Mac84 | Motorola's LAST Macintosh Clone - StarMax 5500 (PowerPC 604e 200MHz) @Mac84 | Uploaded October 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
In the mid-1990's Apple licensed others to build PCs that ran the Mac OS. Motorola sold many PowerPC Macintosh Clones, let's take a look at the fastest (and last) PowerPC system they sold.
My Macintosh Clones Documentary:
The Rise and Fall of the Macintosh Clones - Part 1: The Original Apple Hackintosh
youtube.com/watch?v=lwMzYFEGoag
Clone System Specs:
Released by Motorola in July of 1997 for $2,999 USD. This has a 200 MHz PowerPC 604e CPU and uses Apple's Tanzania II logic board architecture.
Check out Alxlab for the CR2032 to 1/2AA battery adapter shown in this video:
alxlab.com
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🎹 Music Credits
Leveled Up by Jeremy Blake (via the YouTube Audio Library)
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:53 Brief Macintosh Clone History Lesson
02:46 Motorola's StarMax 5500/200
04:15 Opening the StarMax
07:10 Connectivity
10:35 A Closer Look Inside
13:02 Tanzania II Logic Board
16:06 Battery Fun
18:52 Reassembly
21:30 Replacing the Hard Drive
24:38 Third time's the charm?
28:30 StarMax Startup
31:27 Bundled Software Tour
34:48 Cursed CD-ROM Drivers
38:30 Shutdown
In the mid-1990's Apple licensed others to build PCs that ran the Mac OS. Motorola sold many PowerPC Macintosh Clones, let's take a look at the fastest (and last) PowerPC system they sold.
My Macintosh Clones Documentary:
The Rise and Fall of the Macintosh Clones - Part 1: The Original Apple Hackintosh
youtube.com/watch?v=lwMzYFEGoag
Clone System Specs:
Released by Motorola in July of 1997 for $2,999 USD. This has a 200 MHz PowerPC 604e CPU and uses Apple's Tanzania II logic board architecture.
Check out Alxlab for the CR2032 to 1/2AA battery adapter shown in this video:
alxlab.com
👕Get your own geeky Mac84 shirts here! mac84.creator-spring.com
👍Be sure to like the video and subscribe to the channel!
❤️Support me on Patreon • patreon.com/mac84
🐦Follow me on Twitter • twitter.com/mac84tv
📸Follow me on Instagram • instagram.com/mac84tv
💾Join the Tinker Different Community • tinkerdifferent.com
🎹 Music Credits
Leveled Up by Jeremy Blake (via the YouTube Audio Library)
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:53 Brief Macintosh Clone History Lesson
02:46 Motorola's StarMax 5500/200
04:15 Opening the StarMax
07:10 Connectivity
10:35 A Closer Look Inside
13:02 Tanzania II Logic Board
16:06 Battery Fun
18:52 Reassembly
21:30 Replacing the Hard Drive
24:38 Third time's the charm?
28:30 StarMax Startup
31:27 Bundled Software Tour
34:48 Cursed CD-ROM Drivers
38:30 Shutdown
