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yeah. I wasn't trying to make a case that it was the FIRST c compiler. only that it was a thing at least in 1985. That is, if one wanted to pretend its 1985 and program for this brand new Mac. you could program in C if you wanted.

so this might be interesting. in the first issue of MacDeveloper (link opens to the page) newsletter. there is a review of Aztec c for the mac. it came out in May 1985 . So very early on in the mac life there was discussions about which programing lang to use! we are carrying on that tradition...

i wonder if archive.org would be interested in them. they do often take in disks to image and archive them. for preservation. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://twitter.com/textfiles jason scott talks about doing that kind of thing. but i don't know how interested they are in HDD ...

FWIW you can also put it in a LC! (pretty much any version...) easier to find those computers and easier to get into and add the card. they are sooo cool to play with. even if you don't have that y cable thing to plug in a disk and joystick.

for me personally. learning c is more interesting because its more portable. maybe if i get better on it on the mac. i can take that knowledge and use it on other platforms easier. (like embedded stuff or on modern computers or whatever)

will you post here when its released ? in general, how would one order any of the upgrades you are making ? through the ebay store ? ... just pm you? some other way?

agreed. might be best if we just focus on the code and running in system 6/7. and anything outside of that left up to the individual. version control is something outside the scope of learning how to program retro macs..... edit: not to say that people cant ask for help on how to use git or...

100% agree. the trick is what to start with. I thought the idea would be everybody works on the same material and collaborate. sounds like eric has a ideas for the first few weeks at least.....

sounds like a great idea.

i really like his books. they are of the correct size. (not giant and useless) and what they tell you is very helpful. His compact mac book even talks about useful upgrades as well as actual knowledge of how to fix things. Born out of years of somebody fixing the macs. I highly suggest people...

i have this book! and yes. its not that great. it is BIG and it is written in a very laymen style. example is exactly right. it will tell you what sadmac error code means bad memory. but it doesn't tell you how to decode the address of the bad memory. I'm also not sure which type of mac it...

i would buy a recreated techStep even if it it costs more then a used OG techStep

i had a sad mac error on my 128k that didn't match any of the errors. ... it took me way too long for me to admit that it meant that it was reporting 2 bad ram chips. .. and i only realized that when i watched a Branchus video where he fixed a mac 128k with like 2 or 3 bad chips.

drop III inches podcast. they didn't make very many. ... just like the III itself i guess....

battery bumbed not worthstanding. I always thought a Mac SE would be a good starter mac to get into the hobby. Its pre a lot of the surface mount caps. So they don't usually cause an issue. and ADB keyboards and mice are easier to find then what a Plus or easier macs use. The Mac SE/30(and...

FWIW i will often say a `ADB Keyboard` in a generic way to say what connection the keyboard uses. (vs the phone jack thingie OG macs used or a PS2 keyboard.)

NICE, an SE/30 they are pretty popular. The plain SE looks like it should accept 1.44 disks. so thats handy. cosmetically they seem ok. Have you tried turning them on?

yeah. the 512ke ROM is basically a plus rom. if you install a romminator in a 128k you basically use plus roms when you do that. you can also just drop in plus roms into a 128k and then you can use 800k drives.

found a interesting blog post from the guy who wrote Glider. he talked about interviewing with Apple in 1995 and now he still works there. Apple Interview (1995) At the bottom there is a picture and i spot a clear SE case @MacEffects (its behind him so he's covering up most of it) edit...

So after reading your post. i started to look at that mac lot in NM. (pick up only) and in the related items section i found a AST upgrade module. it was just weird that i wasn't LOOKIng for Lisa/ mac xl things on ebay. but it just randomly show up after reading your post.