series of personal computers by Apple

The 75 MHz Power Macintosh 6200 (a.k.a. Performa 6200, 6205, 6210, 6214, 6216, 6218, 6220, and 6230!) was one of the first Macs to use the PowerPC 603 processor. Although the CPU was superior to the older 601, the computer architecture kept performance of the 6200 – and it’s built-in monitor twin, the 5200 – comparable to the 66 MHz Power Mac 6100 .

To save money, Apple based the x200 motherboard on the Quadra 605 with its 25 MHz system bus and 32-bit memory, even though the 603 is a 64-bit chip. Apple also used an 8-bit IDE controller for the hard drive instead of the more expensive SCSI used in earlier Macs. (This is the kind of thinking that had crippled the LC with a 32-bit CPU on a 16-bit bus five years earlier.)

Because of unusual architecture, installing a 25-pin SCSI terminator to the SCSI port (if you have no SCSI devices attached) will improve network stability. Also, if you are using a serial printer and no modem, connect the printer to the modem port to avoid network problems.

Specs (via Low End Mac)

• Cpu: 75 MHz PPC 603
• Bus: network and SCSI run at 10 MHz, RAM and IDE at 22.5 MHz, CPU at 37.5 MHz, graphics at 30 MHz
• Performance: XXX (relative to SE)
• Ram: 8 MB, expandable to 64 MB using 70ns 72-pin SIMMs (two slots, each supports a 4, 8, 16, or 32 MB SIMM), 32-bit memory bus, installing RAM in pairs of identical speed gives slightly more efficient performance
• Rom: 4 MB
• L2 Cache: 256 KB
• Hard Drive: 1 GB IDE
• Video: thousands of colors at 640 x 480, 256 at 832 x 624
• Vram: 1 MB, not expandable
• Gestalt Id: 42
• Adb: 1 port for keyboard and mouse
• Scsi: DB-25 connector on back of computer
• Weight: 19 pounds
• Cd-Rom: 4x
• Sound: may have 8-bit or 16-bit (if capacitor C255 is present, motherboard has 8-bit sound)
• Microphone: standard 3.5mm minijack, compatible with line-level input including Apple’s PlainTalk microphone
• See: Online resources and links for the Power Mac 6200 (Performa 6200)
• Internal Hd Format: Cannot See IDE Drives (Apple Knowledge Base 18360) notes that due to changes in the way modern IDE drives are formatted at the factory, early versions of Apple HD SC Setup (ones that come with System 7.5.1 and earlier) will not recognize them. You should boot System 7.5.2 or later and use Drive Setup 1.0.3 or higher with these drives.