Power Macintosh 6200 |
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Specifications:
Processor: PowerPC 603 running at 75 MHz
Memory:
8 to 16 MB of RAM expandable to 64MB using 80ns 72-pin SIMM chips,
and 1 MB VRAM.
Drives:
a 1.44 MB SuperDrive floppy drive, 1GB IDE HD, and an internal
AppleCD 600i 4x CD-ROM drive.
Expansion:
1 PDS slot, 1 Comm slot, 1 Video-In slot, and bay for Apple TV/Video
System. Included microphone, GV Teleport internal modem.
Ports:
an ADB port, 1 SCSI port, a modem and printer port, and microphone
and speaker ports.
Display:
could display either 16-bit color at 640x480 or 8-bit color at
832x624.
Operating Systems:
Mac OS: 7.51, 7.53, Allegro and Sonata.
Rhapsody:
Yellow Box for Mac OS.
Windows:
3.1-95 with Apple's DOS Compatibility card installed or NT via
emulation.
OpenStep:
all versions (commonly 4.2) via emulation or Apple's DOS Compatiblity
card.
ProDOS:
ProDOS 8 via emulation or IIe PDS card.
GS/OS:
System 6.01 via emulation.
Interesting Facts:
The 6200 series indeed has two serial ports, but as I learned
the hard way, one (the modem port) was originally covered by a
plastic seal. Apple seemed to think that since the 6200s included
an internal modem that nobody would need this port so they sealed
it. The problem is, if you wanted to install a new external modem,
you couldn't. Even if you took the cap off, the modem port was
dead. It turns out that if you have a modem installed in the Comm
port, the modem port is disabled. The modem port is only enabled
again once you uninstall the internal modem that came with your
computer!
Resources and Related Links:
Creative Computer's MacMall
catalog.
Perfoma 6200 entry at EveryMac.
David Pogue's and Joseph Schorr's Macworld
Mac SECRETS.
Picture from A History
of Apple Computers.