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Macintosh Quadra 800 / Workgroup Server 80
A Macintosh Quadra 800
Also known as"Fridge", "Wombat 33"
DeveloperApple Computer, Inc.
Product familyMacintosh Quadra, Workgroup Server
Release dateFebruary 10, 1993 (1993-02-10)
Introductory priceUS$4,679 (equivalent to $10,185 in 2024)[1]
DiscontinuedMarch 14, 1994 (1994-03-14)
Operating systemSystem 7.1 to Mac OS 8.1
With PowerPC upgrade, Mac OS 9.1, A/UX
CPUMotorola 68040 @ 33 MHz
Memory8 MB, expandable to 136 MB (60 ns 72-pin SIMM)
DimensionsHeight: 14 inches (36 cm)
Width: 7.7 inches (20 cm)
Depth: 15.75 inches (40.0 cm)
Weight24 pounds (11 kg)
PredecessorMacintosh Quadra 700
SuccessorMacintosh Quadra 840AV
Power Macintosh 8100

The Macintosh Quadra 800 (also sold with bundled server software as the Apple Workgroup Server 80) is a personal computer that is a part of Apple Computer's Quadra series of Macintosh computers.

Introduced in February 1993 alongside the first Macintosh Centris models, the Quadra 800 was the first totally new model in the Quadra lineup since the previous members, the 700 and the 900 / 950, had been introduced two years ago. It was positioned below the flagship Quadra 950 and succeeded the Quadra 700 (which was discontinued shortly after the Quadra 800's announcement). Debuting at half the price of the Quadra 950, the Quadra 800 featured the same Motorola 68040 33 MHz processor as the 950 but its additional interleaved RAM running at 70 ns, as well as an enhanced video system and SCSI bus, enabled it to outperform the 950.[2] The Quadra 800's mid-tower case had four drive bays, giving it more expansion options than the Quadra 700's mini-tower, while having a form factor still considerably shorter than the Quadra 900/950's full tower. However, the Quadra 800 required removal of the motherboard for RAM or VRAM upgrades, so some dubbed it as one of Apple's worst cases of all time.[3]

The Quadra 800 joined later that year by the multimedia-focused Quadra 840AV which also shared the same form factor. The housing, chassis, power supply, and internal storage assemblies are the same, but the front and rear panels are changed in the 840AV with the power button being moved to the front. The 840AV's logic board has a faster Motorola 68040 40 MHz processing and has a DAV slot (in line with NuBus slot A) and the new GeoPort, but lacks the 800's Processor Direct Slot and second ADB port. Also, unlike the 800's 8 MB of fixed RAM, all of the 840AV's memory is in SIMMs (this is the reason why the 800 has a higher maximum amount of memory).[4]

The Quadra 800 was discontinued in March 1994 in favor of the PowerPC-based Power Macintosh 8100. Both the 8100 and its successor, the Power Macintosh 8500, used the Quadra 800 case, as did the Power Macintosh 8200, a model only available in Europe which used the Power Macintosh 7200 logic board. A taller, highly modified variant of the case was also used for the Power Macintosh 9500.

Hardware

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Case: Apple introduced a new mini-tower case design for the Quadra 800, which was subsequently used for the Quadra 840AV, Power Macintosh 8100, 8200 and 8500, while there was a taller variant for the 9500. Infoworld described the case's design as follows: "Apple recommends that you take your machine into an authorized dealer to install additional memory. It’s no wonder — the procedure is fraught with difficulties (although not as bad as previous compact models such as the SE). In order to access the SIMM slots, you need to detach the logic board from its plastic holders (which are easily broken). You then flip the board over to access the slots. If you have any boards in the machine, you need to remove them. And when you try to put it all back together, you may find some of your internal SCSI connections have come loose."[1]

Video: The logic board has 512 KB of on-board VRAM; this is sufficient to provide 256-color (8-bit) support on monitors up to 16 inches in size. Two VRAM SIMM slots provide the ability to upgrade to 1 MB of VRAM, which allows for 32,768 color (16-bit) resolutions.[2] Unlike the preceding Quadra 700 and Quadra 900/950 and upcoming Quadra 840AV which could be upgraded to 2 MB of VRAM so that on-board video can operate at 24-bit color, 24-bit color support was removed from the Quadra 800 as a cost-saving measure.[5] David Pogue described this as "Apple deliberately crippling this machine to enhance the attractiveness of the Quadra 900 and 950 models."[6] However, installing a 24-bit video card enables the user to use the Quadra 800 in 24-bit mode, and these accelerated video cards for supporting large screens are faster than the 950's on-board video.[7][8][9][10]

CD-ROM: Some configurations included an AppleCD 300i 2x CD-ROM. The Quadra 800 was one of the first Macintoshes shipped with a bootable CD-ROM.[11]

Models

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All configurations include an external SCSI port, two ADB and two serial ports, 3 NuBus slots, a Processor Direct Slot, mono audio in, and stereo audio out. The inclusion of an AAUI Ethernet port varied by region. The newly-introduced Apple Desktop Bus Mouse II was included with all configurations.

Introduced February 10, 1993:

  • Macintosh Quadra 800:[12] Sold in multiple configurations.
    • 8 MB RAM (onboard), 512 KB VRAM (onboard), no HDD
    • 8 MB RAM (onboard), 512 KB VRAM (onboard), 230 MB HDD. US$4,679.[1]
    • 8 MB RAM (onboard), 512 KB VRAM (onboard), 500 MB HDD
    • 24 MB RAM (8 MB onboard + 16 MB SIMM), 1 MB VRAM (512 KB onboard + 512 KB SIMM), 1 GB HDD

Introduced March 22, 1993:

  • Workgroup Server 80[13]

Timelines

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Timeline of Macintosh Centris, LC, Performa, and Quadra models, colored by CPU type
Macintosh Performa 6214Macintosh Performa 6210Macintosh Performa 6205Macintosh Performa 6230Macintosh Performa 6220Macintosh Quadra 840AVMacintosh Quadra 650Macintosh Quadra 610Macintosh Quadra 605Macintosh Quadra 660AVMacintosh Quadra 800Macintosh Centris 650Macintosh Centris 610Macintosh Quadra 950Macintosh Quadra 630Macintosh Quadra 900Macintosh Quadra 700Macintosh Performa 6420Macintosh Performa 6410Macintosh Performa 5440Macintosh Performa 5430Macintosh Performa 5260Macintosh Performa 6360Macintosh Performa 5260Macintosh Performa 6400Macintosh Performa 6400Macintosh Performa 5400Macintosh Performa 5400Macintosh Performa 6260Macintosh Performa 5400Macintosh Performa 5420Macintosh Performa 5410Macintosh Performa 5270Macintosh Performa 5260Macintosh Performa 6320Macintosh Performa 6310Macintosh Performa 6300Macintosh Performa 6290Macintosh Performa 5320Macintosh Performa 5300Macintosh Performa 6218Macintosh Performa 6216Macintosh Performa 6200Macintosh Performa 6116Macintosh Performa 5220Macintosh Performa 5215Macintosh Performa 5210Macintosh Performa 5200Macintosh Performa 640CDMacintosh Performa 580CDMacintosh Performa 588CDMacintosh Performa 638Macintosh Performa 637Macintosh Performa 636Macintosh Performa 635Macintosh Performa 631Macintosh Performa 630Macintosh Performa 578Macintosh Performa 577Macintosh Performa 575Macintosh Performa 476Macintosh Performa 475Macintosh Performa 560Macintosh Performa 550Macintosh Performa 275Macintosh Performa 6118Macintosh Performa 6117Macintosh Performa 6115Macintosh Performa 6112Macintosh Performa 6110Macintosh Performa 467Macintosh Performa 466Macintosh Performa 460Macintosh Performa 410Macintosh Performa 520Macintosh Performa 450Macintosh Performa 430Macintosh Performa 405Macintosh Performa 250Macintosh Performa 600Macintosh Performa 400Macintosh Performa 200Power Macintosh 5300 LCMacintosh LC 575Macintosh TVMacintosh LC IIIMacintosh LC 550Macintosh LC 580Macintosh LC 520Macintosh LC 630Macintosh LC 475Power Macintosh 5200 LCMacintosh LC IIIMacintosh LC IIMacintosh LC

See also: List of Mac models
Timeline of Macintosh servers
Mac transition to Apple siliconCascade Lake (microprocessor)Ivy Bridge (microarchitecture)Westmere (microprocessor)Nehalem (microarchitecture)Harpertown (microprocessor)Apple Intel transitionPowerPC 970PowerPC G4PowerPC 7xxPowerPC 600Motorola 68040Mac Pro#Mac Pro ServerMac Mini#Mac Mini ServerMac Pro#Mac Pro ServerMac Mini#Mac Mini ServerApple Macintosh Server G4Apple Macintosh Server G4Apple Macintosh Server G4Apple Macintosh Server G4Apple Macintosh Server G3Apple Macintosh Server G3Apple Workgroup Server 9650Apple Workgroup Server 7350Apple Workgroup Server 8550Apple Workgroup Server 7250Apple Workgroup Server 9150Apple Workgroup Server 8150Apple Workgroup Server 6150Intel XserveXserve G5 Cluster NodeXserve G5XserveXserveXserveApple Network Server 700Apple Network Server 700Apple Network Server 500Apple Workgroup Server 60Apple Workgroup Server 95Apple Workgroup Server 80
See also: List of Mac models

References

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  1. ^ a b c Brophy, Karen (April 19, 1993). "Apple's new Macs: powerful yet affordable". InfoWorld. Vol. 15, no. 16. pp. 93–97. Archived from the original on September 22, 2021. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Gruman, Galen (April 1993). "Quadra 800 - The new high-end Mac performs like a Quadra 950 at a lower cost". Macworld. Vol. 10, no. 4. pp. 114–119.
  3. ^ Knight, Dan (November 8, 1999). "Road Apples - The Quadra 800 case". Low End Mac. Archived from the original on September 7, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2006.
  4. ^ "Apple Service Source - Macintosh Quadra 840AV" (PDF). Apple.
  5. ^ https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_9308_August_1993/page/n125/mode/2up
  6. ^ Pogue, David; Schorr, Joseph (1999). "Chapter 12: From 128K to Quadra: Mac to Mac". MacWorld Mac Secrets, 5th Edition. IDG Books. pp. 482–483. ISBN 0-7645-4040-8.
  7. ^ "Macintosh Quadra 800". Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  8. ^ https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_9306_June_1993/page/n115/mode/2up
  9. ^ https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_9306_June_1993/page/n111/mode/2up
  10. ^ https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_9312_December_1993/page/n51/mode/2up
  11. ^ "Quadra 800". Low End Mac. Archived from the original on June 20, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  12. ^ "Macintosh Quadra 800: Technical Specifications". Apple. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  13. ^ "Workgroup Server 80: Technical Specifications". Apple. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
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