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PowerMacInfo is an application in the Multiprocessing 2.1v2 SDK that provides a glimpse into the Multiprocessing Services portion of the Classic Mac OS.

Mac OS 8.6, alligator

The tasks are:

  • blue, RDYQ, PR 2, weight 200
  • idle, RDYQ, PR 3, weight 1
  • 🍎Mac, MSGQ, PR 2, weight 100, but only ever has a task preemption count of 1

Mac OS 9.1, caiman

The tasks are:

  • blue, RDYQ, PR 2, weight 200
  • idle, RDYQ, PR 3, weight 1
  • deth, MSGQ, PR 2, weight 100, starts at 1
  • dbgr, MSGQ, PR 2, weight 100, starts at 1
  • ager, EVNT, PR 2, weight 100, gets preempted once every few seconds
  • powr, EVNT, PR 1, weight 100, gets preempted about twice per second