System 1.0

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Classic Mac OS version operating system

System 1.0 is the first version of Apple's original Macintosh operating system, introducing the early graphical user interface that defined the Classic Mac OS.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Mac System Software 1.0 2
System 1.1 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Classic Mac OS version ⓘ
operating system ⓘ
architecture Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
surface form: Motorola 68000
basedOn Macintosh Toolbox ⓘ
surface form: Macintosh system software design
codename System 1.0 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mac System Software 1.0
company Apple Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Apple Computer, Inc.
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Apple Computer, Inc.
distributionMedium 3.5-inch floppy disk ⓘ
fileSystem MFS ⓘ
historicalSignificance first public release of Macintosh system software ⓘ
helped popularize graphical user interfaces on personal computers ⓘ
includedWithHardware original Macintosh 128K ⓘ
initialReleaseDate 1984-01-24 ⓘ
introducedWithProduct original Macintosh personal computer ⓘ
license proprietary software license ⓘ
memoryManagement no memory protection ⓘ
multitaskingModel cooperative multitasking (limited) ⓘ
notableFeature desk accessories ⓘ
drag-and-drop with mouse ⓘ
early desktop GUI that defined Classic Mac OS ⓘ
icon-based file management ⓘ
menu bar at top of screen ⓘ
single menu bar shared by applications ⓘ
operatingSystemFamily Classic Mac OS ⓘ
operatingSystemKernelType monolithic kernel ⓘ
platform Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ
surface form: Apple Macintosh

Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
surface form: Motorola 68000
precededBy Lisa OS ⓘ
primaryInputMethod keyboard ⓘ
mouse ⓘ
releaseYear 1984 ⓘ
succeededBy System 1.0 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: System 1.1

System 2.0 ⓘ
supportsColor no ⓘ
supportsCommandLineInterface no ⓘ
supportsFileSystem Macintosh File System ⓘ
supportsMultitasking no preemptive multitasking ⓘ
supportsNetworking no built-in networking ⓘ
targetHardware original Macintosh 128K ⓘ
surface form: Macintosh 128K
userInterface desktop metaphor ⓘ
graphical user interface ⓘ
userInterfaceElement icons ⓘ
menus ⓘ
mouse pointer ⓘ
windows ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

System 1 → alsoKnownAs → System 1.0 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac System Software 1.0
System 1.0 → codename → System 1.0 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac System Software 1.0
System 1.0 → succeededBy → System 1.0 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 1.1