What is Mac OS X Server 1.x (Rhapsody)?

The following is sourced from: Wikipedia

Mac OS X Server 1.0, released on March 16, 1999, is the first operating system released into the retail market by Apple Computer based on their acquisition of NeXT. It followed the Rhapsody series of developer releases of what was to be known as Mac OS X. Although OS X Server 1.0 had a variation of the Platinum "look and feel" from Mac OS 8, it is based on the OPENSTEP (and thus, NeXTSTEP) operating system instead of the classic Mac OS, giving users a preview of the future operating system Mac OS X. It was replaced by a version based on Mac OS X v10.0 in 2001.

Several releases of Mac OS X Server.

Version	Code name	Date	OS name
Mac OS X Server 1.0	Hera1O9	March 16, 1999	Rhapsody 5.3
Mac OS X Server 1.0.1	Hera1O9	April 15, 1999	Rhapsody 5.4
Mac OS X Server 1.0.2	Hera1O9+Loki2G1	July 29, 1999	Rhapsody 5.5
Mac OS X Server 1.2	Pele1Q10	January 14, 2000	Rhapsody 5.6
Mac OS X Server 1.2 v3	Medusa1E3	October 27, 2000	Rhapsody 5.6

 

Developer tools: WebObjects 4.0.1 .TOAST image (392.97 MB)

See also: Mac OS X Server "Rhapsody" universal (PPC + Intel x86) developer releases

Download Mac OS X Server 1.x (Rhapsody) for Mac

Architecture

IBM PowerPC

System Requirements

From Mac OS 10.0 up to Mac OS 10.0

Compatibility notes

Architecture: PPC only

At least 64MB of RAM

The following is sourced from: Apple

Computer Model	Mac OS X Server Version
	1.2v3
Power Macintosh G3 All-In-One	yes
Power Macintosh G3 Mini Tower	yes
Power Macintosh G3 Desktop	yes
Macintosh Server G3	yes
Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White)	yes
Macintosh Server G3 (Blue and White)	yes
Power Mac G4 (PCI Graphics)	yes
Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics)	yes
Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)	yes
Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio)	no
Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver)	no
Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002)	no
Macintosh Server G4	yes
Power Mac G4 Cube (all models)	no
iMac (all models)	no
eMac (ATI Graphics)	no
eMac (original model)	yes
iBook (all models)	no
PowerBook (all models)	no

 

Important: Only the computers explicitly marked "yes" meet the system requirements for Mac OS X Server. Apple provides technical support only for hardware-software combinations that appear on this list.  Mac OS X Server 1.x is not compatible with any computer released in or after January, 2001.

Notes

• 1. The ATTO UL3D SCSI card is not supported in Mac OS X Server 1.2v3.
  2. This refers to Macintosh Server computers concurrent with or earlier than the latest Power Mac G4 hardware generation indicated for a particular version of Mac OS X Server, for example: "(AGP Graphics)" or "(QuickSilver)."

Use on Unsupported Computers

Because software developers sometimes must use older computers with developer releases or need to demonstrate their software using PowerBook computers, Apple has allowed for Mac OS X Server to be installed on certain unsupported computers. Services are only qualified for use on the supported computers listed above by version. If you use Mac OS X Server in an unsupported configuration in a production server environment, performance, reliability, and functionality may all be significantly degraded.

 

Version 1.2v3 had those limitations:

- Mac OS X Server 1.x is not compatible with any computer released in or after January, 2001.

- FireWire does not work.

- Detects USB devices on only one of your computer's USB ports at a time. To use a USB mouse, connect it to your keyboard or only connect a USB hub to one of your computer's port and plug all of your devices on the hub.

- If you receive a message indicating that your machine is unsupported, select the options from the drop down menu above indicating that you wish to attempt to install anyway.

- You should only choose to partition space on a drive you can wipe completely because reverting the rhapsody partition is unsupported in OS 8-9 as well as most, if not all, versions of OS X > 1.2v3

Emulating this? It could probably run under: QEMU