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{{short description|Apple III operating system}} {{distinguish|text=Apple [[Emergency call|Emergency SOS]]}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2010}} {{Infobox OS |name=Apple SOS |logo= |screenshot=[[Image:SOSBootOnMess.png]] |caption=Boot screen |website= |developer=[[Apple Computer]] |family=SOS |source_model=[[Closed source]] |released={{start date and age|1980|01}} |latest_release_version =1.3 |latest_release_date={{start date and age|1980|01|01}} |marketing_target= |language= |kernel_type=[[Monolithic kernel]] |ui=Full screen [[text mode]] |license=Apple Software License Agreement |working_state=Discontinued |supported_platforms=[[Apple III]] |updatemodel=Manual |package_manager= }} The '''Sophisticated Operating System''',<ref> {{cite web|first=Steven|last=Weyhrich|url=http://apple2history.org/history/ah15.html#SOS|title=DOS 3.3, ProDOS & Beyond|date=7 July 2001|at=SOS/PRODOS|work=Apple II History|access-date=2008-09-26|quote=The operating system designed for the Apple III computer was called "SOS". This title arose from the Apple III's code name, "Sara", which itself came from the name of the daughter of engineer Wendell Sanders.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917065143/http://apple2history.org/history/ah15.html#SOS|archive-date=17 September 2008|url-status=dead}} </ref> or '''SOS''' ({{IPAc-en|s|ΙΛ|s}}),<ref name="refmanual">{{cite book|url=http://www.1000bit.it/support/manuali/download.asp?id=662|title=Apple III SOS Reference Manual|volume=1|first=Reed|last= Don|publisher=[[Apple Computer]]|format=PDF|year=1982|access-date=2009-10-28|quote=This manual describes SOS (pronounced "sauce") the Sophisticated Operating System of the Apple III.}}</ref> is the primary [[operating system]] of the [[Apple III]] computer. SOS was developed by [[Apple Computer]] and released in October 1980. In 1985, [[Steve Wozniak]], while critical of the Apple III's hardware flaws, called SOS "the finest operating system on any [[microcomputer]] ever".<ref name="byte198501">{{cite journal |title=The Apple Story / Part 2: More History and the Apple III |journal=BYTE |publisher=UBM Technology Group|location=United States|volume=10|number=1|issn=0360-5280|oclc=637876171|date=January 1985 |author-last1=Williams |author-first1=Gregg |author-last2=Moore |author-first2=Rob |page=167 |type=interview |url=https://archive.org/details/BYTE_Vol_10-01_1985-01_Through_The_Hourglass/page/167/mode/1up}}</ref>
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