OS on a 6500...

#1 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 - 03:35 68kMLA

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...

#2 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 - 04:53 68kMLA

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.

#3 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 - 21:28 68kMLA

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

#4 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 - 21:59 68kMLA

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.

#5 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 - 23:14 68kMLA

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

#6 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 - 02:41 68kMLA

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

#7 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 - 02:48 68kMLA

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...

#8 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 - 07:16 68kMLA

You could put OS X on it...

#9 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 - 16:22 68kMLA

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.

#10 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 - 16:52 68kMLA

You didn't mention how much RAM is in there

#11 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 - 18:24 68kMLA

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

It would be a good proof of concept...

#12 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 - 19:29 68kMLA

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).

#13 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 - 18:06 68kMLA

Would OS 7.6 run on a G3 upgraded machine?

#14 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 - 18:07 68kMLA

Would OS 7.6 run on a G3 upgraded machine?

#15 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 - 18:40 68kMLA

I think so...never tried tho.

#16 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 - 21:19 68kMLA

Yes, 7.6.1 will work on a g3 upgraded machine