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MachTen

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MachTen is a Unix-like operating system built by Tenon Intersystems on the Mach kernel, 4.4BSD, GNU tools and the X Window System. Rather than booting a Macintosh natively the way Apple's own A/UX did, MachTen ran as an application inside classic Mac OS, sharing the host's Hierarchical File System. The original 68000 version shipped in 1991, and a PowerPC version, Power MachTen, followed in 1995. Tenon discontinued the product in October 2001, naming Mac OS X as its successor. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Discontinued 1
Year
1991 1
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Source Wikipedia: MachTen

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Source Wikipedia: MachTen
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1. Wikipedia: MachTen
  • Lead
    Tenon released the original version for Motorola 68000 processors in 1991
  • Lead section
    Tenon released the original version for Motorola 68000 processors in 1991, followed by Power MachTen for the PowerPC architecture in 1995. The product was discontinued in October 2001, citing the successor Mac OS X.
  • Licensed Under: Proprietary Software, Infobox: license
    Commercial, proprietary
  • In Field: Operating Systems, Lead paragraph
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Wikidata: MachTen
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