A/UX
Sign in to saveA/UX is a Unix-based operating system from Apple Computer for Macintosh computers, integrated with System 7's graphical interface and application compatibility. It is Apple's first official Unix-based operating system, launched in 1988 and discontinued in 1995 with version 3.1.1. A/UX requires select 68k-based Macintosh models with an FPU and a paged memory management unit (PMMU).
Key facts
- OS.working_state
- Historic
- OS.name
- A/UX
- OS.screenshot
- Apple Unix with Netscape.png
- OS.caption
- A/UX 3.0.1 with Finder, CommandShell, and Netscape
- OS.developer
- Apple Computer
- OS.source_model
- Closed source
- OS.latest_release_version
- 3.1.1
- OS.kernel_type
- Monolithic kernel
- OS.license
- Proprietary
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- A-UX Apple OS.png
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- software version identifier
- 3.1.1
- inception
- 1988-02-01
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A/UX is a Unix-based operating system from Apple Computer for Macintosh computers, integrated with System 7's graphical interface and application compatibility. It is Apple's first official Unix-based operating system, launched in 1988 and discontinued in 1995 with version 3.1.1. A/UX requires select 68k-based Macintosh models with an FPU and a paged memory management unit (PMMU).
Its foundation is UNIX System V Release 2.2, with features from Releases 3 and 4 and from BSD versions 4.2 and 4.3. It is compliant with POSIX and System V Interface Definition (SVID), and includes TCP/IP networking since version 2. Having a Unix-compatible, POSIX-compliant operating system enabled Apple to bid for large contracts to supply computers to the U.S. federal government.