System 3

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System 3 is an early version of Apple’s classic Macintosh System Software, used on mid-1980s Macs such as the Macintosh Plus.

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System 4 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Macintosh operating system
classic Mac OS version
company Apple Inc.
surface form: Apple
companyCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
designedFor WIMP interface (windows, icons, menus, pointer)
developer Apple Inc.
surface form: Apple Computer, Inc.
distributionMedium floppy disk
fileSystem HFS
MFS
genre system software
historicalEra mid-1980s personal computing
includedComponent Control Panel
Desk Accessories
Finder
Macintosh Toolbox
kernelType monolithic kernel
license proprietary software license
multitaskingModel cooperative multitasking
networkingSupport AppleTalk
surface form: AppleTalk (via extensions and later updates)
notableFor supporting the Macintosh Plus feature set
operatingSystemFamily Classic Mac OS
surface form: Macintosh System Software

Classic Mac OS
surface form: classic Mac OS
platform Apple Macintosh computers
surface form: Apple Macintosh

68k Macintosh
surface form: Motorola 68000-based Macintosh computers
predecessor System 2
primaryInputMethod keyboard
mouse
successor System 4
supportedProcessorArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
surface form: Motorola 68000
supports QuickDraw graphics system
bitmap graphics
single-user environment
targetHardware Macintosh 512K
surface form: Macintosh 512Ke

Macintosh Plus
original Macintosh line
usedOn Macintosh Plus
mid-1980s Macintosh computers
userInterface Macintosh Finder
surface form: Macintosh desktop metaphor

graphical user interface

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this entity surface form: System 4
System 4 predecessor System 3