6500 av cards

#1 Mon, 11 May 2009 - 02:22 68kMLA

Are the av cards (TV mostly) for the 6500 etc. compatible with those for the LC630 etc.?

#2 Mon, 11 May 2009 - 02:37 68kMLA

Are you referring to the S-video/Composite output that fits in the monitor-out slot?

I've tried it with the 6200 and it worked for the most part. I think there are a few flukes when using it with other systems, primarily dealing with reoslutions and colors.

#3 Mon, 11 May 2009 - 02:51 68kMLA

All AV cards and TV/FM cards are compatible with every other Mac that has the same slots which is 580, 63x, 640, 52xx, 5300 (not PowerBook), 5400, 6400, 5500, and 6500.

Peace,

Drew

#4 Mon, 11 May 2009 - 03:02 68kMLA

There are two versions of the card. One has a long blue connector (looks like an internal IDE connector) and the other one has a shorter black connector (looks like a PC floppy connector). The connectors, I don't think were ever used.

The blue connector card is newer. The black connector card is older.

#5 Mon, 11 May 2009 - 06:19 68kMLA

Actually, Mike, the connectors were used. The older ones (Rev. A/B, from memory), had the shorter connector for use with the Apple MPEG System (an LC PDS MPEG Decoder). The newer ones (Rev. C/D from memory) had the longer connector which was used with the Avid Cinema card that was an optional extra for the 6400, if i recall.