On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Gene Osburn wrote:
> > 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....
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present
controls the past." -- Orwell
I still remember the change to Mac Os as beginning with 7.6. I even think
that it manifests itself in the "About this Computer" Box. (Who here
thinks that Apple should change that back to "About this Macintosh"? I do!
Tom
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