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hitchhikr
4 MB  Posts: 4 System 7 Newcomer! 
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on: November 24, 2022, 05:17
Hi, glad to be here. The name's Franck. I have 2 system 7 macs: an se/30 with 7.0.1 and a 190cs with 7.5.3. I intend to create new apps/games for them, I'm still wet behind the ears regarding macs 68k coding but thanks to the abundant documentation that can be found online I make good progress. |
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB  Posts: 2023
Reply #1 on: November 24, 2022, 10:20
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Hi Franck, great to have you here! Sounds like you and your two Macs fit right in! Let us know their names if they have any :-) At least your 190cs should be able to browse the site / forum with iCab 2.9  What kind of stuff do you look into creating? Set on a programming language yet?
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hitchhikr
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4 MB Posts: 4 System 7 Newcomer!
Reply #2 on: November 24, 2022, 10:54
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No, they don't have names. I'm using ThinkC 5. For the applications I don't really know yet (maybe an assembler as I couldn't find any suitable) but I'll port a puzzle game on b&w macs and most probably this: http://www.agidev.com/projects/nagi/ for colors and probably more.
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB Posts: 2023
Reply #3 on: November 24, 2022, 13:13
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wow, that sounds like awesome plans! You have a professional background in programming or just as a hobby? If there's anything our Mac games have been lacking the last few years, it's a bunch of new (old) games :-) I didn't know about the NAGI project but it actually looks really interesting. It does seem to require, however, SDL which we don't have on System 7? Anyway, install a Hotline client on your 190cs and join our Hotline group. We have source snippets on the server and have a nice chat group where we talk all things System 7 tech & more :-)
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hitchhikr
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4 MB Posts: 4 System 7 Newcomer!
Reply #4 on: November 24, 2022, 14:02
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I do programming for a living but also as a hobby (as you can see on my website). Yes, obviously the video & audio backends of NAGI need to be entirely recoded. Unfortunately, I don't have a network card on the powerbook or on the se/30.
Last Edit: November 24, 2022, 14:46 by hitchhikr
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MTT
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256 MB Posts: 394 SSW7 Oldtimer
Reply #5 on: November 25, 2022, 07:20
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Hi hithhkr, back when I last owned a PB 1400, I used to use a Dell brand PCMCIA Ethernet card with it, using a modified driver that's still downloadable from there. The Dell brand isn't a requisite, the chipset is, which was 3C589C, or 3C589D. If you scroll down that page to "Known Working", you'll spot a few 190's and the chipsets that worked. I took a quick look ebay and amazon, US$15 is a reasonable price but the scalpers are there too with $40 - $50 asking prices. Important - must include the connecting dongle ! Anyway, it could be an option, should you need a ethernet solution for the 190.
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Cashed
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128 MB Posts: 192 System 7 Newcomer!
Reply #6 on: November 25, 2022, 15:45
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Welcome hitchhikr. Thanks for the NAGI link. Those games brings back fond memories -Had the best gaming time -of my life, playing those games. Your project sounds excellent. couldn't resist fixing the link rots: Ultimate AGI and SCI Site Back 2 the Roots Home of the Underdogs Al Lowe's Site
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Neal_SE30
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256 MB Posts: 401 System 7 Newcomer!
Reply #7 on: November 28, 2022, 20:24
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Welcome frank Making software and games, awesome stuff!! Great people and resources here. Neal
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Neal_SE30
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256 MB Posts: 401 System 7 Newcomer!
Reply #8 on: November 29, 2022, 19:29
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oh and I rock system7today on my SE/30. it's awfully slow though in standard 16Mhz but kind of fun too but confess to generally having my G3 imac open as well so scan through the threads then reply via the old girl. on the se/30 now replying if you want a challenge, I would like a working SSL email to work from the SE/30 & a web authoring program to work on my SE/30 so if you want to build those, that would be awesome lol
Last Edit: November 29, 2022, 19:46 by Neal_SE30
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ReleaseTheGeese
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32 MB Posts: 37 Division 1 Computer Support
Reply #9 on: December 07, 2022, 22:41
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Pleased to meet you! Do keep us posted on how the development is going. And I know this is a System 7 forum, but if you have anything that also targets System 6 I'd be interested in trying it on my Mac SE.
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cballero
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1024 MB Posts: 1176 System 7, today and forever
Reply #10 on: December 08, 2022, 03:19
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Welcome to the System 7 Today forums, Franck!!  Interestingly enough, in the event the Powerbook just happens to have a built-in dial-up modem, then Juno and NetZero, at least in the U.S. and possibly Canada, each offer ten hours a month of free Internet access. I'm not sure if there would be any easy way to share an Ethernet connection to a Mac via it's serial networking, SCSI or a modem, so that's where you get into the cost of getting and setting up either Ethernet or possibly WiFi adapters. My guess would be that the 190cs should be modern enough to do wireless as well  We also get pretty excited when our programming friends join our ranks with both your Classic 68k Macs, so we're extra happy to have you over!! 
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