Computers

Expanding Your Mac - A Rundown of Macintosh Slots

Computers were designed as general purpose machines with the ability to do anything in the digital world that one can imagine. The standard configuration of a machine may not suit the mind of a creator or artist, so they'll add something to it. Their are many different types of boards available and they can fit into different types of slots. The type of slot dictates how many things work inside of a machine. The most common features are integrated onto a computer's motherboard but they are addressed virtually as if the functionality were an expansion card.

Vaporware - Umax prototypes

Vaporware is best defined as those prodcuts you heard about, but never could go out and buy them because the company never officially releases the product. What remains are obscure press releases, random pictures, beta software, and demos of prototypes

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Piltdown Man - Power Mac 6100 prototype

Piltdown Man - front
Piltdown Man is the codename for the Power Mac 6100, one of Apple's first PPC-based Macs.

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White Powerbook 140

White Powerbook 140 - front
This is a prototype of the Powerbook 140.

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Green Color Classic

Green Color Classic - front
A prototype of the Color Classic.

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ATS Prototype Tower

ATS Prototype Tower - front
ATS never finalized or shipped this prototype tower.

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ATS Power House

ATS Power House - Page 1
A prototype tower unit, by ATS.

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ATS Power House

All the information we have on the ATS Power House is based on one brochure, provided below:

ATS Power House - Page 1 ATS Power House - Page 2

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ATS Tower IIfc

The appeal to the Tower IIfc was that it provided the user with a powerful power supply and huge, expandable case and within which to encase their Mac II series computer. All this was done at a price comparable to a stock unit. The Tower IIfc is the model most lauded in Bob Brant's Build Your Own Macintosh and Save a Bundle.

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ATS Convertible

ATS Convertible - Front
The ATS Convertible provided a way to get more life out of an aging Mac by providing drive bays, a SCSI port, and an external monitor.

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