Apple Power Macintosh 9500/132

Apple · Power Mac

Power Macintosh 9500/132

Released 1995

A 132 MHz PowerPC 604 tower with six PCI slots and twelve memory slots.

Type
Tower
Processor
PowerPC 604 132 MHz (Power Macintosh 9500/132)
Memory
32 MB
Storage
2 GB
Screen
–
Weight
12.7 kg

Performance

Processor
PowerPC 604 132 MHz (Power Macintosh 9500/132)
CPU cores
1
Memory
32 MB
Storage
2 GB
CPU
132 MHz PowerPC 604 with integrated floating-point unit, 32 KB L1 cache, 512 KB L2 cache and 64-bit data path at 44 MHz
GPU
No video card bundled; a third-party PCI graphics card is required to attach a monitor
Memory type
Twelve 168-pin DIMM slots; 32 MB in Apple's listed configuration, expandable to 768 MB with 70 ns DIMMs
Storage type
2 GB internal SCSI hard drive, 1.44 MB floppy drive and 4× AppleCD 600i CD-ROM drive in Apple's listed configuration
Expansion slots
Six PCI slots; processor on an upgradeable daughterboard

Display

Screen
None built in

Connections

Ports
Ethernet
Back ports
Apple Desktop Bus, external DB-25 SCSI, two GeoPort serial connectors, AAUI and 10BASE-T Ethernet, 16-bit stereo audio input and output; video depends on a separately purchased PCI card

Design and power

Type
Tower
Weight
12.7 kg
Width × depth × height
196 × 400 × 430 mm
Operating system
macOS
Size and weight detail
Apple's Japanese technical sheet gives 430 × 196 × 400 mm and approximately 12.7 kg, varying with installed devices
Power supply
Maximum 225 W; 100–125 or 200–240 V AC at 50–60 Hz; 3.6 V lithium clock battery
In the box
Original System Software 7.5.2. Apple's support page gives 1 May 1995 as introduction, but a distinct first-sale date was not established.

Configurations

ProcessorMemoryStorageStorage type
PowerPC 604 132 MHz (Power Macintosh 9500/132)32 MB2 GBHard drive

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Six PCI expansion slots
  • Twelve memory slots support up to 768 MB
  • Built-in 10BASE-T Ethernet

Cons

  • A video card was sold separately
  • No USB ports
  • Internal storage uses SCSI

Closest rivals

Model
TypeProcessorMemoryStorageScreenWeightReleased
TowerPowerPC 603e 200 MHz (Macintosh Performa 6400/200)16 MB – 32 MB2.4 GB––1996
TowerPowerPC 604e 180 MHz (Power Macintosh 8500/180)32 MB2 GB––1996
TowerPowerPC 604 150 MHz (Power Macintosh 8500/150)16 MB – 32 MB2 GB–12.7 kg1996

Sources

  1. support.apple.com/en-sa/112053
  2. support.apple.com/ja-jp/112053

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