System 5

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System 5 is an early version of Apple’s classic Macintosh operating system used on machines like the Macintosh Plus in the late 1980s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf classic Mac OS version
operating system
alsoKnownAs System 5
surface form: Macintosh System Software 5
brand Classic Mac OS
surface form: Macintosh System Software
developer Apple Inc.
surface form: Apple Computer, Inc.
distributionMedium floppy disk
includesComponent Finder 5.x
MultiFinder
intendedFor Macintosh Plus era systems
kernelType monolithic kernel
license proprietary software license
operatingSystemFamily Classic Mac OS
Classic Mac OS
surface form: Macintosh System Software
partOfSeries System 5 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Macintosh System Software versions
platform Apple Macintosh computers
surface form: Apple Macintosh

68k Macintosh
surface form: Motorola 68000-based Macintosh computers
predecessor System 4
releasePeriod late 1980s
successor System 6
supportsFeature 32-bit QuickDraw on some models
AppleTalk
surface form: AppleTalk networking

Control Panels
Desk accessories
HFS file system
LaserWriter printing
Menu bar and pull-down menus
Monochrome and early color support depending on hardware
SCSI storage on supported Macs
System file and Finder separation
bitmap-based display
clipboard for copy and paste
cooperative event-driven application model
cooperative multitasking of applications
cooperative multitasking via MultiFinder
floppy disk booting
font management via suitcase files
resource fork-based applications
single-user environment
targetHardwareArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
surface form: Motorola 68000
targetUser personal computer users
usedOnHardware Macintosh II
Macintosh Plus
Macintosh SE
userInterface graphical user interface
userInterfaceStyle desktop metaphor

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

System 5 alsoKnownAs System 5
this entity surface form: Macintosh System Software 5
Macintosh II operatingSystem System 5
System 5 partOfSeries System 5 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Macintosh System Software versions
System 6 predecessor System 5
System 4 successor System 5