<s>
The	O
SuperMac	B-Device
was	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
Macintosh	B-Device
clones	I-Device
produced	O
by	O
UMAX	O
Technologies	O
from	O
1996	O
to	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
models	O
included	O
the	O
SuperMac	B-Device
S900/S910	O
,	O
J700	O
,	O
C500	O
and	O
C500e/i/LT	O
,	O
C600e/v/LT/x	O
and	O
Aegis	O
200	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
used	O
versions	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
motherboard	B-Device
like	O
Tsunami	O
,	O
Alchemy	O
,	O
and	O
Tanzania	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
designed	O
to	O
use	O
standard	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatible	O
components	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
Apple-proprietary	B-Device
components	O
then	O
in	O
common	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Steve	O
Jobs	O
returned	O
to	O
Apple	O
as	O
the	O
new	O
CEO	O
,	O
he	O
revoked	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
clone	O
producers	O
 '	O
licenses	O
to	O
produce	O
Mac	B-Device
clones	I-Device
except	O
for	O
UMAX	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
their	O
sub-US	O
$	O
1,000	O
low-end	O
offerings	O
,	O
a	O
market	O
in	O
which	O
Apple	O
was	O
not	O
strong	O
,	O
and	O
UMAX	O
's	O
stated	O
desire	O
to	O
expand	O
the	O
Macintosh	O
platform	O
's	O
presence	O
in	O
East	O
Asian	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UMAX	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
Macintosh	B-Device
clone	I-Device
manufacturer	O
to	O
get	O
a	O
license	O
for	O
Mac	O
OS	O
8	O
,	O
which	O
expired	O
in	O
July	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UMAX	O
knew	O
that	O
they	O
could	O
n't	O
continue	O
producing	O
the	O
SuperMac	B-Device
without	O
the	O
Mac	O
OS	O
8	O
license	O
and	O
sought	O
to	O
get	O
the	O
license	O
extended	O
or	O
renewed	O
,	O
but	O
conflict	O
between	O
Apple	O
and	O
UMAX	O
over	O
the	O
latter	O
's	O
proposed	O
J710	O
and	O
Apple	O
's	O
own	O
upcoming	O
iMac	B-Device
G3	I-Device
resulted	O
in	O
Apple	O
not	O
renewing	O
their	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
27	O
,	O
1998	O
,	O
UMAX	O
ceased	O
production	O
of	O
MacOS-based	O
computers	O
,	O
and	O
sold	O
all	O
remaining	O
inventory	O
by	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UMAX	O
's	O
license	O
for	O
Mac	O
OS	O
8	O
had	O
expired	O
by	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
and	O
all	O
remaining	O
SuperMac	B-Device
utilities	O
(	O
included	O
technical	O
support	O
)	O
were	O
either	O
terminated	O
or	O
absorbed	O
into	O
UMAX	O
's	O
regular	O
operations	O
by	O
31	O
December	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UMAX	O
continued	O
to	O
provide	O
technical	O
support	O
for	O
SuperMac	B-Device
machines	O
until	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SuperMac	B-Device
was	O
sold	O
in	O
three	O
different	O
product	O
lines	O
:	O
Pulsar	O
(	O
S900	O
)	O
,	O
Centauri	O
(	O
J700	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Apus	O
(	O
C500/C600	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
the	O
European-exclusive	O
SuperMac	B-Device
Aegis	O
200	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
specialized	O
SuperMac	B-Device
J700	O
motherboard	B-Device
inside	O
a	O
SuperMac	B-Device
C600	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
SuperMac	B-Device
S900Base	O
(	O
w/	O
G3	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
S900	O
with	O
a	O
PowerPC	B-Device
G3	I-Device
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
SuperMac	B-Device
to	O
be	O
sold	O
by	O
UMAX	O
before	O
its	O
discontinuation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
UMAX	O
was	O
developing	O
the	O
J710	O
,	O
a	O
planned	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
J700	O
but	O
more	O
powerful	O
and	O
with	O
a	O
G3	O
processor	O
when	O
UMAX	O
discontinued	O
the	O
SuperMac	B-Device
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
S900	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
Macintosh	B-Device
clone	I-Device
to	O
ever	O
be	O
made	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
S900	O
and	O
other	O
UMAX	B-Device
SuperMacs	I-Device
can	O
officially	O
go	O
up	O
to	O
Mac	O
OS	O
8.1	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
Mac	O
OS	O
8	O
license	O
UMAX	O
made	O
with	O
Apple	O
(	O
all	O
other	O
Macintosh	B-Device
clones	I-Device
can	O
only	O
officially	O
go	O
up	O
to	O
Mac	O
OS	O
7.6	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
most	O
SuperMacs	B-Device
came	O
with	O
Mac	O
OS	O
7	O
,	O
a	O
UMAX	O
Update	O
Disk	O
for	O
the	O
SuperMac	B-Device
S900	O
&	O
J700	O
series	O
allows	O
them	O
to	O
update	O
to	O
Mac	O
OS	O
8.0	O
and	O
8.1	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
FWB	O
Hard	O
Disk	O
Toolkit	O
driver	O
must	O
be	O
updated	O
to	O
version	O
2.0.6	O
or	O
newer	O
before	O
the	O
system	O
can	O
be	O
updated	O
to	O
Mac	O
OS	O
8	O
and	O
newer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
despite	O
officially	O
only	O
going	O
up	O
to	O
Mac	O
OS	O
8.1	O
,	O
the	O
SuperMac	B-Device
is	O
capable	O
of	O
being	O
upgraded	O
to	O
Mac	O
OS	O
8.5	O
(	O
8.5	O
came	O
out	O
after	O
UMAX	O
's	O
license	O
expired	O
)	O
and	O
up	O
to	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9.1	I-Operating_System
,	O
although	O
this	O
is	O
not	O
officially	O
supported	O
by	O
Apple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Powered	O
by	O
a	O
PowerPC	O
604e	O
processor	O
,	O
the	O
S900	O
cannot	O
run	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
natively	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
a	O
G3	O
processor	O
upgrade	O
and	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
XPostFacto	B-Application
4.0	O
,	O
the	O
S900	O
could	O
run	O
several	O
versions	O
of	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
up	O
to	O
10.4	O
Tiger	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
SuperMac	B-Device
community	O
websites	O
have	O
appeared	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
