Apple Macintosh Performa 5300 "Director's Edition" (1995) Full Tour and Disassembly
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- Опубліковано 14 бер 2015
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From Jason's Macintosh Museum, we have an Apple Macintosh Performa 5300 "Director's Edition" from 1995 on display. This video will show the exterior of the Macintosh Macintosh Performa 5300, along with a discussion of the features and specifications.
The Macintosh Performa 5300 will also be disassembled, to show the various components in more detail.
Apple Macintosh Performa 5300 "Director's Edition"
Introduced : August 1995
Discontinued : March 1997
CPU : Motorola PowerPC 603e running at 100 MHz
CPU Data Bus : 64-bit (32-bit memory bus)
FPU : Internal
RAM : 4 MB RAM (expandable up to 68 MB)
Disks : One 1.4 MB SuperDrive, 800 MB IDE hard disk, 4x SCSI CD-ROM
Video : 1MB VRAM (not upgradeable)
Expansion slots : 1 x LC PDS, 1 x Comm Slot, 1 x Video In Slot
Supported Macintosh System (MacOS): 7.5.1 to 9.1 - Наука та технологія
I remember when my classroom got a fleet of these Power Mac 5300 All-In-ones. Our school collected so many box tops from food products to help pay for them.
Man, I remember zillions of these being in the computer labs when I was in school in the late 90s. We freaked out when they were replaced by the iMacs around 2000-2002.
Its really nice seeing somebody talking about these old macs without feeling the need to fudge facts to make them seem all perfect.
Macs, in general, were a solid four years ahead of PCs at pretty much any point in their mutual history, but the hardware, in the mid 90s, had more missteps than successes. Part of the reason Apple was circling the drain in the 90s. It’s really only with Windows 10 do I think PCs have “caught up” to Macs, finally. They were first to one important feature: preemptive multitasking, but Windows’ piss-poor memory protection meant that kind of didn’t matter. The gains they made in stability over cooperative multitasking were immediately lost to their almost complete lack of protected memory. Took them until XP to nail that one down.
Nice video! I always thought the "Director's Edition" were the black 5400/5500s. Never knew a beige Director's Edition existed too, at least here in Europe. I have a black 5500/275 Director's Edition from 1998, the last consumer all-in-one Macintosh before the iMac was released.
Man, the Performa X200/X300 STILL haunt my nightmares! I worked for Apple when these things came out. They weren't recalled, per se, but had a 'Repair Extension Program' where Apple repaired them, on site, as parts became available. It took years...
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Thanks for this wonderful video, and lots of great background there and a real blast from the past. Looking forward to part 2! I never knew about the plethora of problems associated with the Performa. I loved it all the way - then again I was 8 when we got mine, so I wasn't exactly a discerning power user at the time, and happy enough that it could run a few games! :)
Your Performa 5300 now also has a few new battle scars to tell of its moment in the spotlight ;)
***** You're welcome - and Part 2 is now up on my channel!
I remember the Power Macintosh version of these in high school. They were incredibly slow compared to all the other Macs and now I know why. Still, a great walk down memory lane. Very thorough review, thank you Jason!
I used the Internet for the first time on one of these in 1st Grade in 1997!
Great work Jason!
Love these videos! Thanks for taking the time to create these
I also really love these videos!
603e was a 32bit internal, 64bit memory cpu. Internal register width is definitely 32bit. Not.. 64bit.
This was my first Mac. Mine was a Performa 5320 version and the shop bundled it with a free 14.4k internal dialup modem. It was a world of difference coming from my first computer which was a Intel DOS 286 dual floppy drives.
Hi Jason, I would like to say you are an amazing person, and Is a very great source of Apple Knowledge! Keep it up! :-)
Thank you!! I’ve been trying to work out how the hdd comes out for a while. Now I’ve got mine out and no damage 😄
Happen to have a 5500/225 here, which uses this same footprint, and for whatever reason, I'm glad that you showed that the CD-ROM is accessible through the front, as opposed to grabbing it through the rear as on most Macintosh models prior to the 5xxx Series. I was basically attempting to realign the CD-ROM drive, since it would not open, it tried to, but always butted up against the cavity in the bezel...but doing so, I'm glad you warned about the brittle plastic. The front panel of the CD-ROM drive just completely snapped off, but at least the tray opens. Not sure how to repair that now, however. But...let's just hope that it will be able to read and use CD-ROMs, now that I have Mac OS 8.1 ordered on eBay to clean install on it.
You just gained a subscriber buddy! quite into my old Macintosh systems and various other old ppc based computers, my server even today is a HEAVILY Modified Powermac G4 AGP graphics with a sata raid card and gigabit lan card, works perfectly
Keep the content up bud
Another great review. Some people will never understand this affection ;)
superviewer Thank you! I am pleased that there are many others who do understand!
@@themacintoshmuseumI'm one of them! Thank you very much for the channel
I played Macbrickout on 1 of these when I was in middle school in 2002!
I think that’s the best version of breakout ever made. You can get it on your iPhone nowadays! It’s the same as back then
@@MaxOakland I know I'm using it now on mine!
So that's why my Performa 6214CD was so dog slow!! I always wondered. That series must use the same compromised board design.
The rumors about the slow Macintosh of that time are true! Thank you for your comment
my first venture out onto the web was on one of these machines. 90's Netscape nastolgia! We even got duke nukem 3d and Doom 2 to run on the windows emulator! (teacher wasn't too happy about that)
I love this case design too bad Apple cut so many corners. ☹️
COME ON JASE, GIVE US ANOTHER VIDEO!
I saw this machine used at a car dealer ship, but not in the booth, but back in the shop :p this same performa :D it wasn't beige though, it was black, but not like the macintosh tv, black from the guys that operated this machine to perform various tasks :p you could see all their finger prints on that poor thing! It had a rough life, and that was in 2002 that i saw this machine still being used by those people! I dont know exactly for what they wer using that, maby for the car diagnostics or something! The only thing that you surely could see was that colorfull apple logo, it must have a anti-grease layer or something. Great video jason! You should make more! You are so underrated!
The Hyperband on the video card refers to the frequencies used throughout Europe for what is also called "UHF".
Do you have a LC 500 series machine? I'm trying to track down a LC 575 or Performa 575/576/577/578 myself.
I like the intro!! :)
John Daniels Thank you!
The PPC 603 does have a 64-bit data bus, but it is not a 64-bit CPU. It does not use 64 bit pointers and cannot use the 64 bit PowerPC instruction set.
Can you make a video of an iMac G3
How does the plastic hold up after all this time? I think I heard somewhere once that they get a bit brittle when they’re old.
Most of these old Macs get very brittle. You have to be very careful with them
I found out something recently that I never knew, the first prototype for this computer was called the Quadra 580, and the second prototype was called the LC 720. I assume these were based around the 68040 and 68LC040, respectively, instead of the 603.
When I was in the 4th grade in 2004, my elementary school still had this style of Mac AIOs in our computer labs, although I suspect they were models newer than this one if they lasted all the way into the early years of the '00s. I remember playing KidPix EVERY SINGLE TIME we got the privilege to use 'em, and they were pretty speedy if my recollection is right, although at the time, I would've had no idea about performance.
Unfortunately, they were on the way out as it was the last time I used a Mac in a lab or really any other setting in school. Spent the rest of my time until I graduated in 2012 using Dell OptiPlex PCs and using Windows 2000/XP until I left school.
Wish I knew what model of PowerMac AIO they were so I could try to hunt one down.
I recently received a Macintosh Performa 5200CD from someone I've been helping so much as a gift. Seeing this video makes me feel kind of bummed that mine is the low end. Is there any way to upgrade the 5200CD to make it perform better and is it worth it?
Did you ever find out? I’m guessing the answer is yes but I don’t really know
can the cpu be upgraded by using an L2 Cache Cpu upgrade card?
also, the tv tuner, you make the comment that its useless now, but wouldnt this enable u to connect RF connected devices like the original NES and other boxes that used channel 3/4 to be connected to a TV via COAXIAL RF cable? such as a commodore / atari / apple II etc?
Hey. I just found one of these. How much can I sell it for. It still works and is the Directors Edition.
It breaks my heart to see these relics flake and decay into dust simply due to Apple's greedy financial decisions.
Another 'Michael Spindler' Special Cost-cutting Edition! Nice looking Mac that is not the greatest 'Performa'
I wonder why they lost market share haha
Hi. Can it start without a battery and hdd?
I've bought one out of a thrifty store here in Brazil for R$20 (approx. 5 us dollars). The CRT does not seem to work properly (does not even generate static). But the motherboard seems to work properly. is it worth to take apart to try fixing it? does anybody know a common issue with CRTs?
I think they need to make new cases for these older Macs, they're already doing it with the Amiga 1200, I fear for my LC 575 and 5400 getting brittle to the point of shattering by just picking it up!
Cool Video - very informative and interesting ! Saw a machine like that at my friend's place - they were working in a school in the 1990s here in Russia and Apple supported that school with computers - so they took one, when it was possible to save it from trash. MAybe I have to ask them, if they could sell it to me now)
how do i find the power mac or macintosh performa 5200 to 5500 machines
anywhere, i see only a few on ebay with ridiculous prices.
i bought 4 macs today on ebay for $200
i just got a 6200cd, just a desktop version of the 5200, i just installed system 7.5.3 on it on a 6gb seagate drive
I thought the G5 was the first 64-bit Power PC Mac?
I’m curious about this too
Is the performa 6200/6300 the same computer?
yes, but it's in a desktop form factor instead of a all in one
I threw out one of these yesterday. I got it for free with all the original accessories. Sadly the monitor was faulty and the case was cracked multiple times. I kept every drive and the motherboard. At some point I will get myself a LC or Performa 630 and shove the motherboard inside there.
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What the "Director Edition" have more than the original 5300 ?
Amazaley1 The only difference was that the Director's Edition had a TV tuner / video capture card, and the appropriate software to make them work.
Jason's Macintosh Museum It's compatible with Europe ?
Yes Pal 50 Hz
The TV tuner and video capture card were also available separately, and could be added to the regular versions as well as the other models in the 5000-series, the 6200-6500's, and the Quadra/LC/Performa 630 series.
I remember that computer my mother had one exactly the same when I was a little boy I love the design as it a all in one cd drive and floppy drive I wish I had one when I was at school and I wish the pc manufacturers hp compaq etc made all in ones when Apple did it would've been better than having to bloody set up towers and components and of course I wish that there was a windows pc built like that Macintosh classic it would've been nice less stressful setting up plug it in and way you go I bet you that hp and others regret it everyday that they didn't built all in ones windows pcs back in the day it would've been convenient even though they eventually built all in ones that we have today it would've been better if they did it decades ago
Punctuation, do you use it bruh?? They're were a couple PC AIOs back in the day, including a much sought after nowadays Compaq.
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This model: The Performa 5300 has the same model number as the PowerBook 5300!
The Powerbook 5300 series did have a slightly faster version available in the 5300ce, which ran at 117MHz. They did both suffer from the lack of L2 cache, but at least the Powerbook version had better bus handling than the LC/Performa 5300's.
It’s rare to see a performa that not only looks really good, but actually runs fairly well too. Sadly the tainted nature of them really hampers the few decent models that existed... :(
I have a Macintosh G6 from 2006
It's trashpicked
G6? That doesn’t exist
One day there isn't going to be a single beige mac without broken plastic. Ive seen peoplemheat up the old ABS plastic to make it flex a bit better but really there isn't much you can do.
Its such a shame that these cases are so brittle.. Ive cracked the clips under the front bezel just trying to maintain my 5200CD, blow dust out the drives etc.. same as the hard drive sled..
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It looks like a small tv
We had these machines at school, they were utter junk!
We wait 5 minutes for the OS to load, then when it eventually does, what next? where's the software?
The only reason to buy a Macintosh in 1993 was to use programs like Adobe Photoshop, Aldus PageMaker and AVID Media Composer aka AVID Film Composer, Wintel PCs were far more popular than Macintosh computers even in the wake of Macintosh Performa, and Wintel PCs even had DOOM!
You forgot to mention that the later series 54XX and 5500 completely solved all the shortcomings of the 52XX and 53XX, with perhaps the exception of the monitor, which I still found pretty good by the standards of that time. I had owned a 5400 and 5500, upgraded both to G3 processors and I used them as my main computers from 2001-2004. They were really nice and useful machines, likely my favorite pre-iMac Apple computers honestly.
Wonderpierrot You are correct - the 54XX and 55XX series had a completely different internal architecture that did not have the compromises that the earlier models did. I do have a 5400/180 (the black Director's Edition), and I will be talking about the improvements that these machines had when I do a video on that model.
+Wonderpierrot u forgot to mention those later revisions also supported PCI cards.. ive been trying to figure out if i could put a 6000 series board into my 5200CD AIO case and have it work.... i know it would work, but what about the PCI riser card.. does it fit inside the machine? is it possible to get a single PCI riser card that would make the mod work?
Chris Nova777
The 5400/5500 series only has enough room for one PCI slot, so you would likely need to use a 1 slot PCI riser instead of the 2 on the 6400/6500 series. I owned a 5400/5500 and 6500, swapped components around all the time without issues.
A pc or a tv ?
PC GUY 1241 This model could be used as a TV, as it had the TV tuner card as standard. However, I could not find the relevant software to test that card. It probably wouldn't matter, as the card can only receive analogue TV signals...
+Jason's Macintosh Museum so what u can still hook it up to a VHS machine via the RF cable
Problem on problem, covered by problem. This video is actual in 2020. as well. Nothing changed, same crApple.
Australia?!?!? I though you were British? :)
AfterDark3 No - I am indeed Australian!
I thought the 5200/5300 were good models until I watched this video
jake harvey To be fair, with enough RAM and MacOS 8+, those machines were quite usable - it is only when you compare them to other Macs with a similar specification that you realise their shortcomings.
jake harvey I had the 5300 (as in this video) and the major benefit to it was that the only alternative to it AFTER it came out, was the 5200 or 6200, for several months. So if you had one of these 400 units, you had a machine faster, better CD-ROM and with video input + TV tuner as standard. Quite amazing, really, for most of 1996.
jake harvey oh yeah and I forgot to mention 56k modem!! Blazing fast.
This doesn’t look ESD safe
So, I guess Apple *really* didn't want you working on this pile.
Kinda, but the only parts you really couldn't get to easily were the analog board and CRT. The logic board and drives were pretty easy to get to. It's only after the plastics aged that they became brittle and hard to work with.
Oh, this uses IDE hard drives? So much for thinking it used SCSI. Oh well...guess I goofed up on that one.
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the new macs suck compared to the mac computers of the 1990s and early 2000s my favorite mac os was the mac os 8.1 after that they started heading down hill... and my favorite model was the power mac g3 it was the last of the actual good mac line, that was before apple's too simple design... you don't get what you pay for these days, they takes out almost all standard peripherals and CD-ROMs/dvd-roms and replace it with crappy underpowered hardware and software, I will never by a imac 2011-20xx machine in my entire life, the new mac is for stupid people who don't know a good deal from a bad deal (apple) it started with there iphone back in late 2006 and basically said to Microsoft, "I don't think you deserve a billion dollar industry, so I'm going to make you bankrupt because you were better than me in the 1990s so I am going to lie and over excaudate about Microsoft, so you'll look bad", that was jobs whole plan since day one, he got mad because he treated his employees bad in the 80s and thinks he and tim cook, and jony ive can ruin the pc world, his company needs to suck it up and deal with it and stop making android look so bad!
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man use a hair dryer not a fricken plyer. total newb
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