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macintosh centris-series


Minimum OS: 7.0.1

Maximum OS: 8.1

Introduced: Feb  1993

Terminated: Oct 1993


Processor

CPU: Motorola MC68LC040

CPU Speed: 20 MHz

FPU: available via 68040

Bus Speed: 20 MHz

Register Width: 32-bit

Data Bus Width: 32-bit

Address Bus Width: 32-bit

ROM: 1 MB

RAM Type: 72 pin SIMM

Minimum RAM Speed: 80 ns

Onboard RAM: 4 MB

RAM slots: 2

Maximum RAM: 68 MB

Level 1 Cache: 4 kB data

Exp  Slots: 1 NuBus or PDS


Video

VRAM: 512 kB - 1 MB (two sockets)

Max Resolution: 1152x870

Video Out: DB-15


Input/Output

ADB: 2

Serial: 2 Mini DIN-8

SCSI: DB-25

Audio Out: mono 8 bit mini

Audio In: stereo 8 bit mini

macintosh centris-series


The Centris 610 was one of the first mid-range computers to include a 68040 processor and the first mac to be housed in the now-familiar low-profile case. It was replaced in october 1993 with the Quadra 610, which had a 25 MHz full 68040 processor, but was in all other ways the same. 


The centris 650 was a faster, more expandable version of the 610. It came in a IIvx-style case, and was powered by a 25 MHz 68040 processor. Inoctober 1993, the 650 was replaced with the Quadra 650, which had a 33 MHz 68040 processor, but was in all other ways the same.