<s>
The	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
7100	I-Device
is	O
a	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
that	O
was	O
designed	O
,	O
manufactured	O
and	O
sold	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
from	O
March	O
1994	O
to	O
January	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
mid-range	O
machine	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
generation	O
of	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
line	O
,	O
between	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
6100	I-Device
and	O
the	O
8100	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
7100	O
re-used	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
IIvx	I-Device
case	O
with	O
few	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
7100	O
was	O
powered	O
by	O
a	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
601	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
version	O
replaced	O
it	O
in	O
January	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
7100	O
was	O
succeeded	O
in	O
August	O
1995	O
by	O
two	O
new	O
models	O
,	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
7200	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
7500	I-Device
,	O
though	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
7100	O
continued	O
into	O
early	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
did	O
not	O
release	O
a	O
"	O
DOS	O
Compatible	O
"	O
card	O
for	O
the	O
7100	O
as	O
they	O
had	O
for	O
some	O
contemporary	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Quadra	I-Device
models	O
,	O
opting	O
instead	O
to	O
offer	O
the	O
7100	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
SoftWindows	B-Device
emulator	O
at	O
a	O
price	O
of	O
$385	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
an	O
optional	O
256KB	O
L2	O
cache	O
card	O
installed	O
,	O
MacWorld	O
Magazine	O
determined	O
that	O
the	O
performance	O
is	O
comparable	O
to	O
25MHz	O
Intel	B-Device
80486SX	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
7100/66AV	I-Device
:	O
$	O
3,450	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
7100	I-Device
's	O
internal	O
code	O
name	O
was	O
"	O
Carl	O
Sagan	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
"	O
fraud	O
"	O
code	O
names	O
(	O
Pilt	O
Down	O
Man	O
,	O
Cold	O
Fusion	O
,	O
and	O
Carl	O
Sagan	O
)	O
referring	O
to	O
the	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
pretending	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
68000	B-Device
.	O
</s>
