Apple’s MS-DOS Compatible 486 Macintosh from 1995!

The Power Macintosh 6100/66 DOS Compatible is a fascinating machine. For $2,199 in 1995 you got MS-DOS and Mac OS in one computer, thanks to an Intel 486 and a PowerPC 601 inside! Yeah, mid-90s Apple was rather amusing.

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[ToumalRakesh]

I love how the mac side of things fades in and out, and the dos part just goes PLONK

[ultra_code_]

I love how serious Clint looks in the monitor's reflection.

[captainsoda]

My highschool had one of these! People would install heaps of games on the DOS side, and would switch back to the Mac OS when the teacher walked on by. I remember sneaking into the computer lab at lunchtime to play Raptor Call of the Shadows on this beast.

[carpesolis]

"Hello, I'm a Mac."
"And I'm a PC."

[kevinnel]

"Array of apple adapter aggravation." So nothings changed then haha

[medes]

I remember this for a really specific reason - my mom was a University student at the time and she was supposed to get one of these. She had a grant for it. However when we took delivery, they had switched it out for a regular apple computer (whatever the top of the line was, it was actually a better Mac if I remember right). She ended up having to settle but the reason she needed both was because as an archaeology student, her software needs were spread across both Mac and DOS. She ended up buying a seperate PC to do what she needed. I've always been curious as to what this was actually like. Seeing the limitations, I wonder if it would have even been powerful enough to run her software.

[r.l.royalljr.]

When I was in high school one of my friends had one of these. I got him hooked on a bootleg copy of X-Com that he used to play constantly. One day I found out that you could only get out of the unit detail screen with the right mouse button...which Macs don't have. I don't think he ever forgave me for making him restart that mission.

[AndersEngerJensen]

Haha, we love that you also snuck in a little Planet X3 there! David and I salute you, Sir! 😎💖

[loughkb]

"Like my local city council, that's mostly due to age."

[bebespeaks]

I grew up with this computer in 1995 to 2005. First it was at home then it was at my dad’s office. Always used it for EA games and Edutainment games on cd-rom. Great computer.

[fancypretzel]

"Doubled up on dongles" is just a funny phrase

[whette_fahrtz]

This whole computer feels like a "you got chocolate in my peanut butter" "you got peanut butter in my chocolate" situation.

[flavorfulsoups]

Marvel: ‘Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history.’
Apple in 1995: ‘ *Hold my beer* ‘

[RetroMotiveAdventures]

Omg my dad worked at apple when they made this PC 😂 the department he was leading at the time apparently prevented a production defect from being put out into the actual release system.

[ccf_]

"No Linux"
Is that a challenge?

[dogmeme]

MS and Mac In One Computer... Never thought that happened

[macboysi]

Loved the video! I had one of these in the late 90's, it was first Power Mac that I ever had and it just happened to be a DOS Compatible. I remember being disappointed in the 486 card performance as it was slower than the 33mhz IBM PS/ValuePoint that I had at the time. Nonetheless, as you noted, the combination of both machines in one box was a big deal for me and it became my primary computer for way longer than it should have. I still have the 486 card but I later upgraded that machine with a G3 card and a better video card (still have it after almost 20 years).


It's great to see such a good video on one of these machines.

[theapplechronicles]

As an Apple-aficionado, I got quite a surprise when I saw the title of the video. A really nice surprise! You see, I too have the same card. Here's a few odd things with it I thought are worth mentioning. First, you can pretty much stick it inside any 68040 Mac if you remove the right angle PPC adapter. I have it in a Quadra 950, which has a lot of upgrade options, which means better graphic cards can be used and shared between the two systems. Second, the joystick port is NOT MEANT for MIDI devices. THEY WILL BE DAMAGED IF CONNECTED (basically, there's 5V where midi out should be). My plan is to trace back the midi out signal on the Vibra 16 to add a proper midi out port. Third, could you please upload the floppy images to archive.org or the Mac Garden? Those disks are rare! And as always, keep up the good work!!

[DisplacedGamers]

Haven't seen one of these in action in over 20 years. A friend of mine picked up a DOS card for his Mac back then, and I brought over a few games to try out. The idea that it existed fascinated me, but it was sad to see that most games didn't run very well. I want to say we tried handing off more of his RAM to improve performance but still had quite a few problems. Wow. Thanks for the memories, LGR.

[KyoshoLP]

Holy crap I forgot about this machine. I remember having a conversation with my Computer Science teacher in 6h grade about this thing. I was a PC guy at home, and so was he, but the school only used Macs. He tried to talk the school into getting these when they upgraded the whole computer lab, so he could teach both systems. But apparently they were something like 3 or 4x the cost. It blew my mind that a machine could do both systems, but i never saw it for myself. It became a sort of mythical creature to me.