Editing System 6 (section)

==Compatibility==
System 6 was officially supported by Apple for many different machines, some of which shipped with it. Some unsupported Macintosh computers can run it with limitations.<ref name="versionmatrix"/><ref name="PowerBook100">{{Cite web |date=November 30, 1994 |title=PowerBook & Macintosh Classic II: No Support for System 6 |url=http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=9140 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426172351/http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=9140 |archive-date=April 26, 2012 |access-date=May 3, 2008 |publisher=[[Apple Inc]]}}</ref>

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! style="background:#ececec; width:100px"|Macintosh Model
! style="background:#ececec; width:100px"|Model Date
! style="background:#ececec; width:110px"|6.0.8<ref name="versionmatrix">{{Cite web |date=September 10, 1997 |title=System Software: Version Matrix, System 6.0.x to 7.0.1 |url=http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=18046 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020617204047/http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=18046 |archive-date=June 17, 2002 |access-date=March 12, 2022 |publisher=[[Apple Inc]]}}</ref>
! style="background:#ececec; width:110px"|6.0.7<ref name="versionmatrix"/>
! style="background:#ececec; width:110px"|6.0.5<ref name="versionmatrix"/>
! style="background:#ececec; width:110px"|6.0.4<ref name="versionmatrix"/>
! style="background:#ececec; width:110px"|6.0.3<ref name="versionmatrix"/>
! style="background:#ececec; width:110px"|6.0.2<ref name="versionmatrix"/>

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! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh 128K|128K]]
| rowspan=2 |1984
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}

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! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh 512K|512K]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}

|-
! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh 512Ke|512Ke]]
| 1986
| {{yes}}<ref name="512Ke">{{Cite web |date=March 14, 2002 |title=Macintosh 512Ke: Technical Specifications |url=http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=112166 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020817201011/http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=112166 |archive-date=August 17, 2002 |access-date=March 12, 2022 |publisher=[[Apple Inc]]}}</ref> 
| {{yes}}<ref name="512Ke"/>
| {{yes}}<ref name="512Ke"/>
| {{yes}}<ref name="512Ke"/>
| {{yes}}<ref name="512Ke"/>
| {{yes}}<ref name="512Ke"/>

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! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh XL]]
| 1985
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}

|-
! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh Plus|Plus]]
| 1986
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}

|-
! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh SE|SE]]
| 1987
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}

|-
! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh SE/30|SE/30]]
| 1989
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}

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! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh Classic|Classic]]
| 1990
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref name="ClassicROM">{{Cite web |date=November 19, 1990 |title=The System in the New Machine |url=http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-031.html#lnk1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503173021/http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-031.html#lnk1 |archive-date=May 3, 2008 |access-date=May 4, 2008 |publisher=TidBITS Publishing Inc.}}</ref>
| {{no}}

|-
! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh Classic II|Classic II]]
| 1991
| {{yes}}: 6.0.8L<ref name="6.0.8L">{{Cite web |date=August 17, 1995 |title=System 6.0.8L: ReadMe File (8/95) |url=http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=10863 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426172514/http://support.apple.com/kb/TA28558?viewlocale=en_US |archive-date=April 26, 2012 |access-date=May 3, 2008 |publisher=[[Apple Inc]]}}</ref>
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}

|-
! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh Portable|Portable]]
| 1989
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}

|-
! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh II|II]]
| 1987
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}

|-
! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh IIx|IIx]]
| 1988
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}

|-
! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh IIcx|IIcx]]
| rowspan=2 |1989
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}

|-
! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh IIci|IIci]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}

|-
! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh IIfx|IIfx]]
| rowspan=3 |1990
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}

|-
! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh IIsi|IIsi]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}

|-
! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh LC|LC]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}

|-
! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh LC II|LC II]]
| 1992
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}

|-
! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh Quadra 700|Quadra 700]]
| 1991
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}

|-
! style="background:#ececec" | [[Macintosh Quadra 900|Quadra 900]]/[[Macintosh Quadra 950|950]]
| 1991/1992
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}

|-
! style="background:#ececec" | [[PowerBook 100]]
| 1991
| {{yes}}: 6.0.8L<ref name="6.0.8L"/>
| {{partial}}: limited<ref name="PowerBook100"/>
| {{partial}}: limited<ref name="PowerBook100"/>
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}

|-
! style="background:#ececec" | [[PowerBook 140]]<br/>[[PowerBook 145|145]]/[[PowerBook 145B|145B]]/[[PowerBook 170|170]]
| 1991/1992/1993
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}

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