<s>
MacX	B-Device
is	O
an	O
obsolete	O
display	O
server	O
implementation	O
supporting	O
the	O
X11	B-Operating_System
display	O
server	O
protocol	O
that	O
ran	O
on	O
System	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
8	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
ran	O
under	O
A/UX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
X11R4	B-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
the	O
PowerPC-based	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
,	O
this	O
server	O
was	O
developed	O
internally	O
by	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
for	O
the	O
Motorola	B-Device
68000	I-Device
based	O
Macintoshes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacX	B-Device
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
within	O
the	O
Networking	O
and	O
Communications	O
organization	O
as	O
one	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	O
DEC	O
Alliance	O
suite	O
of	O
products	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
was	O
moved	O
to	O
Apple	O
's	O
A/UX	B-Operating_System
group	O
since	O
X11	B-Operating_System
was	O
(	O
and	O
is	O
)	O
an	O
important	O
part	O
of	O
UNIX	B-Application
user	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
supporting	O
X11R4	B-Operating_System
and	O
X11R5	B-Operating_System
were	O
developed	O
for	O
Apple	O
by	O
a	O
small	O
team	O
of	O
engineers	O
at	O
AGE	O
Logic	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
San	O
Diego	O
,	O
California	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AGE	O
also	O
OEMed	O
the	O
MacX	B-Device
software	O
under	O
the	O
trade	O
name	O
XoftWare	O
for	O
Macintosh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
provided	O
early	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
to	O
AGE	O
Logic	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
result	O
was	O
a	O
binary	O
that	O
supported	O
both	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
as	O
well	O
as	O
earlier	O
,	O
68000-based	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XoftWare	O
for	O
Macintosh	O
was	O
merged	O
into	O
NetManage	O
's	O
product	O
offering	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
standalone	O
Internet	O
desktop	O
applications	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
telnet	B-Protocol
,	O
archie	B-Protocol
search	I-Protocol
engine	I-Protocol
,	O
gopher	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
,	O
FTP	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
various	O
software	O
titles	O
,	O
mainly	O
terminal	B-Application
emulators	I-Application
that	O
were	O
acquired	O
by	O
AGE	O
Logic	O
when	O
it	O
purchased	O
Pacer	O
Software	O
earlier	O
in	O
the	O
decade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1998	O
,	O
Apple	O
had	O
discontinued	O
MacX	B-Device
as	O
it	O
transitioned	O
from	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
to	O
the	O
Unix-like	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
had	O
ample	O
support	O
for	O
X11	B-Operating_System
(	O
earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
did	O
not	O
directly	O
support	O
X11	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
as	O
of	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
v10.3	I-Operating_System
,	O
X11.app	B-Operating_System
has	O
been	O
made	O
available	O
directly	O
from	O
Apple	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
