Obscure Mac OSes

Not an OS, but a transitional technology: Carbon

Apple Hardware Support

If you have a vintage machine and want to run something unique on it, or if you want to run one of these OSes on real hardware and are trying to decide what machines to keep an eye out for, this list should help:

| | Cop | Be | Rhap | Serv | Beta | | ----------- | --- | --- | ---- | ---- | ---- | | 4400 | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | 5200 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | 5400 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | 5500 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | 6100 | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | 6200 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | 6300 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | 6360 | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | 6400 | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | 6500 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | 7100 | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | 7200 | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | 7300 | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | | 7500 | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | 7600 | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | 8100 | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | 8200 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | 8500 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | | 8600 | ❌ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | | 9500 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | | 9600 | ❌ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | | Beige G3 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | | B&W G3 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | | iMac G3 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | | G4 PCI | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | | G4 AGP | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | | G4 Gigabit | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | | G4 DAP | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | | G4 Quick | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | | G4 MDD | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | | eMac (orig) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | | iMac G4 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | | G4 Cube | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |