 630CD DOS compatible's 486 processor card
External links - Quadra 630, LC 630, LC 630 (DOS), Performa 630, 630 (DOS), 631, 635, 636, 637, 638 and 640 specifications at AppleSpec
- Quadra 630 at apple-history.com
- Quadra 630 and the DOS compatible models at Low End Mac
- Quadra 630, LC 630, Performa 630, 631, 635, 636, 637, 638 and 640 at EveryMac.com
References - ^ Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac: The 10 worst Macs ever built
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