Driver:Mac 68K:Tech Info

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Apple Macintosh series tech info

This is a brief breakdown of the major components in every 680x0 and PowerPC-based Macintosh computer. In most cases the information is sourced directly from Apple's own public hardware developer notes that they used to release with each new Macintosh. This corrects a number of errors in my now very old previous version of this listing, and continues with NewWorld machines to show the continuity in hardware design. (Last revised January 29, 2024)

Note: I don't 100% guarantee accuracy here, especially for G4/G5 machines. Also, some machines had a lot of codenames. I've tried to use the one that was most commonly used internal to Apple, but information on that is obviously hard to come by, especially for post-1993 machines. And it got worse for post-Steve Jobs 2.0 machines, which mostly had boring letter/number codenames.

Systems were originally listed in a simple sort order by name but I've been changing over to release date order (and I may add the release date as a field).

We're separating the old single-page design into multiple new ones, and adding a few.

68000 Desktops

System Memory controller Video Sound I/O ADB SCSI/ATA Floppy
Mac 128 ("Macintosh") /512 ("Fat Mac") Discrete logic N/A N/A N/A IWM
Mac 512Ke/Plus ("Mr. T") Discrete logic N/A N/A NCR5380 IWM
Mac SE ("Freeport") BBU N/A PIC1654S NCR5380 IWM
Mac SE FDHD / Mac Classic ("XO") BBU N/A PIC1654S NCR5380 SWIM

68020 Desktops

System Memory controller Video Sound I/O ADB SCSI/ATA Floppy
Mac II ("Milwaukee") GLUE N/A ASC N/A PIC1654S NCR5380 IWM
Mac II FDHD GLUE N/A ASC N/A PIC1654S NCR5380 SWIM
Mac LC ("Elsie") V8 Egret (68HC05) NCR5380 SWIM

68030 Desktops

System Memory controller Video Sound I/O ADB SCSI/ATA Floppy
Mac IIx ("Stratos") / IIcx ("Atlantic") GLUE N/A ASC N/A PIC1654S 53C80 SWIM
Mac SE/30 ("Green Jade") GLUE On-board ASC N/A PIC1654S 53C80 SWIM
Mac IIci ("Pacific") MDU RBV ASC N/A PIC1654S 53C80 SWIM
Mac IIsi ("Oceanic") MDU RBV ASC N/A Egret 85C80 SWIM
Mac LC II/Performa 400/405/410/430 ("Foster Farms") V8 Egret 85C80 SWIM
Mac Classic II/Performa 200 ("Apollo") Eagle Egret 85C80 SWIM
Mac IIfx ("F-19") OSS N/A ASC IOP IOP SCSI DMA (modified 53C80) SWIM
Mac IIvx/IIvi/Performa 600 ("Brazil") VASP PIC1654S Egret SWIM
Mac LC III/LC III+/Performa 450/460/466/467 ("Vail") Sonora Egret 85C80 SWIM II
Mac Color Classic/Performa 200 ("Slice") Spice Cuda (68HC05) 85C80 SWIM II
Mac LC 520/550 ("Hook"), Performa 275/550/560, Color Classic II Ardbeg Cuda 85C80 SWIM II
Mac TV ("Peter Pan") Tinker Bell Cuda 85C80 SWIM II

68040 Desktops

System Memory controller Video Sound I/O ADB SCSI/ATA Floppy
Quadra 700 ("Spike") Orwell DAFB EASC N/A PIC1654S 53C96 SWIM
Quadra 900 ("Eclipse") / 950 ("Zydeco") Orwell DAFB EASC IOP IOP 53C96 SWIM
Quadra 610/650/800 & Centris 610/650 ("Wombat") djMEMC DAFB IOSB PIC1654S 53C96 SWIM II
Quadra 605 / LC 475 / LC 575 / Performa 475/476/575/577/578 ("Primus") MEMCjr DAFB PrimeTime Cuda 53C96 SWIM II
Quadra/Centris 660AV ("Tempest") / 840AV ("Typhoon") YMCA Civic Singer PSC Cuda Curio (53C94) SWIM II
Quadra/LC/Performa 630 (“Show & Tell”) & LC580 (“Dragonkid") F108 Valkyrie PrimeTime II Cuda F108 (53C96 SCSI + ATA) SWIM II

PowerPC 601 Desktops

System Memory controller PCI Bridge Video Sound I/O ADB SCSI/ATA Floppy
Power Macintosh 6100 ("PDM") / 7100 ("Carl Sagan") / 8100 ("Cold Fusion") HMC N/A Sonora-compatible framebuffer built into AMIC, optional HPV (DAFB), optional Planaria (Civic) AWACS AMIC Cuda Curio (53C94) SWIM III
Power Macintosh 7200/8200 ("Catalyst") Platinum+Iridium Bandit DAFB-compatible framebuffer plus blitter built into Platinum/Iridium AWACS Grand Central Cuda Curio (53C94) SWIM III
Power Macintosh 7500 ("TNT") Hammerhead Bandit Control+Chaos AWACS Grand Central Cuda Curio (53C94)+MESH SWIM III

PowerPC 603 Desktops

System Memory controller PCI Bridge Video Sound I/O ADB SCSI/ATA Floppy
Power Macintosh 5200/6200 ("Transformer") F108 N/A Valkyrie PrimeTime II Cuda F108 (53C96 SCSI + ATA) SWIM II
Power Macintosh 5400/6400 ("Alchemy") PSX Valkyrie-AR AWACS O'Hare Cuda O'Hare (MESH SCSI) SWIM III
Power Macintosh/Performa 5500/6500 ("Gazelle") PSX+ (PSX rev. for faster bus) ATI 264GT (3D RAGE) AWACS O'Hare Cuda O'Hare (MESH SCSI) SWIM III
Power Macintosh 4400 ("Tanzania") & Mac clones PSX+ ATI 264VT AWACS O'Hare Cuda Lite (ADB+PS/2) O'Hare (MESH SCSI) SWIM III
Apple/Bandai Pippin @Mark/@World Aspen Taos AWACS Grand Central Cuda MESH SWIM III

PowerPC 604 Desktops

System Memory controller PCI Bridge Video Sound I/O ADB SCSI/ATA Floppy
Power Macintosh 7300/7600 ("Montana") / 8600/9600 ("Kansas") Hammerhead Bandit Control+Chaos AWACS Grand Central Cuda Curio (53C94)+MESH SWIM III
Power Macintosh 9500 ("Tsunami") Hammerhead Bandit(x2) N/A AWACS Grand Central Cuda Curio (53C94)+MESH SWIM III

PowerPC G3 Desktops

System Memory controller PCI Bridge Video Sound I/O ADB/Power Manager SCSI/ATA Floppy
Power Macintosh G3 & G3 All-In-One ("Gossamer") Grackle (MPC106) ATI 264GT-B (3D Rage II) or Rage Pro or Rage Pro Turbo Screamer Heathrow Cuda Heathrow MESH + ATA SWIM III
iMac (Bondi blue "Columbus" + 5 Colors "Life Savers") Grackle (MPC106) ATI Rage IIc or Rage Pro Turbo Burgundy Paddington Cuda Paddington ATA N/A
Power Macintosh G3 Blue & White ("Yosemite") Grackle (MPC106), DEC 21154 N/A Burgundy Paddington Cuda Silicon Image PCI0646 + Paddington ATA N/A
iMac (Slot loading) UniNorth ATI Rage 128 VR Screamer KeyLargo PMU99 (M16C architecture) KeyLargo ATA N/A
iMac (Summer 2000) UniNorth ATI Rage 128 Pro 4XL Screamer KeyLargo PMU99 (M16C architecture) KeyLargo ATA N/A
iMac (Early 2001) ("Kihei") Pangea (UniNorth + KeyLargo) ATI Rage 128 Ultra Screamer Pangea PMU99 (M16C architecture) KeyLargo ATA N/A

PowerPC G4 Desktops

System Memory controller PCI Bridge Video Sound I/O ATA Power Manager
PowerMac G4 ("Yikes", "Sawtooth", and "Mystic") UniNorth N/A Screamer KeyLargo KeyLargo ATA PMU99
PowerMac G4 ("Digital Audio" and "Quicksilver", early 2001) UniNorth N/A Tumbler KeyLargo KeyLargo ATA PMU99
PowerMac G4 ("Quicksilver 2002 ED", late 2002) U2 N/A Snapper KeyLargo KeyLargo ATA PMU99
iMac G4 (Early 2002) Pangea (UniNorth + KeyLargo) Nvidia GeForce 2MX Tumbler Pangea KeyLargo ATA PMU99
iMac G4 (Late 2003/USB 2.0) Intrepid (U2 + KeyLargo) Nvidia GeForce 4MX or 5200 Ultra Intrepid KeyLargo ATA PMU99

PowerPC G5 Desktops

System Memory controller PCI Bridge Video Sound I/O ATA Power Manager
PowerMac G5 (Mid 2003) U3 Heavy N/A Screamer K2 K2 ATA PMU99
PowerMac G5 (Late 2004 single-processor) U3 Lite N/A Shasta Shasta ATA + Serial ATA PMU99
iMac G5 (Mid 2004) U3 Lite Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Shasta Shasta ATA + Serial ATA PMU99
iMac G5 ("Ambient Light Sensor" Early 2005) U3 Lite ATI Radeon 9600 Shasta Shasta ATA + Serial ATA PMU99
iMac G5 ("iSight" Late 2005) U3 Lite ATI Radeon X600 Pro or X600 XT Shasta Shasta ATA + Serial ATA PMU99

68000 Portables

System Memory controller Video Sound I/O ADB SCSI/ATA Floppy
Mac Portable ("Esprit") / PowerBook 100 ("Asahi") GLU DDC ASC N/A PMU (M50753) 85C80 SWIM

68030 Portables

System Memory controller Video Sound I/O ADB SCSI/ATA Floppy
PowerBook 140 ("Tim Lite") / 145 ("Colt 45") / 145B / 170 ("Tim") Jaws DDC EASC N/A PMU 85C80 SWIM
PowerBook 160 ("Brooks") / 165 ("Dart LC") / 180 ("Dartanian") Niagara GSC EASC N/A PMU 85C80 SWIM
PowerBook 165c ("Monet") / 180c ("Hokusai") Niagara WD90C26+WD90C55 EASC N/A PMU 85C80 SWIM
PowerBook Duo 210/230 ("Best of Both Worlds") MSC GSC EASC N/A PG&E (68HC05) 85C80 SWIM
PowerBook 150 ("JeDI") MSC GSC EASC N/A PG&E (68HC05) 85C80 + ATA SWIM

68040 Portables

System Memory controller Video Sound I/O ADB SCSI/ATA Floppy
PowerBook Duo 280 ("Yeager") MSC II GSC EASC N/A PG&E (68HC05) 85C80 SWIM
PowerBook Duo 280c ("Yeager") MSC II CSC EASC N/A PG&E (68HC05) 85C80 SWIM
PowerBook 500 series ("Blackbird") Pratt CSC EASC Whitney PG&E (68HC05) 85C80 SWIM II
PowerBook 190 ("Omega") Pratt CSC EASC Whitney PG&E (68HC05) 85C80 SWIM II

PowerPC 603 Portables

System Memory controller PCI Bridge Video Sound I/O ADB SCSI/ATA Floppy
PowerBook Duo 2300c ("AJ") PBX N/A CSC Singer Whitney PG&E (68HC05) 85C80 + Baboon ATA SWIM II
PowerBook 5300 ("M2") PBX N/A ECSC (Chips & Technologies 62225) Singer Whitney PG&E (68HC05) 85C80 + Baboon ATA SWIM II
PowerBook 1400 ("Epic") PBX N/A ECSC + Keystone Singer Whitney PG&E (68HC05) 85C80 + Baboon ATA SWIM II + i82078
PowerBook 2400c ("Nautilus") / 3400 ("Hooper") PSX C&T 65550 AWACS O'Hare PG&E (68HC05) 85C80 + O'Hare ATA SWIM III

PowerPC G3 Portables

System Memory controller PCI Bridge Video Sound I/O ADB SCSI/ATA Floppy
PowerBook G3 ("Kanga") PSX+ C&T 65554 AWACS O'Hare PG&E (68HC05) Heathrow MESH SCSI + ATA SWIM III
PowerBook G3 ("Wall Street") Grackle ATI 3D Rage LT AWACS Heathrow PG&E (68HC05) Heathrow MESH SCSI + ATA SWIM III
PowerBook G3 ("Wall Street II/PDQ") Grackle ATI 3D Rage LT AWACS Heathrow(x2) PG&E (68HC05) Heathrow MESH SCSI + ATA SWIM III
PowerBook G3 ("Lombard", "Pismo") Grackle ATI 3D Rage LT Pro Screamer Paddington Cuda Paddington MESH SCSI + ATA SWIM III
iBook UniNorth ATI Rage Mobility-L Micronas DAC3550A KeyLargo PMU99 KeyLargo ATA N/A

PowerPC G4 Portables

System Memory controller PCI Bridge Video Sound I/O ATA Power Manager
PowerBook G4 (Early 2001) UniNorth ATI Rage Mobility 128 KeyLargo KeyLargo ATA PMU99
PowerBook G4 ("Onyx", Late 2001) UniNorth ATI Mobility Radeon or Radeon 7500 KeyLargo KeyLargo ATA PMU99
PowerBook G4 (Early 2003) Intrepid Nvidia GeForce4 420 Go or 440 Go Intrepid Intrepid ATA PMU99