Fresh Hacker News | Testing Mac OS on the Apple Network Server 2.0 ROMs

88 points by zdw 1 day ago | 1 comment

▲kergonath 13 hours ago

It’s "Mac OS", not "macOS", or even "MacOS" (which is the title on the actual page).

That said, this is some serious wizardry. I wish I had one of these to play with.

▲cmg 12 hours ago

This is correct, and interestingly enough in one of the screenshots, the OpenFirmware prompt says "To continue booting the MacOS" too.

▲tolerance 13 hours ago

▲kergonath 13 hours ago

Pre-OS X (what actually runs in the blog post) it was Mac OS. Then, it was Mac OS X. The first version styled macOS was 10.12 Sierra in 2016.

▲tolerance 12 hours ago

> in the blog post

sigh

Of course.

▲gsnedders 6 hours ago

Apple’s own style guide says to use the name of the appropriate release: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/applestyleguide/apsg72...

▲kccqzy 13 hours ago

That’s anachronistic. For example you’d say macOS Tahoe but Mac OS X Leopard and Mac OS 9.1.

▲geerlingguy 9 hours ago

And going back a little further, I believe it was "System 7.5.5" etc. until Mac OS 8.5 or so?

▲fzzzy 9 hours ago

I think Mac OS 7.6 was the first to have the branding

▲gnerd00 8 hours ago

the "two face" logo.. the reference was, the logo could be a single face, or a face in the distance with a second as profile in front. IIR

▲flomo 6 hours ago

Reflection of the happy user's face on the monitor, engaging in pleasing human-computer interaction.

▲QuantumNomad_ 10 hours ago

While we are on the subject it is also worth pointing out additionally:

When saying Mac OS X, it’s pronounced Mac OS ten, not Mac OS ex.

▲bombcar 9 hours ago

"Mac? Oh, Sex!" is how everyone pronounces it. Very few people "properly" say Mac Oh Ess Ten.

▲TazeTSchnitzel 5 hours ago

No, that's what perverts do with the Darwin native executable format.

▲zdw 12 hours ago

The HN story autoformatter changes titlecase on well known terms, which I'm betting is what happened here.

▲pjmlp 5 hours ago

Yeah, but then you have about 5 minutes time to change it to whatever what you want.

▲kergonath 12 hours ago

Yeah, I assumed as well.

▲ 13 hours ago