Power Macintosh Processor Upgrade Card now shipping

Apple is now shipping PowerPC upgrade cards for all of its  current products. The affordable Macintosh Processor Upgrade 
card provide upgrades for all current entry level Macintoshes, 
including the Macintosh Quadra  605, LC 575 and LC 475, and 
Performa  470 and Performa 570 series. The card also provides 
an easy upgrade for the recently announced Quadra 630, LC 630 
and Performa 630 series computers. The Macintosh Processor 
Upgrade is expected to have a U.S. Apple Price of $659 US. ($850 Cdn.) and comes with System 7.5 and the Power Macintosh accelerated version of Claris Corporation's ClarisWorks. 

Houdini II announced 

The Power Macintosh 6100 DOS Compatible system and DOS Compa-
tibility Card for Power Macintosh 6100 and Macintosh Performa
6100 series can run the full range of Macintosh, DOS and Windows 
applications. Powered by a PowerPC 601 microprocessor and a 486 
DX2/66 microprocessor, the new card has a faster processor than its 
predecessor, and offers built-in support for Creative Labs' Sound 
Blaster chipset for 16-bit audio playback, and improved networking compatibility with support for NetWare® IPX and TCP/IP network protocols via an ODI-compliant driver. Reply Corporation has licensed Apple's DOS Compatibility Card technology and intends to manufacture and market DOS-compatible cards for a range of Macintosh systems including the Quadra 610, 650, 660AV, 700, 800, 900 and 950, and Centris 610 and 650. Both the PowerMac 6100 system and card are expected to be available in the first quarter of 1995.  Specific pricing and availability will be announced at a future date.

Apple Debuts Fastest PC on the Market 

Apple is once again the largest single shipper of personal com-
puters in the world. It regained that title from Compaq in the 
third quarter of 1994. Apple is celebrating its muscle with the 
introduction of the world’s fastest personal computer—the Power 
Macintosh 8100/110. Fueled by a 110MHz RISC-based PowerPC 
601 chip, the Power Macintosh 8100/110 is configured with 
16MB RAM, a 2GB hard disk, double- speed CD-ROM drive, and 
Apple SuperDrive 1.4MB floppy disk drive.  With a U.S. Apple price of $6,379, ($8,250 Cdn.) the Power Macintosh 8100/110 is available immediately in limited quantities.

More Software Updates 

Apple has introduced more software updates: the Multimedia Tuner 2.0 
improves sound and video compatibility with various machines; and the 
Apple Built-in Ethernet 1.0f1 extension resolves problems for most of 
its recent high performance machines. (The built-in Ethernet software must be installed in conjunction with Apple's Network Product Installer software version 1.45). The updates are available on many online services and from Apple dealers.

Apple Ships 10T/5 Workgroups Hub, Apple RAID software

In November Apple began shipping its affordable Ethernet 10T/5  Workgroup Hub.  The new compact five-port hub is Apple Priced at 
$149 in the U.S.  Another new product is Apple's RAID (Redundant 
Array of Independent Disks) Software for Apple's PowerPC micro-
processor-based Workgroup Servers 6150, 8150, and 9150.

The RAID software provides users with an easy-to-use graphical 
interface and the two most commonly used RAID levels:  Level 1 (Data 
Mirroring) and Level 0 (Data Striping). Mirroring is a data-reliabi-
lity technology that involves the simultaneous writing of data on two independent hard disks.  If either hard disk fails, users can continue to access data from the surviving disk without data loss and with no additional effort from attached users.  Striping enables the server to store successive units of data across multiple hard disks and multiple SCSI buses which may increase performance depending on the application used.  Apple RAID is now included with all of Apple’s PowerPC processor-based Workgroup Servers at no charge and  Apple intends to send the Apple RAID Software to PowerPC processor-based Workgroup Servers and PowerPC Workgroup Server logic board upgrades to customers who have returned their product registration card. This offer ends February 28, 1995. For more info on Apple RAID contact the Apple Network Information Line at (408) 862-3385.

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