LaserWriter 8500: Technical Specifications

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"><font size="+2"><u>LaserWriter 8500</u></font> <b><font color="WHITE">lw7.3<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "> <table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> <tbody> <tr bgcolor="#BBBBBB"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font color="#000000"><b>Logic Board</b></font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font color="#000000"><b>Ports</b></font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font color="#000000"><b>Power</b></font></td> </tr> <tr valign="TOP" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> <tbody> <tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">Processor:</font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">AMD 29040, 60/30 MHz</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE" valign="TOP"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">PD Language:</font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">PostScript Level 3</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> </td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> <tbody> <tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD" valign="TOP"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">Ports:</font></td> <td nowrap="" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><small>LocalTalk<br/> Ethernet<br/> bidirectional parallel</small></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> <tbody> <tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">Max Watts:</font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">840</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">Amps:</font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">6.3</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">BTU per Hr:</font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">2872.8</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">Voltage:</font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">90-132</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">Freq Range:</font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">47-63 Hz</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#BBBBBB"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font color="#000000"><b>Memory</b></font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font color="#000000"><b>Engine</b></font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font color="#000000"><b>Physical</b></font></td> </tr> <tr valign="TOP" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> <tbody> <tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">ROM Size:</font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">8MB</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">RAM Slots:</font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">1 , n/a</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">Min - Max RAM:</font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">16MB - 48MB</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">Min RAM Speed:</font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">70 ns</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">RAM Sizes:</font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">16, 32MB</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> <tbody> <tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD" valign="TOP"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">Pages Per Min:</font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">20</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">Max DPI:</font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">600</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD" valign="TOP"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">Min Life:</font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">n/a</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> <tbody> <tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">Introduced:</font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">8/5/1997</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">Discontinued:</font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">n/a</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="-1">Weight (lbs):</font></td> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">70.4</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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