Network Server 500/700

Essentials

Family: Servers

Codename: Shiner LE/HE

Minimum OS: AIX 4.1.4

Maximum OS: AIX 4.1.5

Introduced: February 1996

Terminated: April 1997

Processor

CPU: PowerPC 604

CPU Speed: 132/150/200 MHz

FPU: integrated

Bus Speed: 44/50/50 MHz

Data Bus Width: 64-bit

Address Bus Width: 43-bit

Level 1 Cache: 16 kB data, 16 kB instruction

Level 2 Cache: 512 kB DIMM

ROM: n/a

RAM Type: 168 pin DIMM

Minimum RAM Speed: 60 ns

Onboard RAM: 0 MB

RAM slots: 8

Maximum RAM: 1024 MB

Expansion Slots: 6 PCI

Video

VRAM: 1 MB DRAM

Max Resolution: all resolutions supported

Video Out: DB-15

Storage

Hard Drive: up to six 9 GB hot-replacable

SCSI Bus: 2, SCSI 2 fast/wide

Floppy Drive: 1.4 MB SuperDrive

Optical Drive: 4x CD-ROM

Input/Output

ADB: 1

Serial: 2 Mini DIN-8

SCSI: DB-25

Audio Out: stereo 16 bit mini

Audio In: stereo 16 bit mini

Speaker: mono

Networking

Ethernet: AAUI-15

Miscellaneous

Power: 325 Watts

Dimensions: 24.5" H x 16.5" W x 18" D

Weight: 64 lbs.

Notes

The 150 and 200 MHz Network Sever 700 models each had a 1 MB level 2 cache. The 200 MHz model used a PowerPC 604e processor, with 32 kB data and instruction caches, and had an 8x CD-ROM drive.

The Network Server 500/700 were unique in that they ran AIX (an IBM flavor of UNIX) and not the MacOS. They were Apple's attempt to enter the high-end server market (perhaps the only true servers Apple ever shipped), but sold poorly.

Picture Credits:
John Greenleigh/Flipside Studios