The Macintosh startup sequence for Apple Macintosh computers, or Macs, includes hardware tests and diagnostics which can trigger the startup chimes or...
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Mac (computer) (redirect from Macintosh computer)
computers designed and marketed by Apple since 1984. The name is short for Macintosh (its official name until 1999), a reference to a type of apple called...
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The Macintosh, later rebranded as the Macintosh 128K, is the original Macintosh personal computer from Apple. It is the first successful mass-market all-in-one...
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The Macintosh Portable is a portable computer that was designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from September 1989 to October 1991. It...
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error at startup, there was the sound of a car crashing. Apple also released a PC-compatible model of the 6100/66 called the Power Macintosh 6100 DOS...
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glockenspiel bars but with resonators Macintosh startup chime, the sound a Macintosh computer makes on startup Warning chime, a sound used in machinery...
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Old World ROM (category Macintosh operating systems)
Macintosh Toolbox as an Open Firmware device. These machines are set to boot from this device by default, thus starting the normal Macintosh startup procedure...
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Classic Mac OS (redirect from Macintosh System Software)
the Macintosh family of personal computers by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1984 to 2001, starting with System 1 and ending with Mac OS 9. The Macintosh operating...
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The Macintosh Toolbox implements many of the high-level features of the Classic Mac OS, including a set of application programming interfaces for software...
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System 7 (redirect from Macintosh System 7)
extensions that are loaded at startup to support Macintosh models introduced since the last OS revision. Cannot run on Macintosh 512Ke. Personal File Sharing...
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System 1 (redirect from Macintosh System 1)
The Macintosh "System 1" is the first major release of the classic Mac OS operating system. It was developed for the Motorola 68000 microprocessor. System...
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mathematical concept Unhappy triad, a knee injury Unhappy Mac, a legacy Macintosh startup screen "Unhappy Countess", an alternative name for Mary Bowes, Countess...
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Mac OS 8 (redirect from System 8 (Macintosh))
is the eighth major release of the classic Mac OS operating system for Macintosh computers, released by Apple Computer on July 26, 1997. It includes the...
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MacOS (redirect from Apple Macintosh OS X)
Happy Mac icon — which had appeared during the Mac OS startup sequence since the original Macintosh — was replaced with a grey Apple logo. Mac OS X v10...
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Mac operating systems (redirect from Apple Macintosh OS)
original Macintosh System Software. The system, rebranded Mac OS in 1997, was pre-installed on every Macintosh until 2002 and offered on Macintosh clones...
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Mater. Cruz's portable treadmill makes the Macintosh startup sound when turned on. Coco The first Apple Macintosh computer can be seen in an office from the...
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Booting (redirect from System startup)
boot loaders Linux startup process Macintosh startup Microreboot Multi boot Network booting RedBoot Self-booting disk Windows startup process CrowdStrike...
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The TAM featured a unique startup chime that was made exclusively for this model, and was not used on any other Macintosh models. The TAM was only released...
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Mac OS X Jaguar (redirect from Macintosh OS X Jaquar)
SMB. The Happy Mac startup icon that was introduced with the original Macintosh was replaced with a grey Apple logo. The gray startup screen was used up...
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HyperCard is a software application and development kit for Apple Macintosh and Apple IIGS computers. It is among the first successful hypermedia systems...
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System 6 (redirect from Macintosh System 6)
is the sixth major release of the classic Mac OS operating system for Macintosh computers, made by Apple Computer. It was released in 1988. It is a monolithic...
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Hard Disk 20 (category Macintosh peripherals)
The Macintosh Hard Disk 20 is the first hard drive developed by Apple Computer specifically for use with the Macintosh 512K. Introduced on September 17...
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Hierarchical File System (Apple) (redirect from Macintosh HFS)
specifically to support Apple's first hard disk drive for the Macintosh, replacing the Macintosh File System (MFS), the original file system which had been...
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Silicon Valley (redirect from Startup heaven)
headquarters of more than 30 businesses in the Fortune 1000, and thousands of startup companies. Silicon Valley also accounts for one-third of all of the venture...
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Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW) is a software development environment for the Classic Mac OS operating system, written by Apple Computer. For Macintosh...
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briefly on all compatible Macintosh computers as a grey Apple logo with a spinning cursor that appears during the startup sequence. The program is freely...
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Finder (software) (redirect from Macintosh Finder)
graphical user interface shell used on all Macintosh operating systems. Described in its "About" window as "The Macintosh Desktop Experience", it is responsible...
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Sosumi (category Macintosh operating systems user interface)
alert sound introduced by Apple sound designer Jim Reekes in Apple Inc.'s Macintosh System 7 operating system in 1991. The name is derived from the phrase...
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archetype of surrealistic humor in the corporate culture of the original Macintosh group, particularly as the mascot of Apple’s Developer Technical Support...
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Macintosh system, the boot process includes loading a bootstrap loader from ROM, loading the Process Manager stored in the boot blocks of the startup...
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