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  1. Mu0n

    Sound Driver reference values for musical notes

    The Sound Driver predates the Sound Manager. Sound Driver: original ROM routines from the Mac 128 to the Mac SE or so, still present in System 6.0.8 and early versions of System 7 for compatibility reasons. Sound Manager: started appearing in System 6.0.x and promised to manage snd resources...
  2. Stinkerton18

    Installing Open-Watcom 2.x in Linux

    Intro Hey folks! I'm not sure how many folks out there have had the same struggles with installing and using Open-Watcom as I have. It seemed like every other guide, walk-through, and Wiki kept leading me to a half broken, half-complete and unusable setup. I finally, figured out a working...
  3. Mu0n

    ThinkC [Study Group A - GameDevTrack] - Time Measurements

    It's been a long, long, long game hobby of mine to be able to program a new 68k, black and white game that runs smooth on real hardware. I know that C is my only reasonable modern chance to get there, with some dips into assembly inline blocks for some memory block movement that has to occur for...
  4. Mu0n

    THINK C development

    This can help you get quickly set up for Macintosh C programming, targeting a wide range of macs (System 7.5.5 all the way down to the earliest macs around System 1). The included resources are: The compiler/linker/builder of choice is Symantec THINK C v6.0. Resource editor done with ResEdit...