Macintosh Toolbox

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application programming interface software framework system software component

The Macintosh Toolbox was the core collection of system software routines and services that provided the graphical user interface, event handling, and application support framework for the classic Mac OS.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Apple Event Manager APIs 1
Macintosh ROM 1
Macintosh Window Manager 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf application programming interface ⓘ
software framework ⓘ
system software component ⓘ
accessedVia trap instructions ⓘ
architecture 68k Macintosh architecture ⓘ
designGoal simplify application development on Macintosh ⓘ
support a consistent graphical user interface ⓘ
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Apple Computer, Inc.
includes Control Manager ⓘ
Dialog Manager ⓘ
Event Manager ⓘ
File Manager ⓘ
Font Manager ⓘ
Memory Manager ⓘ
Menu Manager ⓘ
QuickDraw graphics system ⓘ
surface form: QuickDraw

Resource Manager ⓘ
Toolbox Utilities ⓘ
Window Manager ⓘ
introducedInYear 1984 ⓘ
introducedWith original Macintosh 128K ⓘ
surface form: original Macintosh
laterSupportedArchitecture PowerPC ⓘ
operatingSystem Classic Mac OS ⓘ
partOf Macintosh Toolbox self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Macintosh ROM

Classic Mac OS ⓘ
surface form: Macintosh system software
primaryLanguage 68k assembly language ⓘ
Pascal ⓘ
provides Macintosh Toolbox self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Apple Event Manager APIs

AppleScript support APIs ⓘ
Color QuickDraw services ⓘ
QuickDraw graphics system ⓘ
surface form: QuickDraw graphics services

application support framework ⓘ
control management ⓘ
dialog management ⓘ
event handling services ⓘ
file management APIs ⓘ
font and text services ⓘ
graphical user interface services ⓘ
memory management APIs ⓘ
menu management ⓘ
printing services ⓘ
resource management ⓘ
sound and music APIs ⓘ
time and date services ⓘ
window management ⓘ
replacedBy Carbon (late transitional API) ⓘ
surface form: Carbon API
supersededBy macOS Cocoa ⓘ
surface form: Cocoa API
supports cooperative multitasking model ⓘ
event-driven programming model ⓘ
resource-based application design ⓘ
usedBy Control Panels ⓘ
Macintosh system extensions ⓘ
classic Mac OS applications ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Classic Mac OS → api → Macintosh Toolbox ⓘ
System 1.0 → basedOn → Macintosh Toolbox ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macintosh system software design
System 3 → includedComponent → Macintosh Toolbox ⓘ
Macintosh Toolbox → partOf → Macintosh Toolbox self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macintosh ROM
QuickDraw graphics system → partOf → Macintosh Toolbox ⓘ
subject surface form: QuickDraw
Macintosh Toolbox → provides → Macintosh Toolbox self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple Event Manager APIs
System 6 → supports → Macintosh Toolbox ⓘ
System 6 → windowSystem → Macintosh Toolbox ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macintosh Window Manager