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Scarce DVT (Design Validation Test) prototype of the Power Macintosh 6360, complete with its original IDC hard drive labeled with codename "Jafar," running unreleased and original Mac OS 7.7.a2 ('a' meaning 'alpha'). The bottom of the unit bears an Apple label, in part: "Attention! This device has not been approved by the Federal Communications Commission." Also includes a prototype A/V card and a prototype AAUI card, the only known such variant of this AAUI platform. The original hard drive has been cloned and backed up to a modern storage solution (IDE to SD), currently installed in the machine using a custom-designed and 3D-printed drive sled. Tested, fully functional, and in very good to fine cosmetic condition.
That this is running an unreleased Mac OS 7.7 is particularly notable—developed with the codename 'Tempo,' this was the operating system that Apple was working on in 1997 when Steve Jobs returned to Apple as CEO. One of Jobs's first acts was to end the development of the 'System 7' operating system—a shrewd business move designed to end third-party manufacturers' licenses to System 7, thereby shutting down the Macintosh clone market. Under Jobs, Mac OS 7.7 was renamed and released as Mac OS 8.0.
