Power Macintosh 5400 LC

Introduced: April 1996
Terminated: Early 1998

Description

The Power Macintosh 5400 ran a PowerPC 603e processor at between 120-200Mhz.  It had a hard drive of either 1.2 or 1.6Gb, a 4x or 8x CD-ROM and 1.4Mb floppy drive.  There was 8 or 16Mb of logicboard RAM and the RAM could be expanded to 136Mb via two DIMM RAM slots.  A 15-inch multiscan monitor was built-in and it had built-in microphone and speakers.

History

The Power Macintosh 5400, also sold as the Performa 5400CD, was initially only released to education buyers.  It had a number of port options and it was the first in the LC line to use DIMM slots to expand the RAM.  It was the first Mac to have SRS surround sound support.

Specifications

Processor: PowerPC 603e (Optional PC Compatbility Card)
Processor Speed: 120, 180, 200 MHz
Cache: 32 KB L1, Optional 256 KB L2
System Bus: 40 MHz
Hard Drive: 1.2 or 1.6 GB
Media: 4x or 8x CD-ROM, 1.44 MB floppy
Weight and Dimensions (US): 47 lbs., 17.5” H x 15.1” W x 16” D
Weight and Dimensions (Metric): 21.3 kg, 44.5 cm H x 38.4 cm W x 40.6 cm D
Original Mac OS: System 7.5.3 (System Enabler 410) or System 7.5.5
Maximum Mac OS: Mac OS 9.1
Firmware: Open Firmware with Macintosh ROM
Logicboard RAM: 8 or 16 MB
Maximum RAM: 136 MB
Type of RAM Slots: 2 - 168 Pin DIMMs
Minimum RAM Speed: 70 ns
Interleaving Support: No
Graphics Card: None
Graphics Memory: 1 MB DRAM
Built-in Display: 15-inch multiscan monitor (12.8-inch viewable)
Display Connection: None
Expansion Slots: 1 - PCI, 1 - Comm II, 1 - Video-In, 1 - TV Tuner
Hard Drive Bus: ATA
Backup Battery: 4.5 V Alkaline
Max Watts: 220 W
Line Voltage: 100–240 V
Ethernet: 10BASE-T (on 120 and 200 MHz)
Modem: None
ADB: 1
Serial: 2
SCSI: 1 - DB-25
USB: None
FireWire: None
Audio In: 1 - 3.5-mm analog input jack, 1 - Built-in microphone
Audio Out: 2 - 3.5-mm analog output jacks, 2 - Built-in speakers

Timeline

Introduced in April 1996, the Power Macintosh 5400 increased the processor speed in February 1997.  It was discontinued in 1998.

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