Editing System 6 (section)

{{Short description|Sixth major release of the classic Mac OS}}
{{About|the sixth major release of the classic Apple Macintosh operating system|
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{{Infobox OS version
| name = 
| version of = [[classic Mac OS]]
| family=[[Mac operating systems|Macintosh]]
| logo=
| screenshot = Macintosh system 6.0.8.png
| caption = System 6.0.8
| developer=[[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]]
| source_model=[[Closed source]]
| license=Proprietary
| kernel_type = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]]
| first_release_date={{Start date and age|1988|04}}
| release_version=6.0.8
| release_date={{Start date and age|1991|05}}
| release_url={{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020812062805/http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=15582|date=August 12, 2002|title=Macintosh: System Software Version History}}
| preceded_by=[[Classic Mac OS#System Software 5|System 5]]
| succeeded_by=[[System 7]]
| support_status=Historical, unsupported
}}
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'''System 6''' (or '''System Software 6''') is the sixth major release of the [[classic Mac OS]] [[operating system]] for [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]] computers, made by [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]]. It was released in 1988. It is a [[monolithic system|monolithic]] operating system, with [[cooperative multitasking]] based on an improved [[MultiFinder]]. The boxed version cost {{US$|49|1988|about=yes|round=-1}}, and it was included with all new Macintosh computers until 1991, when it was succeeded by [[System 7]].<ref name="macuser">{{Cite magazine |last=Paden |first=Jake |date=November 1988 |title=Now we are six (System Software 6.0 for the Macintosh) |magazine=[[MacUser]] |pages=184}}</ref>