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SMM PowerRack (mid 90s-mid 00s)

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smilesdavis:
everyone knows marathon, less is known about their German counterpart.

I own a SMM PowerRack for my 8100/110 with G3 500 Mhz Upgrade (so yes it counts for Mac OS 9 ;)) and Digidesign Expansion chassis. I intend to set up Pro Tools 5.0 NuBus on it.

SMM PowerRack

The SMM PowerRack is a solid 19" rack-mount chassis for Apple Macintosh Computers. The installation is very easy and can be done by anyone, who can handle a screwdriver. Just remove the original Macintosh chassis and slide the computer into the SMM PowerRack, fix some screws and that's it. The SMM PowerRack is available for all different kinds of Macintosh computers.

https://web.archive.org/web/20010628174304fw_/http://www.digidesign.com/products/prd_overview.cfm?product_id=1180

The SMM PowerRack™
is a heavy duty 19-inch-rack-mount-chassis with 5 RU for Apple PowerMac G3/G4/grey. There is space left for additional HardDrives, CD-ROM, DAT Streamer and other Removable Storage. CD-ROM and ZIP-Drive are front accessable as well a Power-, Interrupt and Reset Button. A maintenance tailboard opens the computer for fast access. The fitting must be done by a experiences technican.  ;D

below are very bad fotos from their and digidesigns website i have found of a graphite and a QS rackmount. no G3bw or MDD yet.

SMMPowerRacks i know of: 8100, G3bw, G4graphite, G4 QS, G5

smilesdavis:
Just got this amazing foto

And the info that SMM made powerracks for

Macintosh IIvi/vx
Performa 600
Centris/Quadra 650
PowerMac 7100
Quadra 800, Quadra 840AV
PowerMac 8100
PowerMacintosh 7200/7500/7600/7300
G3 Desktop
PowerMacintosh 8200 und 8500
PowerMac 9500
PowerMac 8600 und 9600
PowerMacintosh G3/G4 blue/grey
PowerMac G5
PowerMac 5,1
PowerMac6,1 (prototype only)

So way ahead of MARATHON

I wish i could edit the thread title

1992-2013

refinery:
I appreciate the utility a great deal (I am a rack fiend) but boy are those unsightly.

smilesdavis:
They are a piece of art and engineering. The 8100 is georgeous

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