Apple's official Mac licensing program in the mid-90s only lasted a bit over two years, but some companies came out with clones so compelling they almost put Apple out of business. MeowToast 1/2AA battery adapter (not always in stock): https://www.etsy.com/shop/GeekyBitRetroPCParts Music featured at 18:26 by Dan Mason: https://danmason.bandcamp.com/album/void Sources: "For Apple, Clones and Competition," New York Times, December 29, 1994. "Power Computing swamped by Mac demand," Computerworld, November 4, 1996. "Mac OS Systems," MacUser, September 1996. "Power Computing Widens the Gap," Macworld, September 1996. PowerTower Pro cache module photo: https://www.recycledgoods.com/power-computing-corp-power-tower-pro-225-apple-clone-225-45-mhz-processor-3-2-gb-hhd-128-mb-ram-tower/ "Quantum Leap," Macworld, July 1998. "275MHz Mac Powerhouse," Macworld, September 1997. "Apple Eliminates the Top Clone Vendor," Macworld, November 1997. Computer Chronicles Mac clones episode: https://archive.org/details/MacClone95 "The Vast Mac Expanse," Macworld, December 1996. Power Mac 8500 photo: https://www.mediaarchaeologylab.com/collection/apple-power-macintosh-8500180-f8f54c2 "Apple misses mark; reports $708M loss," Computerworld, April 21, 1997. "Why Apple Pulled the Plug," Macworld, November 1997. Micropolis hard drive photo: https://imgur.com/PuaMB "Double Troubles Send APS to Chapter 11," https://www.wired.com/1998/02/double-troubles-send-aps-to-chapter-11/ "LaCie to Purchase APS," https://tidbits.com/1998/03/09/la-cie-to-purchase-aps-2/ "Power Computing offers clones with a difference," InfoWorld, October 30, 1995. Power Computing Mac OS 8 CD photo courtesy Action Retro: null "Apple shoots its clones and tries to go it alone," InfoWorld, September 8, 1997. 00:00 - Introduction 00:31 - One fast Mac 01:46 - Someone's been in here... 02:24 - Hard drive upgrade from a competitor 04:23 - Lots of RAM 05:10 - Add-in PCI cards 06:32 - Modular CPU card 07:18 - Something's missing... 07:49 - Time for more upgrades 09:15 - Modern PRAM battery replacement 11:37 - OS installation and peripherals 13:25 - These benchmarks suck 14:23 - Putting the power back into this PowerTower 16:01 - The Mac clone drama 19:13 - Death of a clone maker 20:38 - USB problems 21:23 - This thing was pretty badass in its day ---------------------------------------­------------------------------------ Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! @thisdoesnotcomp ---------------------------------------­------------------------------------ Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com/). Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).