Kind of OS:proprietary
Release Date:
Current Version: 9.2and X (10.1) NOTE:Mac OS X is not the same as traditional Macintosh, lacking the famousease of use
Cost: System X: $129; System 7.6through 9: $99; System 7.5.5 and earlier: free
HardwareSupported:
- System X: IBM/Motorola PowerPC G3/G4
- System X Server: IBM/Motorola PowerPC G3/G4
- System 9.2: IBM/Motorola PowerPC
- System 9.1: IBM/Motorola PowerPC
- System 9: IBM/Motorola PowerPC
- System 8.6: IBM/Motorola PowerPC
- System 8.5: IBM/Motorola PowerPC
- System 8: IBM/Motorola PowerPC, Motorola 68040
- System 7.6: IBM/Motorola PowerPC, Motorola 68040, 68030
- System 7.0-7.5.5: IBM/Motorola PowerPC, Motorola 68040, 68030, 68020, 68000
- System 1.0-6.0.8: Motorola 68040, 68030, 68020, 68000
680x0 assembly language is discussed in the assemblylanguage section.
MaximumNumber of Processors: 4
Numberof bits: 32
Memorymap:
- Mac Plus memory map
- Mac Plus video memory locations
- Mac Plus sound memory locations
Kernel:proprietary for Mac OS 9 and earlier; BSD UNIX (MACH microkernel) for Mac OS X
POSIX: notsupported by Mac OS 9 and earlier: supported by Mac OS X
Peripherals: “allcurrent Mac hardware, some graphics equipment, and some PC PCI cards” —KristianElof Sørensen
File Systems Supported: HFS+,HFS, MFS (dropped in Mac OS 9), Pro-DOS, FAT, FAT32, VFAT, SMB, ISO 9660,hybrid, CD-i, Video CD, Enhanced CD, Kodak PhotoDisk, audio CD, DVD-Video,DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-R/W, DVD-RAM
Other Systems Emulated:PowerPC only: MS-DOS (with third party Virtual PC), Windows 3.1 (with thirdparty Virtual PC), Windows 95 (with third party Virtual PC or SoftWindows95), Windows98 (with third party Virtual PC or SoftWindows98), Windows ME (with third partyVirtual PC), Windows NT (with third party Virtual PC), Windows 2000 (with thirdparty Virtual PC), Windows XP (with third party Virtual PC), Red Hat Linux(with third party Virtual PC) — see related software
Graphics Engine: QuickDrawfor Mac OS 9 and earlier; Quartz for Mac OS X
Text Command Shell: none(although AppleScript provides some text command line capabilities)
User Interface (graphic): Macintosh ToolBox for Mac OS 9 and earlier; Aqua for MacOS X
Graphic Command Shell:Finder
“On an innovative system like the Macintosh,programs don’t look quite the way they do on other systems. For example,instead of carrying out a sequence of steps in a predetermined order, yourprogram is driven primarily by user actions (such as clicking and typing) whoseorder cannot be predicted.” —Inside Macintosh, Volume I, page I-4