<s>
MacTerminal	B-Operating_System
was	O
the	O
first	O
telecommunications	O
and	O
terminal	B-Application
emulation	I-Application
application	B-Application
software	I-Application
program	B-Application
available	O
for	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacTerminal	B-Operating_System
enabled	O
users	O
to	O
connect	O
via	O
modem	B-Application
or	O
serial	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
to	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
systems	I-Application
and	O
online	O
services	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
The	O
Source	O
,	O
CompuServe	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
other	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacTerminal	B-Operating_System
was	O
capable	O
of	O
emulating	B-Application
the	O
DEC	B-Device
VT100	I-Device
and	O
other	O
computer	B-General_Concept
terminals	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
Computer	O
began	O
retailing	O
MacTerminal	B-Operating_System
in	O
July	O
1984	O
following	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
128K	I-Device
(	O
the	O
first	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
)	O
in	O
January	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
MacTerminal	B-Operating_System
was	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
128K	O
model	O
using	O
Apple	O
's	O
optional	O
300	O
or	O
1200	O
bit/s	O
external	B-Application
modem	I-Application
designed	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
MacTerminal	B-Operating_System
was	O
not	O
available	O
for	O
general	O
release	O
at	O
the	O
128K	O
's	O
launch	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
began	O
bundling	O
MacTerminal	B-Operating_System
with	O
later	O
Macintosh	B-Device
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
spawned	O
Claris	O
in	O
1987	O
as	O
its	O
application	B-Application
software	I-Application
division	O
,	O
Claris	O
continued	O
development	O
of	O
most	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
major	O
applications	O
,	O
but	O
development	O
of	O
MacTerminal	B-Operating_System
ceased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
similar	O
functionality	O
was	O
rolled	O
into	O
ClarisWorks	B-Device
 '	O
terminal	B-Application
program	I-Application
.	O
</s>
