Thursday, June 25, 2009

Mac OS and its history

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Mac OS, which means the Macintosh Operating System, or Macintosh Operating System , is a system for Apple computers operation Apple Macintosh computer. Mac OS is the first operating system that uses the graphic user interface (Graphical User Interface - GUI). Macintosh troops, including Bill Atkinson, and Jef Raskin Andy Hertzfeld.

There are various views and how the Macintosh built where the original idea began. Although the relationship between the Macintosh and projects in the Xerox PARC Alto has broad say record in history, the beginning of Sketchpad by Ivan Sutherland in the Talian and System (On-Line System) by Doug Engelbart no less importance. View History GUI, and Apple v. Microsoft.

Apple deliberately humble existence operating system in the early occurrence of the Macintosh Macintosh seems to make more user friendly and large than other systems such as MS-DOS, which is described as miraculous (arcane) and spread the technical. Apple Macintosh want a system described as "continue to work" when you turn on

Version

Macintosh Operating System was originally known as the System, such as "System 6.0.7" or "System 7". At the beginning, also known as Box Tools "Toolbox" contains a set of routine expert that may be used to replace the link to the computer equipment itself.

Justify the description of this application is written for a Mac-generation system used on the next generation, for example: from the Mac Plus to Mac II, to the Powerbook, the Power Macintosh. Initially, Apple deliberately obscure existence of this operating system for distinguishing the Mac than other systems such as MS-DOS, which is described as more difficult to use proportionate Mac. Terms such as "system" and "box toll (the toolbox)" is an easy way to refer to respectful Macintosh operating system and API so shun the use of technical terms (technical jargon). So that the occurrence of the G3 era system (known as engine "new world"), part of the system are stored in physical ROM on the main board, and system components on the cakera add, override (override) or improve the routine ROM. The goal is to eschew the use of too much space savings in a tough cakera limited endorsement for the system, because the Mac computer that does not have begun cakera hard. Actually only one model of Mac that can run (bootable) using the ROM only, the Mac Classic 1991 model.

System 7.5.1 is the first system to enter the Mac OS logo (smiling face (smiley face) in blue). Mac OS 7.6 (which was issued in 1996) is the first system, called Mac OS because of "clone-clone" the Mac, the system is almost similar than other organization like Power Computing and Motorola, and Apple would clearly tells that the system is operating own intellectual property rights.

Mac OS system can be divided into two types:

Mac OS "Classic", the system was originally issued for the first Mac in 1984 until Mac OS 9.
Mac OS X (the letter "X" is called the top ten, namely the Roman nombor) later. Mac OS X include elements of BSD Unix, OpenStep, and Mac OS 9. Low stage system principle, which Darwin berasaskan Unix, is open source.

Mac OS Classic

Mac OS classic known as a system that does not have any command line (command line); is a system that uses the face of the graphic user (IU) completely. Happy to be recommended for use, this system is also criticized for using a multi-joint task (Cooperative multitasking), lack of memory management, and additional tendency connection. "Extra" that is added to the operating system, to provide additional functions - such as a series of work (networking) - or endowment to certain equipment. Some additional connections may not work correctly between one another or may be necessary, by a certain sequence to follow. Complete the additional problem may be Mac OS cuba jaya a process that takes a long time.

Mac OS also introduces Fail System Hierarchy (Hierarchical File System), as an innovative way preparation fail. Fail on a DOS or Unix is the purpose of the temple (bytes), which requires the application to know where the temple of the kod and represent a portion of which represents a graph or other data, Fail Mac has two different part. In addition to the cuaran data, which is the temple of recycling, there is also the root of cuaran resource fork contains the data that had already been prepared as the menus, graphics, sound, and the segment kod. One application may fail just does not have any sources that contains the data. Fail text may not contain the text in the data declaration and stail on the source, so the application does not recognize the declaration stail can still read the text that is stored. Although this rule has some advantages, the Mac OS can not be used with the systems operation that does not use the Mac OS system, for example, when things fail to copy from Mac to DOS or Unix, the root of about to removed.

Towards the end of the 1990s, we realize that the technology has been the era of the 1980s has been through life, with the existence of the systems operation multitask new, more stable.

Mac OS X

Main plan Mac OS X

Mac OS X memory management to bring Unix-style and pre-emptive multitasking to the Mac platform. Memory management is far better to allow more perisian run simultaneously and almost eliminate the possibility of something other content overthrow content. He is also a Mac OS petama enter referral line, although can not be seen except when users fill swing "terminal".

Many Mac OS peminat receive the original OS X, but there are some who criticize the more difficult and less intimate than the Mac OS user's home network.

Mac OS technology

QuickDraw: architectur draftsman imaging model that gives the market the first block WYSIWYG
Finder: antaramuka to navigate the filesystem and smooth application
MultiFinder: the first version that drives more than one run simultaneously perisian
Chooser: a tool to achieve the network resources (eg, enable AppleTalk)
ColorSync: technology to ensure the appropriate color equation
Mac OS memory management: how to deal with the Mac RAM and virtual memory before the switch to the UNIX
Emulation by Motorola PowerPC 68000: how the Mac handles arkitektural transition from CISC to RISC (see Mac 68K emulator)
Desk Accessories: fill a small "helper" that can be run in conjunction with any other contents, before the emergence MultiFinder or System 7.
PlainTalk: synthesis technology our knowledge and our knowledge castigation Mac-Roman: set script

Star Trek Project

One interesting aspect of the history of the Mac OS Classic is: it is one prototaip mysteries unknown general who commenced in 1992 Apple was named a Star Trek Project kod. Matlamat this project is to create a version of Mac OS may work on a computer generally harmonious x86-Intel. This project does not stand a long time, it was canceled after only one year being in 1993 because political innards. However, troops made the successful projects this contents such as the Macintosh Finder and application basis, such as Quicktime to function as smoothly on the PC.

Although contents Star Trek has never been, emulator third-party Macintosh, such as vMac, Basilisk II, and Executor, allow finally possible to run the Classic Mac OS x86 computers generally. Emulator-emulator is limited emulation line process 68,000, and thus can not run Mac OS versions more recent than the 8.1 that require prosesor PowerPC. This current, a PC emulator such as pear has emerged that is capable of emulation prosess PowerPC required by the latest version of Mac OS (like Mac OS X). However, it is still early in the ranking and the emulator-emulator like others, tend to run more slowly than natif OS.

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