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The Motorola StarMax was a line of licensed Macintosh clones produced by Motorola Information Systems Group in 1996 and 1997. They used versions of Apple's Tanzania motherboard, which was designed to use standard IBM PC compatible components in addition to Apple-proprietary components then in common use in the Power Macintosh family. StarMax computers featured SVGA video ports rather than the proprietary port Apple used at the time, and PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports in addition to ADB.[1] The motherboard was also capable of using manual-eject floppy drives, though Motorola disabled this functionality and shipped the computers with software-eject drives.[citation needed]
The StarMax line was discontinued on 11 September 1997[2] after Apple terminated the Macintosh clone license program that year.[3] The StarMax's termination resulted in strained relations between Motorola and Apple[4] and later Motorola's expulsion from the AIM alliance.[citation needed]
- ^ Bortman, Henry (December 1996). "Motorola MacOS Clones". MacUser. Vol. 12, no. 12. pp. 33–34.
- ^ Linzmayer 2004, p. 256.
- ^ Girard, Kim (15 September 1997). "Apple Clone Makers Shut Out". Computerworld. Vol. 31, no. 37. p. 16.
- ^ Carlton, Jim (April 14, 1998). "Jobs Makes Headway at Apple, But Not Without Much Turmoil". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2019.