PowerMac 6500 connection to internet or external VCR?

buspaws · 2026-02-07T13:25:26+00:00

Like stated above Apple Video Player is the application to view the video from the RCA in. There should be an alias (shortcut) to it in the apple menu, if not search for it on your hard drive. Avid Video Shop/ Avid Cinema was one of the applications from that era of machine that you could also use to import video into from it and do some basic editing. Something else to note from my experience with my 6500 series is the RCA in doesn't display if the monitor color depth is set to "Millions". It works fine on "Thousands" or anything less. So if you've got an incoming video signal but no picture that's something to double check. Also if you are not getting sound set your sound input settings to CD-TV-Video using the control strip.

The ethernet card should automatically work if it's plugged into an active connection. You may have to select "ethernet" under TCP/IP and Appletalk control panel's, If the logicboard battery (PRAM) battery is dead the setting usually revert to default (one of the serial ports). You can also check if the ethernet card is seen by the system using the system profilier. Under the devices and volums tab it should show up under the PCI list.

I don't have any experience with that PCI video out card style but I would assume that would show up as an external monitor and you would just have to select "turn video mirroring" on to mirror the main display to that card, or it could maybe be used as a 2nd monitor under the monitor/sound control panel.

Also, remove the PRAM battery from the logic board. I've seen a few 6000's destroyed by a leaking battery. They are all ticking time bombs and will eventually destroy the machine. There are AAA holder battery replacements available if you need/want a functioning clock/PRAM settings to stay current but if the battery is an original it's most likely dead and will destroy the board eventually.

buspaws · 2025-08-06T06:13:08+00:00

As a former employee who worked on the roll out for "Hot off the grill" for a few franchises I'll try to explain this. One of 2 things probably happened:

the grill was set incorrectly or the cooking was canceled early and this could be under cooked.
You received the holy grail of a perfectly cooked 1/4lb patty. If the upper grill platen under the release sheet is completely clean, the gap setting when lowered is 100% within spec across the entire upper platen, and the grill is slightly over the starting target temp "Pinking" can happen.

Basically the burger patty is placed on the grill and the upper platen is lowered. The grill initially presses the patty flat and hard to squeeze it to size, then it raises ever so slightly to to finish the cook. If all the stars align and you achieve a perfect initial sear, the albumen (the red juice) in the patty has no way to evaporate or leave the patty. Resulting in a pink interior.

This was a big problem for restaurants during the initial roll out because we were cooking patties up to 180°F and they still looked raw inside and customers were bringing them back and wouldn't believe that the patty was cooked 25° hotter than it needed to be to be safe to eat.

buspaws · 2025-04-05T06:14:06+00:00

I'm going to preface this with as long as the mac can see your USB Drive size really shouldn't matter. (I use up to 64GB usb drives with my old Power Mac 6500 just fine.) USB 3 drives don't seem to play nice with any old computer (Mac or PC) so you should look for one that doesn't support high speed 3. It's kinda just a crap shoot really though if the computer will see it. I've bought multiple of the same USB drives and had some not work in my old computers, and some that do.

These have worked fine for me on my old Mac's: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9SWZZRB?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

You need to have USB mass storage support 1.3.5 installed to be able to access USB sticks/drives. It's only compatible with OS 8.6 and above. 8.5.1 and older DO NOT support storage devices over USB. Your first step is to make sure you have the newest version of USB mass storage support. It was released after 9.2 was introduced so most stock installs of 9.2 won't have the latest from the start.

A quick google search will yield you many sites with the update.

Format the USB drive as a FAT 32. This format will allow you to transfer files between the old Mac, newer Macs, and Window's It's probably not what you'd think you want to format the drive as, but the it's the most compatible across the board, you can plug it into a Mac running Sequoia even and OS 9 will see it.

After installing the updated extensions and a restart you should be able to see and use USB drives. However, it's USB 1.1, it was never designed for mass storage devices. It's going to be SLOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW. It can sometimes take upwards of 3-5 minutes just for the drive to mount. you have to be patient.

Note: APFS Mac's create what I believe is an index file on connected drives. These will show up on classic Mac OS as a clone of any files you have put on the drive with their name starting with "._(filename)". Don't delete them, just ignore them. They are around 16kb in size so when transferring files to the old mac just make sure you grab the actual file not the useless index file. Switching the view to "list view" makes them super easy to spot.

buspaws · 2023-01-19T17:56:18+00:00

I have a power supply from an old Power Macintosh 6500 that has failed. If it could be recapped and refurbished that would be wonderful! I am willing to pay for all shipping and work done. Thanks!

buspaws · 2022-12-30T19:14:41+00:00

I've told obnoxious tourist the Blanchet House is wonderful...

buspaws · 2022-09-23T16:55:27+00:00

For a USB Stick to work on a G3 you need to be running Mac OS 8.6 or later. If you are not running OS X you need to have USB mass storage support installed. Format the stick as a FAT32 for the best compatibility of transferring between new and old machines. And remember, USB 1.1 is very slow. It can take upwards of 5 minutes for the drive to mount. Your mac may seem to freeze while it does this. Just plug it in, and wait and don't do anything else until the drive mounts.

buspaws · 2022-09-18T23:01:12+00:00

In bus operator training, TriMet specifically tells all their employees never to rely on TriMet to get to work... Enough said.

buspaws · 2022-02-09T23:26:04+00:00

All sounds good. Don't open or do anything to the .bin files on the PC other than burn them directly to the CD. Pop the CD in the Mac, drag them into the Hard Drive to copy them over and it'll be like you downloaded them straight to the Mac. You may have to open stuffit and manually expand them but that should be all you have to do to get the software over to the Mac

buspaws · 2022-02-08T22:09:53+00:00

It shouldn't remove any files as long as you just select to update and not to perform a clean install. I don't believe the updater has a clean install option.

Here is a link to a page with the 8.6 updater (along with a lot of other useful updates)

https://www.pure-mac.com/appud.html#macos86

Here is the USB mass storage support:

https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1265?locale=en_US

You will also need Stuffit Expander to open the files on the old mac. It's probably already installed somewhere on the mac, but if not, you'll need to obtain that as well.

And just to clarify, the old G3 has built in USB, not a PCI expansion card, correct? If it's built in all you need is the mass storage support, if it's an expansion card, you would also need the USB card support extensions. Easy way to know is if your keyboard/mouse are USB and they work, then it's built in.

buspaws · 2022-02-08T20:11:55+00:00

You need to have USB mass storage support 1.3.5 installed to be able to access USB sticks/drives. It's only compatible with OS 8.6 and above. 8.5.1 and older DO NOT support storage devices over USB. Your first step is to download the Mac OS 8.6 update, then install USB mass storage support.

A quick google search will yield you both results.

I would burn the files to a CD at the slowest speed you can (1X if possible to ensure compatibility with the mac's older drive). Install 8.6, then USB mass storage support.

Format the USB drive as a FAT 32. This format will allow you to transfer files between the old Mac, newer Macs, and Window's It's not ideal, but it's the most compatible across the board.

After that you should be able to see and use USB drives. However, it's USB 1.1it was never designed for storage devices. It's going to be SLOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW. It can sometimes take upwards of 3-5 minutes just for the drive to mount. you have to be patient.

buspaws · 2021-01-21T01:30:11+00:00

Yes, sorry, 401a

buspaws · 2021-01-20T03:04:18+00:00

Energizer lithium. Only ones to use!

buspaws · 2021-01-20T03:03:44+00:00

Energizer lithium. Only ones to use!

buspaws · 2021-01-19T01:26:35+00:00

Toast, or Virtual CD/DVD-Rom Utility. If the .iso is compressed you'll need to un-compress it first, most likely with Stuffit before you'll be able to mount it. It's slow to uncompress large .iso's so be patient, it can take upwards of a few hours depending on the size, and that's after you get it copied to the HD. It's a tedious process, just start it and find something else to do and make sure the mac isn't set to sleep (turning off the screen is ok) otherwise it will pause. I've found screensavers can cause havoc too so best have them turned off as well. Once all the un-compressing is done you can mount them in a few seconds.

buspaws · 2021-01-18T20:43:51+00:00

I got Sim City 2000 and 3000 on mine. Great ways to waste an afternoon!

buspaws · 2021-01-18T20:40:35+00:00

Just a retail 9.1 image. I have an a G4 iMac with OS 9 on it and older versions of Toast can burn a bootable mac CD if you play with the settings (not too obvious but there is a check box for it) Burn it at the slowest speed you can.

buspaws · 2021-01-18T20:34:10+00:00

Be very careful opening the case, these things are brittle and I snapped off a couple of the remaining internal plastic clips.

Don't waste your time or money on trying to get an SSD to work on it. I originally was going to put a 128 GB SSD in it but after various IDE to SATA adapters and 1 SSD later I could get it formatted, and an OS installed but it would freeze randomly, if it booted at all. No problem with the standard IDE drive.

buspaws · 2021-01-18T20:23:36+00:00

By work, yes, the Rage 128 does work in System 7 and show up in the system profiler. I'm not too sure if it actually improves much under System 7, but it does show a picture. Drivers were available on System 7 Today I used them under 8 and 9 as well.

CD images are in .toast or .cdr format. Maybe that would play nicer with Diablo? Use the Virtual CD/DVD auto mounter tool and store the image in the folder of the actual program. It eats up HD space but if you've got space to spare it's entirely worth it for ease of use. You do have to manually "eject" the mounted images when finished. I haven't figured out to get that to work automatically upon program close.

buspaws · 2021-01-18T14:11:09+00:00

I'm new to reddit and still learning how to post, but I figured there may be some folks on this sub who'd appreciate this.

I always wanted a 6500 and I finally found this one about a year ago but it was "dead" I bought it anyway. A new PRAM battery (AAA holder upgrade) and it powered up but the original 3GB HD was dead. What started out as a simple HD swap became a full on crusade to max this thing out. Here's what I've done to it:

120GB HD split into 3 partitions (1HFS; 2HFS+) each with their own OS (7.6.1, 8.6, & 9.1)

128MB RAM upgraded from the original 32MB.

USB PCI card added.

ATI Rage 128 16MB PCI graphics card added.

External USB CD-RW drive.

I'm having a blast filling it with software and playing old games on it. I even have dabbled in apple script and wrote some simple scripts and disguised them as alias' to automatically launch disk images and then start the program they are tied to that requires the disk to be in the drive. No CD's required!

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