68k Mac development environments

[Liam Proven]

On 07/09/07, Josh Dersch <derschjo at msu.edu> wrote:
> Liam Proven wrote:
> > On 05/09/07, Josh Dersch <derschjo at msu.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all --
> >>
> >> I'm looking to do a bit of (simple) development targeting a 68k Mac (or
> >> two, or three, or six...) and since I've never done any programming on a
> >> Mac before I'm curious if anyone out there has any recommendations for a
> >> development environment to use or to avoid.  I'd prefer C/C++, but I'm
> >> flexible :).  I'd like to be able to run my code on a Mac Classic/SE (so
> >> I need to be able to compile to 68000 code) but I'll be doing the
> >> development itself on a IIfx.
> >>
> >> In case you're interested, I'm writing the software to build a clock of
> >> sorts out of a set of six "classic" form factor Macs I have lying around
> >> (two Classics, two SEs and two SE/30s).  Each computer will display one
> >> digit of the time, and will be synchronized over an Appletalk network to
> >> keep the system times in sync.  Or so goes the theory.  Figure it'll be
> >> a fun display to have set up, and a somewhat interesting use for some
> >> otherwise-idle Macintosh hardware :).
> >>
> >
> > That is a really cool idea, which I like a lot.
> >
> > I am sure you're aware of it, but it instantly brought to mind the
> > story of Jamie Zawinski's Dali clock and getting it running on various
> > elderly Macs...
> >
> > http://www.jwz.org/gruntle/dali.html
> >
> >
> Thanks for the vote of support :).  I think most of the code should be
> dead simple but I'm not sure how the time-sync networking portion's
> going to go.  I also need to pick up some serial Appletalk cabling; the
> SEs and the SE/30s have ethernet cards, but the Classics are
> unexpandable and thus do not.  Maybe I can just find some more SEs to
> use :).
>
> I hope to get most of the work done this weekend, assuming nothing
> interrupts me... ha ha ha.
>
> And I have a copy of the original Mac Dali clock on one of my macs...
> somewhere :).

I have a great deal of LocalTalk & Farallon PhoneNet that you're
welcome to - but I suspect it's on the wrong side of the Atlantic.

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