OS on a 6500...

[juan123]

hey what OS would u put on a 6500 with a 400mhz G3 upgrade? OS 9.1 or 8.6?

I'm thinking 8.6? With OS 9.1 its slowww...

 

[Unknown_K]

It would be a heck of an OS 7.6.1 or OS 8.1 machine.

IDE interface is slow as heck, so is the SCSI (meant for zip drives).

Unless you need USB support I would skip 8.6.

 

[Bunsen]

os9forever.com will help you upgrade it to 9.2, which has some advantages over 9.1

 

[tomlee59]

It all depends on what apps you want to run. For decent multimedia support, 8.6 is pretty attractive (maybe 8.1 is ok), so that's what I used to run on my 6500.

 

[Byrd]

I'm surprised it's so slow, have you upgraded the hard disk to a nice cheap 7200RPM model? OS 9.1 on my 6500 (128MB/40GB Seagate 7200/G3 400Mhz) runs a treat.

JB

 

[Unknown_K]

The ide port on the 6500 is not DMA capable I think.

 

[juan123]

I do have a 20gb HD that runs at 5400RPM... Its great but I want the machine to be the fastest it can be with what I have. I wish I had more than 64mb of RAM, but boy its hard to find...

 

[MrMacPlus]

You could put OS X on it...

 

[Dennis Nedry]

You could put OS X on it...

The 6500 isn't really an optimal OS X machine.

Unsupported, but in progress. The main problem is that SCSI and Ethernet are not working, which makes installation difficult. Also, will not work with Mac OS X 10.3 or later, because of 603 CPU.

 

[Bunsen]

You didn't mention how much RAM is in there

 

[MrMacPlus]

The 6500 isn't really an optimal OS X machine.

It would be a good proof of concept...

 

[tomlee59]

With only 64MB of RAM, stay with a pre-X OS, of course. Even with lots of RAM, OS X on that machine (upgraded though it is) would likely be a frustrating experience. So, unless you absolutely need OS X to run some precious app, and can also beef up the RAM, stick with 8.something (for example).

 

[MrMacPlus]

Would OS 7.6 run on a G3 upgraded machine?

 

[MrMacPlus]

Would OS 7.6 run on a G3 upgraded machine?

 

[juan123]

I think so...never tried tho.

 

[Unknown_K]

Yes, 7.6.1 will work on a g3 upgraded machine