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Motorola PowerStack - was an early PowerPC workstation, produces since 1994[1] and was discontinued circa 1999.
Overview
This line has a internal PReP subarchitecture[2]; this archicecturre commonly was be used in a IBM RS/6000 workstations.
History
The PowerStack was one of the Motorola Computer Group's entries into the personal computer (PC) market around the time the Microsoft Windows/Intel x86 juggernaut was stumbling with their mass market Windows 3.11 replacement.[3]
Models
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PowerStack
Also known as PowerStack Series E;[4] This is a PowerPC-based development system, runs a 66Mhz PPC chip. For the OS it runs AIX, same os that developed for IBM RS/6000. This system also can run the PPC version of Windows NT, remarkably enough.[5] It's a compact, modular, efficient platform featuring IBM/Motorola's PowerPC CPUs as well as best-in-class contemporary interfaces like PCI and SCSI. A compute element could be stacked with other modular I/O and storage cases to expand its capabilities without having to rehome the computer in a larger chassis.[3][6][7]
- CPU: 133MHz or 166MHz[6] PowerPC 604 [8]
- Memory: 64MB of RAM, 512KB L2 cache [8]
- Storage: 1GB SCSI-2 hard drive, 4X CD-ROM [8]
- Graphics: Diamond Viper PCI [8]
PowerStack II
The second model, released in 19%%, has a more regular case with AT power supply.
- CPU: PowerPC 604e 200MHz [4]
- Bus - PCI
- Memory: 1x32MB; 256kB L2 cache (4x128MB possible)
- Graphics: Cirrus Logic (VGA)
- Firmware - Open Firmware V1.2 RM11
- Network - 10BaseT
- Battery - Timekeeper ST0DD8M748 M4T28-BR12SH1 Snaphat
- OS - Motorola/Bull AIX 4.3.2
See also
References
- ^ "Computer-Archiv". www.computer-archiv.de. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ^ "2.1. Supported Hardware". www.debian.org. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ^ a b "Motorola PowerStack". www.wolfeden.org. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ a b "Motorola PowerPC". web-docs.gsi.de. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ^ "Workstations". www.corestore.org. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ a b "Joe's Motorola PowerStack computers". joe.classiccmp.org. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ^ "Das virtuelle Firmenmuseum der Dialog Data: Motorola VMEbus-Systeme". www.dialogdata.com. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ^ a b c d "Motorola PowerStack RISC PC". IT Pro. 1996-02-01. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
