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Power Mac 7200/120 Facts at a Glance
- PowerPC 601, 120 MHz
- Bus Speed: 40 MHz (64-bit)
- L2 Cache: Optional 256K
- Installed RAM: 8 or 16 MB (512 MBMax)
- RAM Slots: 4, 168-pin DIMM
- Min RAM Speed: 70 ns
- Installed VRAM: 1 (Max 4 MB)
- Drive: 1.2 GB SCSI
- CD Drive: 4X or 8X
- Removable Drives: Floppy Drive
- Networking: AAUI,10baseT
- Slots: 3 PCI
- Drive Bays: 1 free
- Additional Ports: ADB, 2 Serial - Printer &
Modem , SCSI
- Supported MacOS: 7.5.3 - 9
- Introduced: 4/96
- Discontinued: 2/97
- Initial Retail Price: $1,899 - $2,299
- Current
Price
Notes:
- 128MB DIMMs can be used, but have not been tested
by Apple
PowerMac Upgrade & Troubleshooting
Discussion Forum
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The Power Mac 7200 made its debut in the summer of 1995 as
part of the second generation of Power Macs, which also included
the 7500, 8500 & 9500. This generation of Power Macs turned
its back on the NuBus slot, in favor of 3 PCI slots in each
model, and replaced SIMMs for DIMM type memory.
The 7200/120 was a successor model that came out in the spring
of 1996 and was aimed primarily at the business, home office
and consumer markets. There was the option to add a PC compatibility
card so that you could run MS-DOS, Windows programs
A few corners were cut to keep costs down. The 7200s accepted
less RAM than their brethren, the CPU was not replaceable
and the cache & RAM busses were only 64-bits wide (as
opposed to 128)
In fact on the 7500/120 no L2 cache was installed on the
base model , though the option to add one was available. Adding
a L2 cache can significantly improve the processing performance
of the machine.
This machine came with 1 MB of VRAM which can be upgraded
to 4 MB for 24-bit color at 1024 x 768 resolution.
Though the 601 PowerPC processor is soldered to the motherboard
Sonnet has engineered an upgrade for this machine that utilizes
one of the PCI slots.The 7200 was considered inexpensive at
the time and sold well.
Below you will find the MacBench 4.0 results
for the processor upgrades available for this machine.
** Note that MacBench does not take advantage
of the Velocity Engine (AltiVec instructions) of the G4. For
AltiVec accelerated applications
you can see a 1.4 to 4 times performance improvement over
the G3, depending on the application and the functions you
are trying to perform.
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