Operating Systems

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* Apple II
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* [[Apple I]]
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** [[Apple II DOS]]
 
** [[ProDOS]]
 
** [[ProDOS]]
* Apple III
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* [[Apple III]]
 
** [[Apple SOS]]
 
** [[Apple SOS]]
* Apple Macintosh
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* [[Apple Macintosh]]
 
** [[MacOS]]
 
** [[MacOS]]
 
** [[OS X]]
 
** [[OS X]]

Revision as of 15:44, 13 June 2021

Software > Operating Systems

Operating Systems are what make computers do what they do, managing their resources and overseeing input, output, and data storage and retrieval. They form a platform on which applications software (programs, apps, programming languages, etc.) runs. Operating systems (or OSs) can be proprietary or free, closed or open source, and specific to one manufacturer's hardware or portable between multiple hardware platforms.

A category of particular interest to fans of nonproprietary software are those OSs that are developed independently of a closed proprietary system and allow the use of software originally developed for those systems to run without them. Ideally as well as being binary compatible at the user level, they are also driver compatible (allowing the use of older hardware as well).

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Proprietary OSs

Mainframe

Minicomputer / Server

Personal computer

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Free OSs

Nonproprietary OSs emulating proprietary ones

(see also Emulation Software)

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