Macintosh Performa 400
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The Macintosh Performa 400 is an early-1990s consumer-oriented Macintosh computer based on the LC II design, marketed by Apple as an affordable, all-in-one home and education system.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macintosh Performa 400 canonical | 2 |
| Macintosh Performa 400 series | 1 |
| Macintosh Performa 405 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2654094 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macintosh Performa 400 Context triple: [Apple Macintosh Performa series, notableModel, Macintosh Performa 400]
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A.
Macintosh Performa 200
The Macintosh Performa 200 is a consumer-oriented all-in-one Macintosh computer from the early 1990s, essentially a rebranded Macintosh Classic II sold through mass-market retail channels.
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B.
Macintosh Quadra
The Macintosh Quadra was a line of high-end Apple Macintosh personal computers from the early 1990s, known for using Motorola 68040 processors and targeting professional and power users.
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C.
Power Macintosh 5200 series
The Power Macintosh 5200 series is a mid-1990s all-in-one Macintosh line from Apple that combined PowerPC processors with integrated CRT displays for home and education markets.
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D.
Power Macintosh 9500
The Power Macintosh 9500 is a high-end mid-1990s Apple desktop computer notable for its modular design, multiple PCI slots, and use of PowerPC processors aimed at professional and power users.
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E.
Power Macintosh 9600
The Power Macintosh 9600 is a high-end mid-1990s Apple desktop computer known for its expandable tower design, multiple PCI slots, and use of PowerPC processors, making it popular for professional and workstation use.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macintosh Performa 400 Target entity description: The Macintosh Performa 400 is an early-1990s consumer-oriented Macintosh computer based on the LC II design, marketed by Apple as an affordable, all-in-one home and education system.
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A.
Macintosh Performa 200
The Macintosh Performa 200 is a consumer-oriented all-in-one Macintosh computer from the early 1990s, essentially a rebranded Macintosh Classic II sold through mass-market retail channels.
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B.
Macintosh Quadra
The Macintosh Quadra was a line of high-end Apple Macintosh personal computers from the early 1990s, known for using Motorola 68040 processors and targeting professional and power users.
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C.
Power Macintosh 5200 series
The Power Macintosh 5200 series is a mid-1990s all-in-one Macintosh line from Apple that combined PowerPC processors with integrated CRT displays for home and education markets.
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D.
Power Macintosh 9500
The Power Macintosh 9500 is a high-end mid-1990s Apple desktop computer notable for its modular design, multiple PCI slots, and use of PowerPC processors aimed at professional and power users.
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E.
Power Macintosh 9600
The Power Macintosh 9600 is a high-end mid-1990s Apple desktop computer known for its expandable tower design, multiple PCI slots, and use of PowerPC processors, making it popular for professional and workstation use.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Macintosh computer
ⓘ
consumer electronics product ⓘ personal computer ⓘ |
| audio |
built-in speaker
ⓘ
mono sound output ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Macintosh LC II
ⓘ
linked to:
Macintosh LC
|
| brand |
Apple
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
|
| colorSupport | 256 colors at 640×480 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| cpu |
Motorola 68030
ⓘ
linked to:
Motorola 68030 microprocessor
|
| cpuArchitecture |
Motorola 680x0
ⓘ
linked to:
Motorola 68000 family
|
| cpuClockSpeed | 16 MHz ⓘ |
| discontinued | 1993 ⓘ |
| expansionSlot | LC PDS slot ⓘ |
| family |
Macintosh LC series
ⓘ
linked to:
Macintosh LC
|
| floppyDrive | 1.4 MB 3.5-inch floppy drive ⓘ |
| formFactor | desktop computer ⓘ |
| fpu | optional Motorola 68882 ⓘ |
| graphicsChipset | built-in Macintosh video (shared RAM) ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Performa 400 ⓘ |
| intendedMarket |
education market
ⓘ
home users ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Apple Computer, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
|
| marketedAs |
affordable Macintosh system
ⓘ
education computer ⓘ home computer ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Mac OS (classic)
ⓘ
linked to:
Classic Mac OS
System 7 ⓘ
linked to:
System 7 (early versions)
|
| platform | classic Mac OS platform ⓘ |
| port |
ADB
ⓘ
SCSI ⓘ floppy disk port ⓘ serial ports ⓘ |
| predecessor | Macintosh LC ⓘ |
| productLine | Macintosh Performa ⓘ |
| ram | 4 MB (standard) ⓘ |
| ramMax | 10 MB ⓘ |
| ramType | 30-pin SIMM ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1992 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| storage | internal SCSI hard disk drive ⓘ |
| storageInterface | SCSI ⓘ |
| successor |
Macintosh Performa 405
ⓘ
linked to:
Macintosh Performa 400
Macintosh Performa 410 ⓘ Macintosh Performa 430 ⓘ |
| supports |
Apple Desktop Bus peripherals
ⓘ
external monitors ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Macintosh Performa 400 Description of subject: The Macintosh Performa 400 is an early-1990s consumer-oriented Macintosh computer based on the LC II design, marketed by Apple as an affordable, all-in-one home and education system.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Macintosh Performa 400
linked to: Macintosh Performa 400