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Mac OS X Server

also: MXS

See also: Macintosh, Macintosh OS X, Rhapsody, and NeXT

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Macintosh OS X (ten) Server is a desktop operating system based on Rhapsody. Macintosh OS X Server is being made by Apple Computer and will run on Motorola/IBM PowerPC.

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Macintosh OS X Server is essentially Rhapsody 2.0 optimized for Apple’s PowerPC computers, a high powered UNIX^† with the friendly face of the Macintosh.

    “Forget a dual operating system strategy. In his keynote address at Apple’s 1998 Worldwide Developer Conference, Steve Jobs, Apple’s interim CEO, says all the company’s operating system plans are converging into one entity: Mac OS X (10), due next year.
    “Mac OS 8 and Rhapsody will be the “parents” of Mac OS X, due the third quarter of 1999. [NOTE: These dates have slipped to first quarter 2001.] The best parts of Rhapsody will be integrated into the Mac OS to make it a modern operating system.
    “Mac OS X will be targeted for G3 systems and their predecessors; all shipping products will run Mac OS X. It will be 100% PowerPC native; all 68k code will be excised. The upcoming OS is slated to have protected memory, enhanced virtual memory (with no more fixed size heaps), preemptive multitasking, fast networking, and fast file I/O. It will also run Mac OS 8 compatible applications transparently.” —Dennis Sellers, “The X-Files: Rhapsody, Allegro + Sonata = Mac OS 10”^e30

“Mac OS X the biggest leap in the Mac OS since 1984, bringing it into new territory, but bringing all of us and current applications with it.” —Steve Jobs^e30

Intended purpose

server/mainframe: small to medium scale servers

desktop/workstation: workstations (for those with UNIX familiarity)

handheld: not appropriate

real time: not appropriate

Kind of OS: proprietary UNIX^†

Release Date: first quarter 1999^e30

“A beta of Mac OS X is due in the first quarter of 1999 with a commercial product due in the third quarter. Allegro (Mac OS 8.5) will be released in September; an Allegro tweak (probably Mac OS 8.6) will come out in the first quarter of 1999, and Mac OS X will hit the streets in the third quarter of 1999.” —Dennis Sellers, “The X-Files: Rhapsody, Allegro + Sonata = Mac OS 10”^e30 [NOTE: These dates have slipped to first quarter 2001.]

Current Version: Mac OS X Server 1.2

Cost: $499 (Mac OS X Server)^p1

Hardware Supported: IBM/Motorola PowerPC G3

Maximum Number of Processors:

Number of bits: 64

Kernel: MACH^e75 (microkernel)

POSIX: compatible^e49

“I expect there’s some work to port a Unix app to MacOS X, especially one that uses any of the Unix System-V APIs. BSD-flavored apps should port easily to MacOS X. Of course, the windowing systems of Unix and MacOS X are completely different, so don’t expect to easily port any X-windows apps.” — Steve Byan^e59

Peripherals:

File Systems Supported:

preferred file system: HFS+ (NRWF), UFS (NRWF)
file systems can read/write/format: HFS (DRWF), FAT (RWF)
file systems can read/write: FAT32 (RW), VFAT (RW), UFS (RW), DVD-R (RW), DVD-R/W (RW), DVD-RAM (RW), SMB (through SAMBA)
file systems read only and can write through optional software: ISO 9660 (Rw), CD-i (Rw), VCD (Rw), ECD (Rw), PD (Rw), CD (Rw), DVD-Video (Rw), DVD-ROM (Rw)

Other Systems Emulated: MS-DOS (with third party Virtual PC), Windows 3.1 (with third party Virtual PC), Windows 95 (with third party Virtual PC or SoftWindows95), Windows 98 (with third party Virtual PC or SoftWindows98)

Graphics Engine: Enhanced QuickDraw

Text Command Shell: UNIX shells

User Interface (graphic): Macintosh ToolBox

Graphic Command Shell: Finder

Disabled support:

Internet Services:

Businesses and organizations with servers powered by Mac OS X Server: Apple Computer (also uses Solaris)^w52

http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP “Internet Software Consortium DHCP Server, Client, and Relay agent” freely redistributable tools: source builds on most Unix platforms, Mac, NeXTStep, and Rhapsody.

Application Programs:

Security:

Other:

“From the WWDC98 charts, Mac OS X’s CoreOS is essentially a Mach system kernel (mk7.x + other advancements) with a POSIX-like system interface very similar to *BSD-lite servers (which includes sockets), IOKit, VFS file system interface (a BSD 4.4 thing), and AppleTalk.” —Tuan Truong^e49

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Last Updated: March 20, 2002

Created: June 22, 1998

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