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
Register Width: 32-bit
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