New Toy

Quick update today. I've been using system 7 a lot lately, and decided I wanted something that would run system 7, compile code quickly, be portable, have a _real_ ethernet jack ... and ... run OS9 to facilitate Newton development and for modern things like pdfs, mp3s, and classilla. Eschewing research for impulse, I purchased a PowerBook 3400c with 144MB of memory and a wireless card.

It arrived yesterday, and I spent much of the day cooing at it, archiving the software on it, clean installing OS 9.1 and looking into how I'd get System 7 on it.

Today was spent dealing with a broken A/C unit with above 100 degree F temps outside.

4th of July Weekend

A Fourth of July weekend full of working in the morning followed by barbecues in the evening has conspired to derail me from the challenge, but not completely.

I have been reading the Inside Macintosh: Devices chapter on the ADB manager. I must admit, the idea of writing inits and device handlers is a bit intimidating, and I've yet to find much example source code to pillage.

I've also played a few games of MacSki on my LC475.

So in order to make up for little in the way of content to share, please enjoy these screen shots from After Dark: Flying Toasters, and my favorite, Doodles.