Retro Apple Programmers/Developers Association

[retr01]

Back in the 1980s and 1990s, there was the APDA - Apple Programmers/Developers Association. Nowadays, we could set up the Retro Apple Programmers/Developers Association (RAPDA).

Here we can talk about the various programming and development back in the day for the Apple II and Macintosh.

Maybe one day, we will even get RAPDA set up.

 

[winters]

That sounds awesome, my ultimate goal is to eventually start some programming on the 68k Macs. Where do I sign up to get news letters?

 

[retr01]

Well, @winters, the organization isn't around nowadays. In this thread, starting at post #15, @BFEXTU told me about that organization and some of his experiences back in the day. I suggested we could revive that nowadays and add "Retro." This new thread is to start talking about it and vintage Apple programming development and see where it leads us.

I am waiting for the mods to move some of @BFEXTU and mine posts to here. I was told that @Kai Robinson could do that.

 

[splorp]

Maybe one day, we will even get RAPDA set up.

And all members would be assigned their retro AppleLink address.

RappleLink™ … as it were.

 

[Mu0n]

I'm pretty set on a specific era of retro Mac programming.

Black and white compact macs targetting mostly 512x342 in 1-bit color depth field

BUT

-must not crash if a more recent machine is used
-System 7.5.5 is the most recent that I target
-When possible and not too feature rich, System 1.1 on a 400k MFS disk should run my stuff
-must gracefully center the image if a higher res is used
-must deal with color depth field if it's detected but still use 1-bit gfx data
-must deal with gracefully using graceful detection routines
-great if a Mac128 runs it, but not a big deal if not.
-great if a Mac512 runs it, it should in theory but I don't own one.
-Mac Plus is the natural main target that I can easily test out on real metal

For these reasons and because I LOATHE spending/wasting time learning how to set up new dev environments, I'm settled on Symantec THINK C 6.0. I know CodeWarrior has a lot more fans and that's fine for Sys7/8 color programming, but it ADDS hurdles for my early mac targets.

 

[Eric's Edge]

Hello fellow programmers! As some of you know, I'm working on a HyperCard authoring and programming series on YouTube. I've also recently started working on a project for installation, administration, and development of/in A/UX. The sysadmin thing isn't in my wheelhouse and will take some time. If anyone is interested in collaborating let me know.

 

[Crutch]

I’m in for any and all discussion of retro Mac programming. Like @Mu0n i prefer THINK C 6 with assorted (Symantec) C++ and assembler, and mostly the System 6-7 era (in practice I run 7.5.5).

 

[Eric's Edge]

I’m in for any and all discussion of retro Mac programming. Like @Mu0n i prefer THINK C 6 with assorted (Symantec) C++ and assembler, and mostly the System 6-7 era (in practice I run 7.5.5).

Think C is on my "to do" list. I like the idea of perusing multiple areas so I can switch back and forth. The HyperCard thing is going to take a couple of years to do.

 

[retr01]

Folks, it looks like that @eric is setting up a Macintosh 68k Programming Study Group here on TinkerDifferent. We could get together as a group and learn together on C programming on the 68k. Down the road, we could learn other languages.

We can still talk here in this thread to revive this association down the road, too.