6500 ROM Secret — #5

Post #5 by Dennis Nedry

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	68k
Post Date	Sat, 2 Aug 2008 - 17:27
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/6500-rom-secret.14275/

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I always thought the TAM was based on a Powerbook.

You're right, some things are based on PowerBooks. Here's a rip from Wikipedia that explains it pretty well:

As noted, the technologies used inside the TAM were not new. The LCD display was out of the current line of PowerBooks. The keyboard and trackpad borrowed from the PowerBook 3400. The TV/FM tuner was an optional extra available to several lines of Macintoshes, including the Power Macintosh 5500 and 6500. The logic board had similarities also to that of the 5500 and 6500 series, though it was in fact a custom board.