Power Macintosh 9700

The Power Macintosh 9700, code named "Power Express", was a high-end prototype tower system from Apple Computer.
==Prototypes==
Prototype specimens that leaked from Apple contained 6 PCI slots, a DVD-ROM drive, and what is believed to be an engineering sample of an early PowerPC G3 processor, code named "Goleta". The case was based on the design of the Power Macintosh 9600. The revised DAV slot is a predecessor to the personality cards used by the beige Power Macintosh G3 models.Apple Macintosh PowerExpress (prototype), DigiBarn Computer Museum]. 2006-05. Accessed 2020-04-25. Another prototype also contained an early FireWire card.The Proto Preserve: Prototype PowerMacintosh/Express 9700 (PEX) by Hap Plain, A Little Byte Different. Accessed 2020-04-25.
A 3-slot prototype based on the design of the Power Macintosh 8600 in a smaller case was also produced, called "Power Express Manhattan". The logic board plays a modified version of the Chimes of Death. The six-slot version never shipped, but the revised 3-slot version, code named "Gossamer", became the beige Power Macintosh G3.PowerExpress Manhattan Prototype, by Captain_Z, Applefritter. 2004-06-17.
==References==
==External links==
*Power Macintosh 9700/G3 “PowerExpress” 6-slot prototype (EVT-E) at Reddit (2019-10-29)
*PowerExpress/PowerMac 9700 Prototype at 68k Macintosh Liberation Army (2017-03-07)
*The Demise of the Power Express by Yvon Roy at the AppleInsider (1999-05-03, archived 1999-10-08)
===Articles===
*[Prototype] Le PowerExpress, alias Power Mac 9700 (French) by Pierre Dandumont at Le Journal du Lapin (2013-01-12)
**Un prototype de Power Mac 9700 (French) by Pierre Dandumont (2021-04-14)
Category:Modular Macs
Category:Mac OS development
Category:Unreleased Apple hardware