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Engineered to accommodate the most demanding multimedia and digital video professionals, the S910 accommodates the fastest processors, exceeds even the S900 in expansion capability, and is easily upgradable. Manufactured specifically for a select user base of digital video professionals, only a few thousand S910's were built.
Model/Speed (in MHz) |
Processor (CPU) |
Upgradable CPU |
RAM |
Hard Disk Drive |
CD-ROM Drive |
L2 Cache |
VRAM |
S910/250 |
604e |
Yes |
64MB |
4GB |
12x |
1MB |
8MB |
S910DP/250 RAID |
Dual 604e |
Yes |
64MB |
4GB RAID |
12x |
1MB |
8MB |
Technical Specs
Upgradable Microprocessor
- PowerPC 604e CPU card
- A.S.P.D. - Allows upgrade of primary processor with a 604e-family CPU card, or addition of a second processor using a P-series processor card
- Built-in floating-point processor and 64K on-chip cache
- High-speed 50 MHz system bus
S910 Dual Processor Features
- DayStar nPOWER Technology
Asymmetric multiprocessing under the Mac OS for a performance increase of up to 80% over a single processor of the same speed.
- Multiprocessing Software
More of your favorite software will benefit from multiprocessing:
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere
- Apple QuickDraw 3D
- Adobe After Effects
- Cinepak
- Strata StudioPro Blitz
- BeInfinite Infinite FX/1
- Emerson Kennedy PowerTap
- MetroWerks CodeWarrior
- Apple QuickTime
- Deneba Canvas
- Kodak Color Processor
- Leaf Catch Light Digital Camera
- TrueVision M-JPEG Codec (TARGA 2000)
- Many more....
Memory
- 8 DIMM slots
- 64 MB of RAM (via four 16 MB DIMMS), expandable to 1 Gigabyte
- DIMM memory modules should be non-composite, 168-pin, 5 volt, 64-bit wide with 70ns access time or faster. Compatible with EDO or FastPaged DRAM. See the Memory Technical Report for more info.
- 128-bit wide data path from DRAM to processor
- 4MB of 64-bit wide burst ROM
- 1MB Level 2 Cache (via removable Cache DIMM)
Disk Drives
- Internal 100 MB Iomega Zip drive
- Internal 4GB Ultra SCSI-III HD in S910/250
- Internal 4GB Ultra SCSI-III RAID in S910DP/250 (two striped 2GB Wide Ultra SCSI-III drives)
- Internal 3.5" SWIM III 800/1.44 MB floppy disk drive that reads, writes, and formats Macintosh, Windows, DOS, OS/2, and ProDOS disks
- Internal 12x CD-ROM drive
SCSI Interface
- Ultra-Wide SCSI-III via the pre-installed E100 Extended Performance Card
- 53C94-compatible Fast SCSI-II interface
- Internal SCSI bus (Bus 0) (up to 10 MB/sec)
- External SCSI bus (Bus 1) (up to 5 MB/sec)
Expansion
- 6 PCI Slots for PCI cards with standard brackets. All PCI cards should not exceed a total of 90 watts.
- DEC 21052 PCI-to-PCI Bridge chip provides direct PCI-PCI card data transfers
- 1 enhanced PCI slot for the pre-installed E100 Extended Performance Card
- 3 internal 3.5" drive bays available (two front accessible)
- 1 internal front accessible 5.25" drive bay available
- 2 serial ports
- 2 ADB ports
Graphics
- IX Micro Twin Turbo Graphics Accelerator card with 8MB VRAM installed
- 24-bit color up to 1920x1080-pixels resolution
Audio
- 16-bit CD-quality stereo sound
- 44.1K bandwidith
- Analog CD audio recording/playthrough
- Bottom front bezel-mounted stereo audio in/out jacks. Supports Apple PlainTalk microphone
- An additional rear-mounted stereo audio out jack
- Input line level - 2 volts peak-to-peak nominal, into 6.5k ohm impedance
- Output line level - 2.2 volts peak-to-peak nominal, into 1k ohm impedance
- Input through output signal to noise ratio (SNR) = > 86 decibels (dB) with no audible discrete tones
- Total harmonic distortion plus noise (THD+N) = Less than 0.06%; measured 30Hz-16kHz with a 2 Vpp, sine wave input
Network
- On-board Ethernet (10Base-T and AAUI connections)
- 100Base-T via the pre-installed E100 Extended Performance Card
- Two high-speed RS-232/RS-422 serial ports compatible with LocalTalk and GeoPort
Clock/calendar
- Long-life lithium battery to power clock/calendar/parameter RAM
Industrial Design
- ATX standard mini-tower enclosure, which allows for easy expandability
- Front bezel-mounted reset switch and programmer's NMI switch
- Front bezel-mounted power on LED indicator
- Front bezel-mounted monaural speaker
- Thermal design enhances airflow through chassis from front to back
Keyboard and mouse
- ADB extended keyboard included
- ADB mouse included
Size and Weight
- Height: 17.25 inches (43.8 cm)
- Width: 7.0 inches (17.8 cm)
- Depth: 17.5 inches (44.5 cm)
- Weight: 28 pounds (12.7 kg)
Electrical Requirements
- Line voltage: 100-105 or 200-240 VAC (user selected)
- Frequency: 50/60 Hz, 8/4 amps single phase
Power Supply
- PC-Standard 250W soft/trickle power supply, which allows computer to be turned on or off through software or the keyboard's power-on key
Operating Environment
- Operating temperature: 50 to 104 degrees F (10 to 40 degrees C)
- Storage temperature: -40 to 116 degrees F (-40 to 47 degrees C)
- Relative humidity: 5 to 95%, non condensing
- Maximum altitude: 10,000 feet (3,048m)
Bundled Software
- Apple Mac OS
- Asanté NetDoubler
- FWB CD-ROM Tool Kit
- FWB HD ToolKit
- MicroMat TechTool Pro Diagnostic
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