Model Number: M9040
Serial Number: XC336HQYCD9
Manufacturer: Apple Computer
Acquired: Feb 2000
Current status: Excellent condition. Complete and working.
Remarks:
The Centris 660av is a 25mhz 68040 Mac with video capture abilities. It is similar to a Quadra 840av. The av stands for audio-visual of course. Built in composite and S-video connector are on back of the computer to connect various input devices. There is also speech recognition applications as well with this mac. Also featured, but not shown is the Geoport modem, which uses DSP technology and has much higher bandwidth capability and is software driven as well. The Centris pictured above has 24 meg of memory and a 1G SCSI drive running a somewhat unstable version of 7.1 which will eventually be upgraded to 7.5.x. Also featured is the Apple ergonomic keyboard which came well ahead of the microsoft keyboard. The display shown is the Applevision monitor which uses a special video cable adaptor to allow the built-in speakers and microphone to work, as well as a convenient location for the ADB sockets. A double speed CDROM drive and high density 3.5 disk drive whch can read PC format disks is also standard as well as a network connection. An HP deskjet colour printer also came with this system which is connected via phonenet cable. Total price to acquire this complete system was $25.
Additional Resources:
Lowendmac.com A resource for 68k macs.
Jag's house. An extensive collection of links and software for 68k macs.
Macintosh driver page. This ever-expanding site has drivers for old mac hardware.
Mac-based info page with many related links.
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