I'd like to make some resources available for all:
I can make: a 30 mb HFV file containing Symantec THINK C v6.0, THINK Reference Viewer, Popfuncs, ResEdit and Resorcerer
I can't make: a HDA file of the same
HFV: runs well on emulators such as Basilisk II (recommend) and mini-vMac (don't recommend, too small screen), contains no SCSI hard disk driver
HDA: runs well on real machines via BlueSCSI and RaSCSI, as well as emulators, contains a SCSI hard disk driver
I can't make HDAs because the
Disk Jockey tool that was made by the community is mac/unix only and I own a PC. If someone could kindly produce this for me, I'd appreciate it. (please make me 10 mb, 20 mb and 30 mb non-booting HDAs)
I suggest using two volumes;
FIRST VOLUME: contains all your tools and not much else, 30 mbs should encompass the mentioned programs. it shouldn't need to be much bigger. Feel free to set up a large disk volume if you absolutely need more tools.
SECOND VOLUME: contains your projects, resources, source code, self-made libraries, etc. Think of it as your personal current project scratch disk. Keep it small and on your favorite cloud service so you can sync it up if you ever need to switch your coding machine, need to easily share it to others, etc. It makes no sense having a 1gb volume (even if you can) and having to upload-sync that whole thing everytime a small change in your code is done. Depending on your aspirations, that volume could be enough at 10 mb, more if you feel prolific.
THIRD VOLUME (Bonus): even though the
mactech articles are semi-accessible online (tons of pictures have broken links, but the text is all there), I have an old CD image .toast of a cache of these sitting in my stuff that I meant to convert to a format usable by both Basilisk II and RaSCSI (and BlueSCSI?), that could be a neat optional source of information to draw upon while coding.
P.S.:
Think Reference Viewer: looks like this. It's a must. The underlined words are navigation links, just like browsing the www. The Go Back button should be used and abused as you peek in and out of stuff you want to check. Data formats are neatly listed and explained. Mac toolboxes all have their own pages. It's like having Inside Macintosh all in one smooth exploring experience.:
PopFuncs: is a brain dead simple tool that sticks to your THINK C 6 installation and gives you an extra left side menu to navigate to your functions, useful if you tend to code long source code files (all beginners do). It's not necessary and you can just rely on searching with cmd-F.
ResEdit is the standard way to edit in resources so you can keep your application's hard coded information as light as possible and sport cool icons and windows that you easily recall:
Resorcerer is an alternative: