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I am in the possession of a 1994 Power Macintosh. How do I get this thing running?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1413227" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Nope...at least not directly. The Powermac 6100 used SCSI hard drives. If you can find an SCSI to IDE adapter...then you may be able to use those drives. But...a possible other issue may be...the 6100 shipped with a 160 or 250 MEGABYTE HD. So if those IDE drives you have are too large...the 6100 may not know what to do with it (too large).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Maximum OS for this computer is OS 9. So your best bet is to find an OS 9 install CD (e-Bay)...since OS install floppies are going to be next to impossible to find.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm pretty sure it has an ethernet port. Ethernet was pretty much standard on all Mac's by 1994. But the 6100 was the low end model...so ethernet could have been optional.</p><p></p><p>If it doesn't have ethernet...then you will need an ethernet card (probably next to impossible to find)...and once you have ethernet...getting on the internet will be next to impossible or at least very difficult...since you will not be able to find any modern browser versions.</p><p></p><p>You haven't even mentioned how much ram it has. If it needs ram...again...good luck!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Finally. You should know that this computer is worth about $10 bucks...and that's if you can find someone who will pay $10. </p><p></p><p>Hey...nothing wrong with trying to get this computer running...but getting on the internet is not going to be as easy as you think...and financially...you'll be surprised how much money you can sink into this...and in the end...you will have an EXTREMELY slow computer.</p><p></p><p>- For about $20-$25 bucks...you could buy a 1998-2002 400mhz G3 iMac which would run circles around the Powermac 6100. </p><p>- For $30 bucks you could buy a 2001-2002 733mhz Powermac G4</p><p>- and recently...I saw someone purchase a 2003-2004 dual cpu Powermac G5 on e-Bay for $55 bucks!</p><p></p><p>A 2003-2004 dual cpu Powermac G5 compared to a 1994 Powermac 6100...is like comparing a snail to a Saturn 5 rocket!!!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1413227, member: 56379"] Nope...at least not directly. The Powermac 6100 used SCSI hard drives. If you can find an SCSI to IDE adapter...then you may be able to use those drives. But...a possible other issue may be...the 6100 shipped with a 160 or 250 MEGABYTE HD. So if those IDE drives you have are too large...the 6100 may not know what to do with it (too large). Maximum OS for this computer is OS 9. So your best bet is to find an OS 9 install CD (e-Bay)...since OS install floppies are going to be next to impossible to find. I'm pretty sure it has an ethernet port. Ethernet was pretty much standard on all Mac's by 1994. But the 6100 was the low end model...so ethernet could have been optional. If it doesn't have ethernet...then you will need an ethernet card (probably next to impossible to find)...and once you have ethernet...getting on the internet will be next to impossible or at least very difficult...since you will not be able to find any modern browser versions. You haven't even mentioned how much ram it has. If it needs ram...again...good luck!;) Finally. You should know that this computer is worth about $10 bucks...and that's if you can find someone who will pay $10. Hey...nothing wrong with trying to get this computer running...but getting on the internet is not going to be as easy as you think...and financially...you'll be surprised how much money you can sink into this...and in the end...you will have an EXTREMELY slow computer. - For about $20-$25 bucks...you could buy a 1998-2002 400mhz G3 iMac which would run circles around the Powermac 6100. - For $30 bucks you could buy a 2001-2002 733mhz Powermac G4 - and recently...I saw someone purchase a 2003-2004 dual cpu Powermac G5 on e-Bay for $55 bucks! A 2003-2004 dual cpu Powermac G5 compared to a 1994 Powermac 6100...is like comparing a snail to a Saturn 5 rocket!!!;) - Nick [/QUOTE]
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