Systems Report (January 1997)

Mac OS 7.6 (Harmony)

• Press Release: http://product.info.apple.com/pr/press.releases/1997/q2/970107.pr.rel.macos76.html
• Feature List: http://macos.apple.com/macos/releases/7.6/7.6features.html
  • New Installer 1.0
  • Revised Virtual Memory
  • Extensions Manager 4.0
  • Finder 7.5.6>
  • Open Transport 1.1.1 (includes AppleTalk & TCP/IP
  • LaserWriter 8.4.2
  • Desktop Printing 2.0.2
  • ColorSync 2.1.1
  • Apple Guide 2.1.1
  • QuickTime 2.5
  • CD-ROM Set up 5.3.1
  • PC Exchange 2.1.1
  • Mac OS Easy Open 1.1.3
  • Open Transport PPP 1.0
  • OpenDoc 1.1.2
  • Apple OpenDoc Essentials Kit 1.0.1
  • Cyberdog 1.2.1
  • QuickDraw 3D 1.0.6
  • QuickDraw GX 1.1.5
  • Text-to-Speech 1.5
  • Apple Remote Access (ARA) 2.1
  • Energy Saver 2.0.3
  • Apple System Profiler 1.1.2
  • Multiprocessor Support
  • Dataviz MacLink Plus 8.1
  • AOL version 3.0
  • Apple Internet Connection Kit (AICK) 1.2
• Pricing and Availability:
  • Mac OS 7.6 is scheduled to ship in the U.S. Jan. 31, 1997.
    • $99 US for CD
    • $129 US for floppy
    • Current System 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.5.2, 7.5.3, or 7.5.5 users upgrade:
      • $69 US for CD
      • $99 US for floppy

Mac OS 7.7 (Tempo)

• To be released in mid-1997
• PowerPC-native multi-threaded Finder
  • This means the system can execute multiple tasks (launch applications and copy files) at the same time
• new 3d appearance
• other user interface enhancements
• integrate CyberDog 2.0 and Mac OS Runtime for Java
• personal web sharing (every mac to be an Internet web server)

Mac OS Rhapsody

• Launched to developers in mid to late 1997
• Launched to Customers within 12 months
• Features:
  • Preemptive multitasking
  • Symmetric multiprocessing
  • Protected memory
  • Modern kernel
  • New API (Application Programming Interface) based on NeXTís OPENSTEP
  • Compatibility with exisitng Mac OS applications and hardware

Mac OS 7.8 (Allegro)

• No information

Mac OS 7.9 (Sonata)

• No information

Future Plans

• Eventual Plan is to have the Mac OS and the Rhapsody OS merge together

• Unified release of Rhapsody and Mac OS in mid-1998

Picture from Apple Computer

Check out the MUGORS Systems Page for more information!