(Late reply for the confused stragglers: The thread was originally titled "Can 8500 do 7", with the first post also referencing 7. That's why the first reply asks about 8, which m…

Perfect. I've stopped using the OS 9 hard drive ( the other drive has Tiger ) after upgrading from OS 8.6 to OS 9 only because OS 9 would not get along with many of my audio/midi …

The 8500 Shipped with OS 7.5.x. I don't recoomend 7.5.2 but anything 7.5.5 or later (7.6.1 and 8.1 are perfect for a stock 8500) will do nicely. On G3 equipped 8500 I go for OS 9.1…

Yep, not a problem. The PowerMac 8500 is supported by Apple to run any version of Mac OS from System 7.5.2 to Mac OS 9.1, including Mac OS 8.0, 8.1, 8.5, 8.5.1 and 8.6. (of course…

You mean Mac OS 8? Sure. A 9600 can even still do 7.x, the last Power Mac that could.

I can not recall if the 8500 can do 8.

Yes the cable that i ordered is '8 pin MiniDIN on each end'.thank you very much for your help Bunsen.

cable(s) / to connect the midiman to performa 6116(Serial: 2 Mini DIN- 8) Click to expand... 8 pin MiniDIN on each end. Click to expand... connect the roland mt-32 to …

Ok i ordered a 8-pin cable male to male. Another question. Is it possible to connect the roland mt-32 to imac g3 with a usb midi cable (for mac 9)?

The DB25 connector on the old Macs IS NOT a serial port! It is a SCSI port, and connecting a non-SCSI cable/device could potentially damage the system. The 8-pin round ports are th…

i bought a cable for connecting the midi interface with the mac. It is a 'Macintosh Modem Cable 3' DB25 M to 8-pin MiniDIN'. It features DB25 male connector with locking screws on …

Hi! I have 64 MB(3x?) ram sticks for PM 8500 and processor upgrades 604-233 MHz and G4-400MHz Click to expand... Excuse me for barging into this topic: Do you still have the R…

cable(s) / to connect the midiman to performa 6116(Serial: 2 Mini DIN- 8) Click to expand... Mac serial cable aka Mac printer or modem cable aka LocalTalk/AppleTalk cable. 8 p…

Now i have a macman midiman and a roland mt-32 but with no cables. What type of cable(s) do i need to connect the midiman to performa 6116(Serial: 2 Mini DIN- 8) and the roland mt…

OS9 flies on a G4. The only thing that's slow is building the file system when it boots if you have a lot of files. I have one G4 with a couple of 1 TB drives and OS X installed al…

OS 9 on my 1.25GHz MDD dual G4 screams, even though it is effectively only using one CPU under OS 9.

i don't have a laptop but i can tell you that if you are only going to do text editing or things like that, on my 450mhz G4 desktop OS 9 is very fast for things like that.....also …

I am now the owner of a 1GHz TiBook. What I'm curious about is, it has a 1GHz G4 and can boot into OS9 (pretty nifty), although I hadn't played much around in OS9 (just got it and…

Thanks. Got it. Also, Apple has an article on how to check firmwware version: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2568?viewlocale=en_US (Now I found out I don't have the latest firmw…

Try running Apple System Profiler. It should show you the firmware revision on the first screen. John

I have a iBook G3 Clamshell Special Edition ( 466 MHz with Fireware port and DVD drive), running OS X 10.3.9. Is there a way to check which version of firmware I have on it? Accor…

Hi! I have 64 MB(3x?) ram sticks for PM 8500 and processor upgrades 604-233 MHz and G4-400MHz

You'll need at least 32MB RAM for OS 9 to even start (even then it hugs virtual memory). Stalling at the same place every time at boot up = (in my experience) a dodgy CD or optica…

I have no idea. It originally shipped with *shudders* 16 MB of RAM, but I don't know if the previous owner upgraded it or not. I'd really prefer to run System 7 or OS 8 if possible…

First off, how much RAM? That could be why OS 9 is choking.