Classic Mac

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Technical details

The Macintosh Project's development started in late 1979, and was originally intended to be a low-end portable 8-bit computer.[1] Starting in 1981, the Macintosh (and the Lisa, which was being developed at the same time) became influenced by the design of Xerox's Alto and Star. The prototype Macintosh was revamped into a 16/32 bit system, its OS was originally created on the Apple II, ported onto the Lisa for further development and incorporated code from the Apple ///'s OS. It was completed in late 1983, and shipped in 1984.

The Mac OS, retroactively called "Classic" since OSX's release, lasted longer than originally intended. It was meant to have a successor in the mid 90's (first Copland, then Taligent), but ultimately lasted until the end of 2001, with OSX supporting it until 2006.