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Here's what I figured out today. My main issue is the 6500 has limited I/O options with modern Macs. The internal Zip drive is useless if it's the only one. I do own a USB 250 MB Zip drive but the 100 MB Zip can't read it's media. Floppy is out unless I want to move files less than 1.44 MBs...

I have an interesting situation. I blew up my IDE boot drive on my 6500 yesterday. I lost access, to the files and with my limited knowledge, decided to replace the IDE drive with a 'new' one. I found a 300 GB Maxtor IDE drive and used a 6500 recover CD (I recently bought it for just this...

USB Drivers for a PCI Card « on: Yesterday at 10:59:58 PM » Quote Modify Good afternoon all, I hope you can help me. I recently purchased a 6500/300 at VCF Southwest. The Monday after, I got called into HR and was told I'm being laid off. The PowerMac runs very well but is hard to get...

Thanks for that info. I'll look into it.

As I mentioned last week, I purchased a PowerMac 6500/300 at VCF and, among other things, am working on getting it on line. I bought a Realtek RTL8139D PCI networking card for $15.00 and it's arrived. It's now installed and I found this on the Macintosh Repository "The Macintosh Repository...

My goal here is to be able to FTP between the Macs, Apple IIgs and Win 11 PCs on my local network. If I need to work on the internet, then I have my M1 MBP and Dell Win 11 machines. Yeah and to play too. A new question. Is there a browser that runs under 9,1 that handles secure connections...

I found a simpler solution. I have two LC475s, one with the Apple IIe card and the other has a network card. It's easier just to swap the Mac than rip it open to change cards. But would it be possible to use an internal BlueSCSI card with a Pico W to get the 475 on line wirelessly while...

Searching for a compatible networking card for the Power Mac 6500/300 I recently bought at VCF Southwest. Great bridge Mac but no networking. Apple Slot II cards start at $100 and are made with the RTL8139 chip. What I've read online indicates that any PCI networking card made with this chip...

My opinions are mine alone and my interest in sharing this is to generate debate and to spur others to express their opinions. For a long time I avoided the Macintosh because I was pissed at how Apple had terminated the Apple II line after supporting them for so long, giving them the time and...

A quick update. The display in my SE/30 is rock solid with no video or raster noise. Since the CRT is bright and sharp with no burn-in, it's like having a new SE/30. And adding the Booster '030 accelerator, it's much faster and nicer to use. The only downside is slowing it down for games...

Well, thank you all for your insights, explanations and advise. First, I don't care about the cost. This is a hobby and I feel happy when I am looking at or working on my computers. For example, my IIGSes had Transwarp GS accelerator cards that I spent hundreds on when I purchased them (truly...

I find this post interesting and would like to comment. I'm one of those old Television Broadcast Engineers that sill works in the industry (I was recently hired by a local TV station as an engineer at 70 years of age so it's nice to still be wanted professionally)) and was raised...

Good afternoon All, I'm sorry to bother everyone as I'm such a Mac nub but I'm trying to figure out the state of the Mac accelerator world. I have recently gotten back into my retro Macs and bought a pre-2.0 Booster 50-SE30F as it works transparently with my SE/30. I've done some further...

On YouTube, I watched JDW's video on comparing replacement PSUs for the SE and SE/30. He mentions that Apple's main wiring harness wires are 22 AWG instead of 18 AWG. Zigzagjoe had pointed this out and found 18 AWG wires precut to the right length with Molex connectors at Digikey. During this...

Great, thank you both for that information. It helps me a lot. Gerry

I've searched this site for Performa 6218CD Hard Drive replacements but found nothing specific, so I'm posting my question here. If there is a previous post that answers my question, please let me know. Anyway, I bought a used 6218 years ago (with Apple Color Monitor) from eBay but life got in...

I skimmed your link and even though the SE/30 is not mentioned (only the Mac SE) I assume (I hate to assume) the SE/30 and SE do the same thing SCSI termination wise. ---------------------------- For Macintosh Systems with only external SCSI devices connected (you can not install an internal...

Does this include upgrading the ROM code to 32-bit clean? If yes, then I don't have to edit my BlueSCSI disk images to boot properly on my SE/30? Thanks for doing this, Gerry

I'd like to follow up on this as one aspect of the SCSI bus on an SE/30 that has not been clarified yet. I have a BlueSCSI internal console emulator and I can have up to seven (0-6) emulated SCSI devices (HDs, CDs, etc.). In this scenario, the internal MoBo SCSI connector is terminating one...

I would like to thank everyone for your help to get me this far, nathall, thanks for the video, whatever I was doing wrong to open and edit the gusd file worked fine after I saw your video. My Mac SE/30 is now booting from any of the four images on the SDcard with the BlueSCSI desktop card. I...