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MY NEW MAC...
Kintaro:
Ok then, where could i get a newer version of Mac OS for my "Macintosh Classic"
About this macintosh:
Macintosh Classic System Software Z1-7.0.1
Total Memory 4096k
Largest unused block 2595k
I doubt i can have darwin.
Where can i get some development tools for it.
And i think i know where i can get software for accsesing WIndows floppys, that should run under WINE. But where could i get technical info on it. Then i will just write my own kernel fs driver for it!!!
Calum:
Macman seems a little frightened of linux, maybe he reckons that once M$ has fallen, linux will challenge the precious monopoly that Apple might otherwise be able to have ;)
As mentioned here, there is no reason other than not having enough disk space that would make you NOT install linux as well as whatever else you use.
X11 points out that if he uses wine, he will be able to use his msdos format floppies on his mac, *without* having to get system 7 or above, thereby giving you one good reason to install linux on his mac classic.
Is it even possible to have a more recent OS on there? what's the limit for those old mac classics re: the most recent MacOS it can run?
I suspect that if you upgrade to a newer OS, it will run slower and get type 2 exceptions more et c, while linux may just pip it to the post re: memory and so on. I am totally stabbing in the dark here, so correct me if i'm wrong..
ref: using mac floppies in windows, that's fine i suppose, but how would one access mac floppies using linux? i thought it could recognise a bunch of filesystems, but so far i can't read any mac floppies using it.
[ May 10, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]
Kintaro:
I have no intent to put Linux on my mac...
Because of reasons like:
*Its a collectors item
*Maybe one day i will have kids, and they can learn some history from it... LOL
*Its a great box anyway.
But linux would run on it fine, so i will try it i have the system disks so it will be easy to fix.
Gooseberry Clock:
http://mac.linux-m68k.org/
quote:Originally posted by Ravuya:
There are commercial software packages available that let you mount, read and format macintosh floppies in windows, actually. I think one of them is called MacTools.
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HFVExplorer
[ May 10, 2002: Message edited by: Gooseberry Clock ]
psyjax:
Hey X11:
Sorry I havent gotten back to you.
As far as I know 7.5 is about the lates OS you can run on MacClassics. www.applefritter.com and www.lowendmac.com all specialise in technical info for older macs. Applefritter has a mod with a Classic II some how hacked up to run OS 8 and have and internal CD drive.
The programming language of choice for the early Mac OS was pascal, it later got upgraded to c. If you go to www.apple.com and search out "Inside the Machintosh" its the entire API to the OS. (WOW! Publicly available API's? what a concept! Apple must of thought that giving everyone a fair chance to develop for their platform was a good thing)
Anyway...
Common programming environments of the day were THINK C and THINK pascal, both put out by symantech. Their latest THINK C/C++ is actually available free as Abandonware from their website.
If you can't find it, I have a copy of the old THINK C I could give you.
As well as a nifty program calld the Mac Programmers Toolkit. It is basically the entire Inside The Macintosh in a searchable database program. I still use it till this day!
I also have the old header files you will need for older computers like those.
You should also look in to a SDK calld SAT. It is a writen by Ingnmar Ragnemalm a Mac guru. It is an excellent low end graphics and game creation toolkit.
www.spriteworld.org has a link to SAT.
That's that.
Let me know if this helped!
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