System 6
Sixth major release of the classic Mac OS / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the sixth major release of the classic Apple Macintosh operating system. For other uses, see System 6 (disambiguation).
System 6 (or System Software 6) is the sixth major release of the classic Mac OS operating system for Macintosh computers, made by Apple Computer. It was released in 1988. It is a monolithic operating system, with cooperative multitasking based on an improved MultiFinder. The boxed version cost US$49 (equivalent to about $130 in 2023), and it was included with all new Macintosh computers until 1991, when it was succeeded by System 7.[2]
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Version of the classic Mac OS operating system | |
Developer | Apple Computer |
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OS family | Macintosh |
Source model | Closed source |
Released to manufacturing | April 1988; 36 years ago (1988-04) |
Latest release | 6.0.8 / May 1991; 33 years ago (1991-05)[1] |
Kernel type | Monolithic |
License | Proprietary |
Preceded by | System 5 |
Succeeded by | System 7 |
Support status | |
Historical, unsupported |
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