Hi Carolyn in Missouri,
The problem is, I doubt if your computer would know what to do with a HP5150 Deskjet Printer attached with a USB 2.0 PCI card. For your computer, first you need to have a printer driver (a special program that you install in the extensions folder inside your system folder) for any printer that you use. That way you will be able to see that printer listed in the Chooser (under the Apple Menu) and then pick that printer (choose it) from the list of printers shown. Even if you do have a printer driver for a Macintosh and that printer, I doubt if your computer would be able to find that printer via the path of PCI card to USB 2.0.
Long before I tried to put USB 2.0 in your PowerMac 6500, I would be looking for a different printer. Can you swap the printer you got for a older Mac compatible one perhaps from eBay?
Doug Hogg
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:14:34 -0500 Subject: USB 2.0 possible for PowerMac 6500? From: Carolyn Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi, geniuses!
One of our classroom computers is a PowerMac 6500, running OS8.6. It's really old, but still works fine for our purposes (severely handicapped children). My problem is getting a printer for this computer, as the printer port on it is what I thought was a "serial" port, i.e., round and similar (same as?) to the Apple ADB port. Since all our technology requests have to go through some tech whiz employed by the state, and who is definitely windoze-centric, I was sent an HP5150 deskjet printer and a serial-to-usb adapter. Unfortunately, the "serial" part of the adapter is nothing like the "serial" printer port on my 6500, as it's oblong and the pins are in two straight rows. So, I was thinking about getting a USB PCI card for the 6500, so I could just get a USB cable for the printer and not have to fool with adapters. The printer needs USB2.0, according to it's instructions. Will this ancient computer work OK with USB2.0? I know I'll have to download a USB enabler from Apple's website since the computer does not have USB built in; but I don't want to mess with it - and be out-of-pocket for this - if it won't work properly. Anyone out there know about the capabilities of the old 6500? Is an adapter a better way to go? And where I might fine such an adapter? Thanks for any help.
Carolyn in Missouri
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