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In the mid-1990s, while Apple Computer Corp. was pretty much wandering in the wilderness, Power Computing Corp. picked up the sword and began manufacturing the best Macintosh-based computers of their day (and some of the best ever). They remain viable, much-enjoyed machines to this day.
Interestingly, even the CDs on which Power Computing distributed the Mac OS it licensed from Apple were distinctive. While hardly fine art, the family of CDs nonetheless remains a small reminder of the enthusiasm with which Power Computing carried on the Macintosh tradition at a time when Apple had forgotten its roots. (Who else produced virtually holographic CD labels?) Also included here are some of the marketing CDs that Power Computing distributed at venues such as MacWorld Expos. If you have information about other Power Computing CD designs, or perhaps would like to help me fill out my modest (and admittedly looney) collection, feel free to contact me.
SPECIAL OFFER: I'll trade you a homemade Power Computing reference CD, with PDFs of Power Computing owner and service manuals, drive guides, specification sheets, RAM guides, motherboard diagrams, old ads and more -- 50 MB of information, all of it original Power Computing data -- in exchange for any old Power Computing OS CD! Just contact me.
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The "Marketing Weasel" CD |
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The Disk 2 CD (Macworld 1996 San Francisco) |
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As Seen on TV CD (Macworld 1997 San Francisco) |
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System: 7.5 Part: # 57247 Release: 1.1 CPU: Power 100 |
System: 7.5.1 Part: # 57247 Release: 1.0.1 CPU: |
System: 7.5/7.5.1/7.5.2 Part: # U95073-052B Release: Update 2.0 CPU: |
System: 7.5.2 Part: # 72763 Release: 2.0.1 CPU: |
System: 7.5.3 Part: # 72795 Release: 2.1 CPU: |
System: 7.5.3 Part: # 72803 Release: 1.0 CPU: |
System: 7.5.3 Rev. 2 Part: # 6010-1009-00 Release: 2.3 CPU: |
System: 7.5.3 Part: # 6010-1013-00 Release: 2.3 PB CPU: PowerBase |
System: 7.5.5 Part: # 6010-1030-00 Release: 2.4 CPU: PowerTower Pro |
System: 7.5.5 Part: # 6010-1031-00 Release: 2.4 CPU: PowerCenter |
System: 7.5.5 Part: # 6010-1032-01 Release: 2.4.1 CPU: PowerBase |
System: 7.6 Part: # 1620-0002-00 Release: 3.0 CPU: "Universal" |
System: 7.6 Part: # 1620-0003-00 Release: 3.0 CPU: PowerTower Pro |
System: 7.6.1 Part: # 1620-0003-01 Release: 3.1 CPU: PowerTower Pro |
System: 7.6 Part: # 1620-0004-00 Release: 3.0 CPU: PowerCenter |
System: 7.6.1 Part: # 1620-0004-01 Release: 3.1 CPU: PowerCenter Pro |
System: 7.6.1 Part: # 1620-0005-01 Release: 3.1 CPU: PowerBase |
System: 7.6 Part: # 1620-0006-00 Release: 3.0 CPU: PowerCenterPro |
System: 8.0 Part: # 1620-0014-00 Release: 4.0 CPU: PowerBase/ PowerCenter Pro |
System: 8.0 Part: # 1620-0016-00 Release: 4.0 CPU: PowerTower Pro |
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