FOUND: Hippo C

[Crutch]

I am really excited to have found, in a pile of old disks I bought recently on eBay for $50, a working copy of Hippo-C, believed to be the first C complier ever released for the Macintosh. To my knowledge this was previously a “lost” piece of software. https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/3213/what-was-the-first-c-compiler-for-the-mac

Here it is: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/hippo-c-11

I was able to get it to work under Mini vMac emulating a 128K Mac (with, of course, the original 64K ROM). It bombs under Mini vMac emulating a 512KE.

I haven't done much with it yet but am excited to play around!

 

[Phipli]

Absolutely great find! Hopefully this will encourage more development for early system versions

I just need to casually find a 128k in a carboot sale now...

 

[lobust]

I am really excited to have found, in a pile of old disks I bought recently on eBay for $50, a working copy of Hippo-C, believed to be the first C complier ever released for the Macintosh. To my knowledge this was previously a “lost” piece of software.

Really nice find, congratulations!

 

[cheesestraws]

Very nice!