I give you some history about me.
I was born in US in city of Indianapolis in Indiana. I am 48 years.
I know this about mac os computers. I learn this by self. Do you want hire me for a job ? Are you hiring anybody ?
MY first computer was Apple macintosh 128K. Then we upgrade to mac Plus with 1.4.4 floppy drive.
Then we buy a Apple Power mac 6100/60. Then I buy the Power Computing Power tower 225. Then we buy my current computer is Apple Power mac G4 1.25 Ghz Mirror door 2003.
I also invent a color compatibility chart.
I use mac os x colors for this color compatibility chart.
Purple is mac os 9.2.2 or classic.
Light blue is directly in mac os 9.2.2.
Green is both mac os 9.2.2 and mac os x.
Orange is both os x in mac os x 10.4.11 and mac os x 10.5.8.
Yellow is mac os x 10.4.11 only.
Gray is mac os x 10.5.8 only.
Red is not compatibility with works Scummvm or Residualvm or Stella 2600 or Boxer or sweet16 or Basilisk or SheepShaver or Minivmac.
Scummvm works in mac os x 10.4.11 or greater on PPC. Also works on intel mac and windows.
Residualvm works in mac os x 10.4.11 or greater on PPC. Also works on Intel mac and windows.
Stella 2600 is Atari 2600 Emulators. Mac os x 10.4.11 on PPC. Also works on intel mac in mac os x 10.7.
Boxer is DOS emulator It works up to mac os x 10.5 on PPC. Also newer boxer works in intel mac in mac os x 10.6.
Sweet16 is Apple 2GS Emulator. This works in mac os x 10.4.11 up to mac os x 10.5.8 on PPC. Newer Sweet16 works in mac os x 10.6 on intel mac.
Basilisk is 68K emulator.
SheepShaver is PPC emulator.
Minivmac is Mac Plus emulator.
Systems on computers
The os x years 2001 to 2009 ran only on Power PC.
Then in os x years in 2009-2016 apple switch to Intel.
mac OS 10.12 Sierra is intel x 86-64. september 20 , 2016
mac os x 10.6 up to mac os x 10.11.6 beta 2 is intel only.
mac os x 10.11-10.11.6 beta 1 El Capitan is intel x86-64 only. september 30, 2015
mac os x 10.10-10.10.5 Yosemite is intel x 86-64. only. oct 16, 2014
mac os x 10.9-10.9.5 Mavericks is intel x 86-64 only. oct 22, 2013
mac os x 10.8-10.8.5 Mountain Lion is intel x86-64 only. July 25, 2012
mac os x 10.7-10.7.5 Lion is intel x 86-64 only. July 20, 2011
Mac os x 10.6-10.6.8 Snow Leopard is intel only but support PPC application in Roswell. apple switch to Power PC to intel. august 28, 2009 intel intel-32, intel 86-64
mac os x 10.5-10.5.8 Leopard is Power PC and Intel. This last PPC. oct 26, 2007
Intel 32, intel 86-64, power PC
mac os x 10.4-10.4.11 Tiger is Power PC and intel. start running on mac os x 10.4.5 on intel. intel 32, intel 86-64, power PC
Mac os x 10.4.5 is first intel to newer Intel mac os x 10.11.4. oct 29, 2005
mac os x 10.3-10.3.9 Panther is power PC only. oct 24, 2003 Power PC
mac os x 10.2-10.2.8 Jaguar is power PC only. august 24, 2002 Power PC
mac os x 10.1-10.1.5 Puma is power PC only. oct 25, 2001 Power PC
mac os x 10.0-10.0.4 Cheetah is power PC only. march 24 2001 Power PC
mac os x pubic beta is hybrid september 13, 2000.
mac os 1 to 6.08L is 68k only
mac os 1 to 4.1 is 68k only. January 24 1984 to march 2, 1987.
mac os 2.01 is 68k only
mac os 5.0/5.1 is 68k only. oct 1987 to november 1987.
mac os 6.0 to 6.0.8L is 68k only. april 1988 to march 23, 1992.
mac os 7.0 to 7.0.1p is 68k only. June 1991 to april 7 1997.
mac os 7.1, 7.1.1,7.1.2,7.1.2p is 68k and start running mac os 7.1.2 on Power PC
mac os 7.5 to 7.5.5 is 68k and Power PC. June 1991 to april 7. 1997.
mac os 7.6 to 7.6.1 is 68k and Power PC. June 1991 to april 7, 1997.
mac os 8.0 is 68k and Power PC. july 26, 1997.
Mac os 8.1 is 68k and Power PC This is last version work on 68k. Apple switch to 68k to Power PC. January 19, 1998.
mac os 8.5 to 8.5.1 is Power PC only. oct 17, 1998 and december 7, 1998
mac os 8.6 is Power PC only. may 10, 1999
Mac os 9.0 to 9.0.4 is Power PC only. oct 23, 1999 to 2001. discontinued in 2001.
mac os 9.1 is Power PC only. oct 23, 1999 to 2001. discontinued in 2001.
mac os 9.2 to 9.2.2 is power PC only This last classic version. oct 23, 1999 to 2001. discontinued 2001.
start mac os 1 is first 68k up to mac os 8.1 is last.
start mac os 7.1.2 is first power PC up to last Power PC on mac os x 10.5.8.
mac os x 10.6 or greater is intel only.
fat binary is 68k and power PC code. works up mac os 9.2.2
Carbon application works in both Power PC up to mac os 9.2.2 to mac os x.
Carbon application works in Power PC in mac os x only too.
Universal application works in both Power PC and Intel.
Power PC application works in mac os x 10.6.8 in Roswell on Intel computer.
Intel application only works in intel.
Roswell is emulator for the intel computer running mac os x 10.6.8 for PPC application.
68000-68040 processor is all 68k processor to 601,602, 603, 603e, 603ev, 604, 604e, 604ev, 620, G3,G4, G5 is all power PC processor and now it is the processor of the intel.