Apple Rhapsody Developer Release 1

Apple Rhapsody Developer Release 1 is the first Developer Release of the Apple Rhapsody operating system, released to developers on September 1997. This build is the first available Mac OS build to be based on the NeXTSTEP codebase following Apple's acquisition of NeXT to create a transitional operating system between the classic Mac OS system and a then-upcoming new generation of Mac OS operating systems that would later be known as Mac OS X.

Overall, this build is relatively similar to OPENSTEP 4.2 in terms of functionality. However, many portions of the user interface has received updates to reflect upon the classic Mac OS interface of the time. Alongside, this build updates the kernel version to "Rhapsody 5.0".

This developer release is available in both i386 and PPC versions. The i386 version lacks the Blue Box environment, while the PPC version includes it with a copy of Mac OS 8.1 inside of the virtual machine.

System requirements
According to the installation documentary, Rhapsody requires the following:

i386 version
To use this version of Rhapsody, your computer must have:
 * A 486, Pentium, or Pentium Pro microprocessor
 * ISA, EISA, VL-Bus, or PCI expansion bus
 * A 750 MB or larger hard disk
 * At least 32 MB of RAM (48 MB is recommended)
 * A supported graphics adapter (video display card)
 * A supported IDE or SCSI adapter
 * IDE or SCSI CD-ROM drive
 * One 3.5-inch floppy disk drive

PPC version
To use this version of Rhapsody, you must have one of the following computers: Your computer must have:
 * Power Macintosh 9500/120, 132, 150, 180, 180MP, or 200
 * Power Macintosh 8500/120, 132, 150, or 180
 * Power Macintosh 9600/200, 200MP, or 233
 * Power Macintosh 8600/200
 * At least 32 MB of RAM (48 MB recommended)
 * Internal video, or Apple-supplied IMS or ATI video card
 * A 750 MB hard disk

Bugs and quirks

 * In the about box for Workspace Manager,
 * the Pentium Pro processor is listed as "Intel 80486".
 * disks above 2 GB will be listed as "0 bytes".
 * Rhapsody does not support multiprocessor systems and will only use one processor if installed on a multiprocessor system.
 * 2.88 MB floppy drives are not supported, as the installation diskette refuses to load from there with a "read error".