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Macintosh System 6
1988
The consolidated 1988 release, a fast and stable version widely used on the Macintosh SE and II family.
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Reference & documentation
External technical references for programming Macintosh System 6 and for writing emulators.
| Resource | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RFC 1740: MIME Encapsulation of Macintosh Files (MacMIME) ↗ | Format | AppleSingle/AppleDouble and resource fork structure spec |
| CiderPress II: AppleSingle/AppleDouble Format Notes ↗ | Format | Detailed entry IDs, signatures, and fork layout |
| M68000 Family Programmer's Reference Manual ↗ | Instruction set | Official opcode encodings, addressing modes, every instruction |
| Inside Macintosh: Trap Manager ↗ | Interrupt list | A-line trap dispatch: OS and Toolbox traps |
| Guide to the Macintosh Family Hardware (2nd Ed.) ↗ | Memory map | Full 68000 address map: RAM, ROM, VIA, SCC, IWM |
| Inside Macintosh: Macintosh Toolbox Essentials ↗ | Programming | Canonical Toolbox Manager API reference, with assembly summaries |
| All Macintosh ROMs (68K + PPC) ↗ | ROMs | Mac SE and SE FDHD 256K ROM dumps |
| Mac System 6.x disk images - Macintosh Repository ↗ | ROMs | System 6.0 through 6.0.8 bootable floppy images |
| Inside Macintosh: Memory Manager ↗ | Reference | Heap layout, handles, and memory allocation model |
| Inside Macintosh: More Macintosh Toolbox ↗ | Reference | Resource, List, Scrap and additional manager references |
| Capturing a Mac ROM Image (E-Maculation wiki) ↗ | Tool | Dump real SE ROM for emulators |