Since Macintosh System Softwsre 1.0 is extremely old, has Apple made it free to download? If so, is there a link to download it from?
I am just curious to try and run it in an hardware emulator and get a feel for the old operating system…
Mac – Is Macintosh System Software 1.0 (Classic MacOS) Free
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Best Answer
No, System 1.0 is not open source and not in the public domain. Apple provided it with the purchase of a Macintosh. The system software was not available for separate purchase.
History
With MacOS 1.0 you are probably referring to the first version of Apple's operating system.
In 1984, with the release of the first Macintosh (128K), the system was actually not called MacOS but was just Mac System Software.
Apple has called it MacOS since version 7.6.
You can read (and learn) a lot about it on Wikipedia.
Emulation
About an emulator of the first Mac system. There is one you can use : mini vMac
Unzip everything, start the mini vMac, it will load the ROM and you'll get a blinking floppy with a question mark because it couldn't find the system. To solve it just drag the system image over vMac and the system will start !