The Macintosh Performa 250 is a version of the Color Classic that was rebranded by Apple Computer for the international consumer market outside of the United States. It was sold as part of Apple's Performa line from February 1, 1993 until May 1, 1994.
Features[]
The Performa 250 was a compact Mac with a built-in 10" Trinitron display from Sony. It contained 256 KB of VRAM that could support up to 8-bit color at a resolution of 512 x 384 pixels; upgrading the VRAM to 512 KB would allow it to support up to 16-bit color. The logic board was comparable to (though not interchangable with) a Macintosh LC II with a 16 MHz 68030 processor and a 16-bit LC PDS slot. Two 30-pin SIMM slots allowed RAM to be upgraded from the base 4 MB soldered onto the motherboard. SIMMs need to be installed in matching pairs, with a maximum of 10MB that can be recognized due to limitations of the logic board. Hard drives were connected through a SCSI bus. The built-in floppy drive supported 1.44 MB high-density disks.[1]
The Performa 250 came with System 7.1 pre-installed along with System Enabler 401. The last operating system that it supported was Mac OS 7.6.1.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Compacts: Mac Colour Classic / Mac Performa 250 by TheNeil, Macmania and Retro Museum. 2016-10-02.
External links[]
- Macintosh Performa 250: Technical Specifications at Apple
- Apple Macintosh Performa 250 specs at EveryMac
- Macintosh Performa 250 at IT History Society
- Macintosh Color Classic (AKA Performa 250) at Apple-History
- Mac Color Classic (a.k.a. Performa 250) at Low End Mac
- Macintosh Color Classic (Performa 250) at the Mac 512 (archived 2007-02-20)
- Macintosh Performa 250 at madeApple
- Macintosh Performa 250 at Wikipedia