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Yes, some would say that THINK Pascal is an old, dead programming language, and maybe they are right. However, the fact is that the only true PC-ANSI-based, Mac…
I have been trying to not go too crazy with the audio equipment, but these were too cheap and useful for me too pass up. The Korg is part of their mid-late 90s …
has anybody here ever run A\UX? its incompatible with the ppc's i have never seen a\ux in person and i was wondering about hands on experience with it
I got a copy of Macintosh Family Hardware Reference yesterday. It looks like a great book, but now I'm more confused than ever about how it differs from Guide t…
. . . attempt made today. It was a half-@$$ed attempt, so I was unsurprised by the nasty results . . . but still . . . :-/ I built the frame, some spacers and a…
Is it possible to develop for 68k Macs on my MacBook running Mavericks? If now, my iBook G4 or iMac G4 (can boot OS 9) running Tiger? Basically, if possible, I …
So I got my working SE (THANKS!) Whooo hoo. I am loving it to pieces. I want to get MPW going. I want to stick with System 6. Is there a version of MPW for 6 th…
Poor 68k Mac. It's two decades since you could buy one new, and I'd be prepared to bet (albeit not too much money) that it's several years since any new softwar…
OK, so, I know very little programming. I took a C programming course in college, and I got a... well, I got a C. I didn't really understand it all that well. H…
So back in high school I took a class in Pascal. I enjoyed it. The thought has entered my mind that it could be fun to tinker around with programming in Pascal …
Just found this on ebay and ordered one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Macintosh-Color-Classic-MYSTIC-LC-575-Logic-Board-COVER-Custom-Made-Apple-/331698918549?hash=…
So I got a hold of a few 280 motherboards from someone local, 1 powered on 2 didn't even after huge cleaning and recap, Have a 270 that has flaky video but will…
Was wondering if anyone has ever come across the NCSA Mosiac Source for Mac or Windows? It was only available by request. I've been attempting to track it down …
I'm trying to find documentation for the internal registers of the FDHD. I've seen numerous references to there being internal registers in the FDHD, but the on…
What were the options for Referencing/Bibliographic Software in OS 7-9? Any idea what the pick of the litter would be?
After some searching, it seems like there was a wxPython version compiled for MacPython for Mac OS 9, but it was never released officially. Is there anyone here…
KansasFest 2015, the 27th annual Apple II convention, is scheduled for July 14 –19 in Kansas City, Missouri. Rebecca “Burger Becky” Heineman, a prolific compute…
Hi All, I digged the whole forum, but doesn't find a relevant topic, or just don't wanted to steel other's, so i opened a new one... I started a big (compared t…
Any suggestions of which conductive epoxy to get - for two purposes: 1) connecting axial leads to a battery (just a thought); and 2) to connect a series of batt…
Hello everyone If you're like me, then you've been frustrated that THINK C++ 7.0 doesn't support all the newest features from the C++11 standard. Well, you prob…
a friend sent this to me In seamlessly compiling System 6/7 era software in a modern open source compiler to yield "real" OS X apps. Pretty amazing. The guy ret…
I've been searing the interwebs for a copy of Eric Grant's FATCarbon plugin but the website is gone and I haven't had any luck finding a mirror. Does anyone hap…
Well. Lately I've been studying 68k assembly. I find it a lot harder to understand than my ol' Netronics Cosmac Elf II's 8-bit RCA 1802 in hex. Still, i really …
When I have a crash on my system 7, I can notice "Rescued Items" in the trash. I was just wondering if those files represent the state of the RAM before the cra…
Data Desk is a tool for Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA). First released in 1986, it is one of the oldest Macintosh programs still actively developed and sold. I…
Anyone have a datasheet for the 53CF90? Or just know if it's substitutable for the 53C80 or 53CF96? Is it somewhere in between, development-wise, or just an ent…
I started making a new modern browser for use on System 6. I named it Browsy. Right now it is just the chrome of a browser, and doesn't actually render pages or…
Last year I made a very small web server with the help of Think Pascal. It was based on TCPExample code of Peter N Lewis from 1992. See the topic here: https://…
We had this game on my fathers computer back in the day. As far as we both can remember it was named "Beast". The mechanics were simple. You moved your characte…
So I was able to get an ISO of codewarrior onto my PB190... and as soon as I mounted the disk with the Virtual CD/DVD-ROM Utility I get a popup saying that it d…
*** YOU MUST HAVE 1GB OR LESS MEMORY FOR PROPER FUNCTION OF THIS APP ON A G4! ***if you have more than 1gb memory, shutdown, open up the power mac g4, and remov…
Nice post about Newton Release: http://www.dadhacker.com/blog/?p=2233 From Dadhacker.
If you haven't played The Journeyman Project Pagasis Prime "back in the day", now is your chance! They are releasing it on DVD-ROM! Thanks to SkummVM the game w…
Hi! I'm writing a program on my Mac, but this one seems to be a bit troublesome. It crashes randomly (I suspect due to memory leaks), but no matter how long I s…
Danny Goodman's _HyperCard Handbook_, 4th edn., arrived today, bought at a very low price and with surprisingly low international shipping via www.abebooks.com …
I want to make a Facebook IM client for System 6. Facebook's chat API is simple enough, but it requires a TLS-encrypted HTTPS connection to retrieve the authent…
I would like to make a ultra light version of a web server for Macintosh. I really would like that it runs on System 6. It has to serve only one page or one sma…
Hi all, I am looking for tutorials or manuals for MacASM. I downloaded the software (v1.2), but I only managed to guess a few commands. Any other simple assembl…
If I wanted to study a CDEV resource inside the resource fork of a CDEV, as shown by ResEdit, what would be the best way to approach it? My programing backgroun…
A picture is worth . . . View attachment 19772 It's almost time for the next five year tune-up for the pet IIfx. 1) re-cap 2) Internal Zip next to the FDD 3) CN…
. . . dunno if this is news or not, but it's time to save some pages as before Apple deep sixes everything else about info they don't want used for new developm…
I'm taking a crack at learning Toolbox (well, I'm actually starting with CarbonLib) so that I can write some utilities of my very own for Mac OS. I have the bas…
I think Monaco is one of the best, if not the best, programmer's (and general-purpose monospace) font ever. Many agree with me. But some don't. If you are one o…
What is this file? That's a good question when it comes to these Apple II files which often have pretty cryptic names, such as "Mmgrdosinst." Earlier this month…
As some of you know, I am in the education business, operating a tutoring business at the moment. I also use a lot of old Macs for educational programs. I'm at …
As most of us are aware, our old Macs can't be set beyond 2019. Now I'm not going to take this project up myself, as I don't have the time to do the research an…
I recently contacted the author of ToolDaemon, which is a telnet <-> MPW ToolServer interface, and asked him if he'd be willing to open-source his…