> On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Eric L. Strobel wrote:
>
> > on 3/27/01 1:57 PM, Tom Rymes at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you so much to all of the people who replied to my request for OS 7.6
> > > (Not 'System 7.6' as someone pointed out) <smirk>
> >
> > Ummm... I don't think Apple started using the term 'Mac OS' until OS 8. So
> > saying System 7.6 is just fine.
To which Tom "wisely" replied:
> Well, saying 'system 7.6' is just fine. (In fact I prefer 'system' to
> MacOS...it's just not as good from a marketing perspective) Anyway, Apple
> technically began referring to The Mac Os and 'Mac OS' with the release of
> 7.6. As proof, I offer the following TIL file:
>
> http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n20800
>
> It's the MacOs 7.6 ReadMe File.
Tom,
I think it may help to remember that there's a difference between what you may find in
Apples's Tech Info Library, and events in the real world....
In 1997, every new Mac and clone shipped with System 7.6 or 7.6.1, and all System CD's
of that era are marked as "System 7.x" instead of "Mac OS" - at least every one that
I've ever seen with my own eyeballs.
Sounds to me as if someone at Apple has decided to do a little retroactive
record-keeping....
--
Gene, a.k.a. G-Man
Friends don't let friends do Windows....
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