System Software (0-6) System 3.x
In 1984 Apple Computer unveiled their Macintosh. It included a new user interface that revolutionized the way people though about computer interaction. Originally referred to as simply "Macintosh System", the underlying OS was a single-tasking disk system for the Motorola 68K CPU. Significant changes were made in MacOS 7.x.
The Macintosh originally came bundled with a Guided Tour of Macintosh, MacWrite, MacPaint, and a Tour of MacPaint and MacWrite.
Release notes
System 3.0, Finder 5.1 was introduced with the Mac Plus. Officially added HFS, added 800K startup drives, support for SCSI, and AppleShare. This system disk was also used with the Mac 512Ke. System 3.x was packaged as the "System Tools" and "Utility" v1.0 and v1.1 disks for each Mac model.
System 3.1, Finder 5.2 was only released on a Printer Installation disk. Apple intended to package System 3.1 Finder 5.2 with the first Macintosh 512Ke machines, but due to a bug they used the original Macintosh Plus System Tools disk instead. System 3.1 Finder 5.2 was never released as a system disk.
Mac System 3.2, Finder 5.3 included mostly minor changes. Apple release separate System Tool bundles for the Mac 128/512 with 400k drive, the 512Ke, the Plus, and HD 20. This is the last version to support the Macintosh 128k.
Mac System 3.3, Finder 5.4 only released with AppleShare Workstation 1.0 disks. Adds AppleShare networking. Mac System 3.3, Finder 5.5 only released with AppleShare Workstation 1.1 disks. Mac System 3.4, Finder 6.1 only released with AppleShare Workstation 2.0 disks, and specific to the Macintosh 512Ke.
Information
- Product type
- OS
- Vendor
- Apple
- Release date
- 1985
- Minimum CPU
- m68k
- User interface
- GUI
- Platform
- MacOS
- Download count
- 125 (20 for release)
Apple Mac OS (System 3.0 Finder 5.1) (System Tools 1.0 Mac Plus) (Jan 1986) (3.5-800k)