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= Classic Mac OS character encodings
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Classic Mac OS, the operating system that powered Macintosh computers from 1984 to 1999, used a variety of character encodings to represent text. The most prominent of these encodings included: 1. **MacRoman**: This is the default character encoding for English and many Western languages on Classic Mac OS. It includes characters that support Western European languages, including letters, numbers, punctuation, and various special symbols.