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Mac LC series assembler?
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GiGaBiTe
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You'll need MPW (Macintosh Programmer's Workshop) if you want to use the official Apple tools.
www.macintoshrepository.org
If you want to use third party development software, there are other options:
www.macintoshrepository.org
Macintosh Programmer's Workshop Reference : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Macintosh Programmer's WorkshopReference version 1.0MPW00
archive.org
Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW) 3.x - Macintosh Repository
Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW) 3.x (Mac abandonware from 1989)
www.macintoshrepository.org
If you want to use third party development software, there are other options:
Development Tools Applications - Macintosh Repository
Old Mac Development Tools Applications
www.macintoshrepository.org
If you are accustomed to *nix development on the command line, you'll find that MPW is similar enough, and also offers a GUI for the various tools and their switches.
I've been using MPW for Macintosh assembly language development for over 2 years now.
I've been using MPW for Macintosh assembly language development for over 2 years now.
GiGaBiTe
Veteran Member
Install a Macintosh emulator like Basilisk II.
You'll need to find a dump of a Mac II ROM to run the emulator. There's a tool to extract the ROM from a Macintosh, but I forget what it's called.
You may get spoiled by the emulator, because it's A LOT faster than a regular Mac, especially a stock LC III.
The Official Basilisk II Home Page
Home page of the Basilisk II Macintosh emulator
basilisk.cebix.net
You'll need to find a dump of a Mac II ROM to run the emulator. There's a tool to extract the ROM from a Macintosh, but I forget what it's called.
You may get spoiled by the emulator, because it's A LOT faster than a regular Mac, especially a stock LC III.
I'd like to develop within a Linux environment, not inside an emulator, if I can avoid it. I know that the MacMinix loader ("macboot") was built within Minix [source], but I was wondering if a modern-ish (at least ANSI C, preferrably C99) cross-toolchain exists. The Minix 1.5 era ACK appears to be mostly K&R still.
Al Kossow
Documentation Wizard
The problem you will run into is the Macintosh C runtime really isn't compatible with the 68000 compilers of the Unix world.
If you're going to be building code for the LC, it is much easier to do it with any of the half-dozen Macintosh C compilers and debuggers.
On a small machine, Think C is quite nice.
If you're going to be building code for the LC, it is much easier to do it with any of the half-dozen Macintosh C compilers and debuggers.
On a small machine, Think C is quite nice.