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Motorola PowerStack - was an early PowerPC workstation, produces since 1994[1] and was discontinued circa 1999.

Overview

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This line has a internal PReP subarchitecture[2]; this archicecturre commonly was be used in a IBM RS/6000 workstations.

History

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The PowerStack was one of the Motorola Computer Group's entries into the personal computer (PC) market around the time the Microsoft Windows/Intel x86 juggernaut was stumbling with their mass market Windows 3.11 replacement.[3]

Models

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PowerStack

PowerStack

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Also known as PowerStack Series E;[4] This is a PowerPC-based development system, runs a 66Mhz PPC chip. For the OS it runs AIX, same os that developed for IBM RS/6000. This system also can run the PPC version of Windows NT, remarkably enough.[5] It's a compact, modular, efficient platform featuring IBM/Motorola's PowerPC CPUs as well as best-in-class contemporary interfaces like PCI and SCSI. A compute element could be stacked with other modular I/O and storage cases to expand its capabilities without having to rehome the computer in a larger chassis.[3][6][7]

PowerStack II

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Motorola Powerstack II 300Mhz

The second model, released in 19%%, has a more regular case with AT power supply.

  • CPU: PowerPC 604e 200MHz [4]
  • Bus - PCI
  • Memory: 1x32MB; 256kB L2 cache (4x128MB possible)
  • Graphics: Cirrus Logic (VGA)
  • Firmware - Open Firmware V1.2 RM11
  • Network - 10BaseT
  • Battery - Timekeeper ST0DD8M748 M4T28-BR12SH1 Snaphat
  • OS - Motorola/Bull AIX 4.3.2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Computer-Archiv". www.computer-archiv.de. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  2. ^ "2.1. Supported Hardware". www.debian.org. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  3. ^ a b "Motorola PowerStack". www.wolfeden.org. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  4. ^ a b "Motorola PowerPC". web-docs.gsi.de. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  5. ^ "Workstations". www.corestore.org. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  6. ^ a b "Joe's Motorola PowerStack computers". joe.classiccmp.org. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  7. ^ "Das virtuelle Firmenmuseum der Dialog Data: Motorola VMEbus-Systeme". www.dialogdata.com. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  8. ^ a b c d "Motorola PowerStack RISC PC". IT Pro. 1996-02-01. Retrieved 2021-09-26.