After Dark Programming

#1 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 - 17:48 68kMLA

I was reading my After Dark manual today and it said in there how to program a module, something I have always wanted to try. However, my only compiler that will work in C to my knowledge is the developer tools CD I got with Mac OS X 10.0.

Will that work to compile an After Dark file or should I go looking for an old version of Think C on eBay?

#2 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 - 16:00 68kMLA

I know that you can find versions of Think Pascal and Think C on the web that will work for programming after dark modules. I believe info-mac has some example source code as well.

#3 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 - 21:40 68kMLA

Which version should I look to purchase? (I can see if B&R or Herb's has it in stock, eBay is coming up empty right now).

Also, are there any opensource/freeware alternatives for an early Mac?

#4 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 - 03:58 68kMLA

You can still get MPW for System 7.5 or later. Can MPW be used with After Dark?

#5 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 - 03:51 68kMLA

oops

#6 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 - 03:58 68kMLA

Well, if it was me, I'd look for the example After Dark code first, and then find the compiler that it's meant for. I can't recommend any versions, sorry. Don't know about MPW either.

I bought Think C off of eBay a few months ago, but haven't seen much for a while. Never seen a copy of Think Pascal. It might be a long wait.

I don't have any idea (doubt it) if Thin C (based on Think C 2.0 I believe) would work, but it is a freeware C compiler for early macs FYI.

#7 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 - 04:55 68kMLA

There's a version of Think Pascal out there that's free. I've used it quite a bit under System 6 and it works great. Dunno how well it'll do After Dark modules though.

#8 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 - 22:02 68kMLA

I have Think Pascal for SYS 6.x.

But I'm deployed. Send me a PM in July and I'll find it for you when I'm back home.

#9 Mon, 3 Mar 2008 - 22:49 68kMLA

Think Pascal is available for free on http://www.pascal-central.com/ or http://www.lysator.liu.se/~ingemar/tp45d4/think.html . Or do a Google search for "ingemar think pascal".

I'm using ThP for a personal project. Documentation isn't generally available, but I was able to buy a set on Amazon. It's mostly a standard Pascal, so the FreePascal documentation may help.