System 7 (early versions)

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classic Mac OS version operating system

System 7 (early versions) is an early 1990s generation of Apple’s classic Mac OS that introduced features like virtual memory, personal file sharing, and improved multitasking to Macintosh computers.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
System 7 12
Mac OS 7.6.1 2
Macintosh System 7 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf classic Mac OS version ⓘ
operating system ⓘ
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Apple Computer, Inc.
fileSystem HFS ⓘ
includedComponent Control Panels ⓘ
Extensions ⓘ
Finder ⓘ
System file ⓘ
initialReleaseYear 1991 ⓘ
introducedFeature 32-bit clean memory addressing (on suitable hardware) ⓘ
AppleEvents ⓘ
AppleScript ⓘ
Drag and Drop (in later 7.x) ⓘ
Publish and Subscribe ⓘ
Macintosh Finder ⓘ
surface form: System 7 Finder

TrueType font support ⓘ
aliases ⓘ
balloon help ⓘ
color icons ⓘ
improved multitasking ⓘ
personal file sharing ⓘ
virtual memory ⓘ
kernelType cooperative multitasking ⓘ
license proprietary software license ⓘ
majorVersionNumber 7 ⓘ
networkingTechnology AppleTalk ⓘ
notableChangeFromPredecessor dropped support for some early 68000-based Macs in later 7.x versions ⓘ
integrated MultiFinder into the system ⓘ
notableEarlyVersion System 7 (early versions) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: System 7.0

System 7.0.1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
System 7.1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
System 7 (early versions) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: System 7.1.1 (System 7 Pro)
operatingSystemFamily Mac OS NERFINISHED ⓘ
platform Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ
surface form: Macintosh
predecessor System 6 ⓘ
ranOnHardware Macintosh II series ⓘ
Macintosh LC series NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macintosh Quadra series NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Power Macintosh models ⓘ
releaseDate 1991-05-13 ⓘ
successor Mac OS 8 ⓘ
supportedArchitecture Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
PowerPC ⓘ
targetUser creative professionals ⓘ
education market ⓘ
personal computer users ⓘ
userInterface graphical user interface ⓘ
userInterfaceStyle desktop metaphor ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

SimpleText → includedWith → System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 7
System 7 (early versions) → notableEarlyVersion → System 7 (early versions) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: System 7
this entity surface form: System 7.0
System 7 (early versions) → notableEarlyVersion → System 7 (early versions) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: System 7
this entity surface form: System 7.1.1 (System 7 Pro)
Apple Macintosh Performa series → operatingSystem → System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 7
Macintosh Classic → operatingSystem → System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 7
Macintosh II → operatingSystem → System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 7
Macintosh LC → operatingSystem → System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 7
Macintosh Plus → operatingSystem → System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
Macintosh Portable → operatingSystem → System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 7
Macintosh Quadra → operatingSystem → System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 7
Performa 5200CD → operatingSystem → System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 7
Power Macintosh series → operatingSystem → System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 7
Macintosh SE/30 → os → System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 7
Macintosh SE/30 → os → System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 7.6.1
Macintosh SE/30 → osMaxVersion → System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mac OS 7.6.1
Mac OS 8 → predecessor → System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 7
System 6 → successor → System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: System 7
AppleTalk → usedBy → System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macintosh System 7