Power Macintosh 5260

Power Macintosh 5260 / Performa 5260/5270/5280
Front view of a Macintosh Performa 5260/120
DeveloperApple Computer, Inc.
Product familyPower Macintosh
TypeAll-in-one
Release dateApril 15, 1996 (1996-04-15)
DiscontinuedMarch 1, 1997 (1997-03-01)
Operating systemSystem 7.5.3 - Mac OS 9.1
CPUPowerPC 603e, 100 and 120 MHz
Memory16 - 64 MB (72-pin, 80ns SIMMs)
DimensionsHeight: 17.5 inches (44 cm)
Width: 15.1 inches (38 cm)
Depth: 16 inches (41 cm)
Mass45 pounds (20 kg)
PredecessorPower Macintosh 5200 LC
SuccessorPower Macintosh 5500
RelatedPower Macintosh 5400

The Power Macintosh 5260 is a personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from April 1996 to March 1997. It is a replacement for the Power Macintosh 5200 LC, retaining its all-in-one form factor while replacing its PowerPC 603 CPU with the newer and faster PowerPC 603e, and dropping the "LC" brand. As was standard practice at the time for Apple, the 5260 was re-branded as a number of Performa models and sold to consumer markets, while the 5260 itself was primarily sold to the North American education market as a Power Macintosh.

The Power Macintosh 5400, also an all-in-one model, was introduced at the same time but had a significantly different logic board that retires the Processor Direct Slot in favour of PCI.

The 5260 was discontinued when the Power Macintosh 5500 was introduced in early 1997.

Hardware

The 5260 has an LC-style Processor Direct Slot, and a slot into which an L2 cache card can be added.

Models

Rear view of the Performa 5260/120

Common to all models are a 14" Shadow Mask RGB display at 640x480 at 16 bit, a single LC PDS slot, 2 RAM slots, and 1 MB of VRAM that cannot be upgraded.[1] There are two serial ports on the back, but they do not support hardware handshaking, precluding the use of an external modem with speeds above 9600 bit/s.[2]

Introduced April 15, 1996:

  • Power Macintosh 5260/100: North American education model[1] with 100 MHz CPU, 8 or 16 MiB of RAM, and an 800 MB hard disk[3]
  • Macintosh Performa 5260CD: The Power Macintosh 5260/100, also available with the smaller 800 MB hard disk[4]
  • Macintosh Performa 5270CD: Identical to the Performa 5260CD, but only sold in Europe and Asia.[5]

Introduced October 1, 1996:

  • Power Macintosh 5260/120: Later North American education model with 120 MHz CPU, 16 MiB of RAM and a 1.2 GB hard disk[6]
  • Macintosh Performa 5260/120: Consumer version of 5260/120, only sold in Canada and Australia.[7][8]

Introduced November 12, 1996:

  • Macintosh Performa 5280: Consumer version of 5260/120, only sold in Japan.[9][8]

Timelines

Timeline of Power Macintosh, Pro, and Studio models
Mac ProMac StudioMac ProMac StudioMac ProMac ProMac ProPower Mac G5Power Mac G5Power Mac G4Power Mac G5Power Mac G4Power Mac G4 CubePower Mac G4Power Macintosh G3#Blue and WhitePower Macintosh 9600Power Macintosh G3Power Macintosh 8600Power Macintosh 9500Power Macintosh 8500Power Macintosh 8100Power Macintosh G3Power Macintosh 7600Power Macintosh 7300Power Macintosh 4400Power Macintosh 7500Power Macintosh 7200Power Macintosh 7100Power Macintosh 6500Power Macintosh 6400Power Macintosh 6200Power Macintosh 6100Power Macintosh G3Twentieth Anniversary MacintoshPower Macintosh 5500Power Macintosh 5400Power Macintosh 5260Power Macintosh 5200 LC
See also: List of Mac models
Timeline of Macintosh Centris, LC, Performa, and Quadra models, colored by CPU type
Macintosh Performa 6214Macintosh Performa 6210Macintosh Performa 6205Macintosh Performa 6230Macintosh Performa 6220Macintosh Quadra 840AVMacintosh Quadra 650Macintosh Quadra 610Macintosh Quadra 605Macintosh Quadra 660AVMacintosh Quadra 800Macintosh Centris 650Macintosh Centris 610Macintosh Quadra 950Macintosh Quadra 630Macintosh Quadra 900Macintosh Quadra 700Macintosh Performa 6420Macintosh Performa 6410Macintosh Performa 5440Macintosh Performa 5430Macintosh Performa 5260Macintosh Performa 6360Macintosh Performa 5260Macintosh Performa 6400Macintosh Performa 6400Macintosh Performa 5400Macintosh Performa 5400Macintosh Performa 6260Macintosh Performa 5400Macintosh Performa 5420Macintosh Performa 5410Macintosh Performa 5270Macintosh Performa 5260Macintosh Performa 6320Macintosh Performa 6310Macintosh Performa 6300Macintosh Performa 6290Macintosh Performa 5320Macintosh Performa 5300Macintosh Performa 6218Macintosh Performa 6216Macintosh Performa 6200Macintosh Performa 6116Macintosh Performa 5220Macintosh Performa 5215Macintosh Performa 5210Macintosh Performa 5200Macintosh Performa 640CDMacintosh Performa 580CDMacintosh Performa 588CDMacintosh Performa 638Macintosh Performa 637Macintosh Performa 636Macintosh Performa 635Macintosh Performa 631Macintosh Performa 630Macintosh Performa 578Macintosh Performa 577Macintosh Performa 575Macintosh Performa 476Macintosh Performa 475Macintosh Performa 560Macintosh Performa 550Macintosh Performa 275Macintosh Performa 6118Macintosh Performa 6117Macintosh Performa 6115Macintosh Performa 6112Macintosh Performa 6110Macintosh Performa 467Macintosh Performa 466Macintosh Performa 460Macintosh Performa 410Macintosh Performa 520Macintosh Performa 450Macintosh Performa 430Macintosh Performa 405Macintosh Performa 250Macintosh Performa 600Macintosh Performa 400Macintosh Performa 200Power Macintosh 5300 LCMacintosh LC 575Macintosh TVMacintosh LC IIIMacintosh LC 550Macintosh LC 580Macintosh LC 520Macintosh LC 630Macintosh LC 475Power Macintosh 5200 LCMacintosh LC IIIMacintosh LC IIMacintosh LC

See also: List of Mac models

References

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  2. ^ LEM Staff (April 15, 1996). "Performa 5260". LowEndMac. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "Power Macintosh 5260/100: Technical Specifications". Apple. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  4. ^ "Macintosh Performa 5260CD:Technical Specifications". Apple. Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  5. ^ "Macintosh Performa 5270CD - Technical Specifications". Apple. Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  6. ^ "Power Macintosh 5260/120: Technical Specifications". Apple. Archived from the original on 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  7. ^ "Macintosh Performa 5260/120:Technical Specifications". Apple. Archived from the original on 2012-10-28. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  8. ^ a b "Power Macintosh/Performa 5260, 5280 Series" (PDF). Apple Service Source. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  9. ^ "Macintosh Performa 5280:Technical Specifications". Apple. Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
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