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Power Macintosh 6100/60AV

Released 1994

A low-profile 60 MHz PowerPC desktop with S-video capture, dedicated AV video memory and two display outputs.

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Processor: PowerPC 601 60 MHz (Power Macintosh 6100/60AV)
CPU cores: 1
Memory: 8 MB or 16 MB
Storage: 250 MB
CPU: 60 MHz PowerPC 601 with integrated floating-point unit, 32 KB L1 cache and 64-bit data path at 30 MHz; 256 KB L2 cache is optional, not standard; 4 MB ROM
GPU: AV video card with fixed 2 MB VRAM, plus separate HDI-45 video using system DRAM
Memory type: 8 MB soldered to the logic board and two 72-pin noncomposite 80 ns SIMM sockets accepting a matched pair; maximum 72 MB total. Original brochure lists 8 MB and 16 MB AV configurations.
Storage type: Original AV configurations have a 250 MB internal SCSI hard drive and CD-ROM, with 8 MB RAM (M2738LL/A) or 16 MB (M2837LL/A). Service Source identifies internal AppleCD 300 Plus for the 60AV; exact support lists original 2× speed. Also includes 1.44 MB Apple SuperDrive floppy.
Expansion slots: One processor-direct expansion position occupied by the AV card. Unlike the non-AV 6100/60, the 60AV cannot use a NuBus adapter while retaining its AV card.

Ports: Ethernet
External displays: Up to 2
Back ports: ADB, AAUI-15 Ethernet, HDI-45 and DB-15 video, external DB-25 SCSI, two LocalTalk/GeoPort serial ports, 16-bit stereo audio input and output, and S-video input and output with composite adapters
External displays: Two simultaneous displays using DRAM and AV-card outputs. AV VRAM supports 24-bit colour at 640 × 480 and 832 × 624, or 16-bit colour at 1024 × 768 and 1152 × 870. Only one monitor or television can be attached to the AV card at a time.
Keyboard and mouse: Apple Desktop Bus Mouse II and two S-video-to-composite adapters; Service Source lists PlainTalk microphone standard for the 60AV. Keyboard and monitor sold separately.

Type: Compact
Weight: 6.4 kg
Width × depth × height: 415 × 399.7 × 85 mm
Operating system: macOS
Size and weight detail: Original brochure publishes 85 × 415 × 399.7 mm and 6.4 kg, varying with installed devices; Service Source gives 85 × 415 × 399 mm. Exact support gives rounded 3.4 × 16.3 × 15.6 inch dimensions, while the shared developer note gives different physical dimensions; original brochure metric values retained.
Power supply: Automatically configured 100–240 V AC, 50–60 Hz. Exact support and original brochure list 210 W maximum, excluding the display in the brochure. Service Source separately gives 132 W maximum continuous and 201 W peak AC input, excluding monitor power, with 86 W continuous DC output; conditions remain qualified.
In the box: Original brochure includes System 7 software, setup/learning/reference documentation and limited warranty. Exact support lists original System 7.1.2 with PowerPC Enabler 1.0 and introduction on 14 March 1994. Contemporary July 1994 MacUser retail advertising offers the exact 6100/60AV; release year 1994 retained, with first-sale month unresolved.

Processor	Memory	Storage	Storage type
PowerPC 601 60 MHz (Power Macintosh 6100/60AV)	8 MB	250 MB	Hard drive
PowerPC 601 60 MHz (Power Macintosh 6100/60AV)	16 MB	250 MB	Hard drive

Model	Type	Processor	Memory	Storage	Screen	Weight	Released
ApplePower Macintosh 6100/60	Compact	PowerPC 601 60 MHz (Power Macintosh 6100/60)	8 MB – 16 MB	160 MB – 250 MB	–	6.4 kg	Mar 1994
ApplePower Macintosh 7100/66AV	Compact	PowerPC 601 66 MHz (Power Macintosh 7100/66AV)	8 MB – 16 MB	250 MB – 500 MB	–	11.3 kg	1994
AppleMacintosh Performa 6300CD	Compact	PowerPC 603e 100 MHz (Macintosh Performa 6300CD)	16 MB	1.2 GB	–	–	1995