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Re:USB on a 6400? Or Appletalk to an IMAC? - 2007/10/22 08:13 Try the crossover ethernet cable first and that should take care of transferring files. Here is a good site on networking older Macs.

You can get a PCI USB card for the 6400 but USB on OS 8.6 can be tricky. USB on OS 9.1 is no problems and if you really want to get USB on the 6400 you should upgrade to OS 9.1 and almost anything that runs in OS 8.6 will run fine in OS 9.1. You can run OS 9.2 but not from a 9.2 disk. You need an OS 9.0 - OS 9.1 install disk and can then update from Apple's site to OS 9.1 if it's an OS 9 installer, and if you want to go to OS 9.2 you can using a program called OS 9 forever but there's not much point in going past OS 9.1 on your 6400.

Look for a 2 port USB card and preferably one that has been proven to work in a Mac but most 2 port cards work fine in Macs.

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