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  Motorola sold and sublicensed Tanzania-based MacOS-Compatibles worldwide from September 1996 to December 1997. On September 11, 1997, Motorola decided not to continue MacOS licensing or to develop new systems because "it could not reach an agreement with Apple on retaining a viable Mac systems business." If you're interested, an interview with Dale Blankenship, about Motorola's then upcoming plans from July 1997 is still available.
 


Motorola StarMax 3000/200 DT

 
The Motorola StarMax 3000/200 DT, based on the Tanzania architecture co-developed by Apple and Motorola, features a 200 MHz PowerPC 603e processor, 16 MB of RAM, and a 1.2 GB hard drive in an industry-standard desktop case. The Tanzania logic board, in addition to standard ADB ports, provides PS/2 keyboard ports and an SVGA monitor port instead of the standard Mac monitor port. This model is similar to the StarMax 3000/200 MT, but the MT comes in a minitower case.

Motorola StarMax 5000/250
The Motorola StarMax 5000/250, based on the Tanzania II logic board, features a 250 MHz PowerPC 603e processor, 32 MB of RAM, a 2.5 GB hard drive, an internal Zip drive, and a ATI 3D Rage II+ graphics accelerator card in an industry-standard minitower case. There are two configurations of this model, one comes with built-in Ethernet, and the other with an external modem. The Tanzania II logic board, in addition to standard ADB ports, provides PS/2 keyboard ports and an SVGA monitor port instead of the standard Mac monitor port.


Motorola StarMax Pro 6000/233

The Motorola StarMax Pro 6000/233, based on the Cobra logic board, features a 233 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) processor, 32 MB of RAM, a 2.0 GB hard drive, an internal Zip drive, and an ATI 3D Rage II+ graphics card, in a relatively attractive industry-standard case. The Cobra logic board, in addition to standard Macintosh ports, provides PS/2 keyboard ports and an SVGA monitor port from the PC world. It was officially announced, but since Motorola left the MacOS market, it never shipped.

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