Programming 68k. Books and other resources.

[theethek]

I used Mac as an user, so now it's time to play a little as a programmer.

I come from PC world and know Pascal/C/C++ DOS/Windows but completely lack of knowledge about Mac programming.

After reading http://68kmla.org/wiki/C/C%2B%2B_Programming_for_68k (I wish it were continued..) it's quite similar to Win32API

I see Macintosh Programmer’s Workshop (MPW) is available for free (it seems it's the only paid_then_free_now IDE),

so it's time to ask: which books would you recommend for 68k programming? anything free?

t_t_k

 

[prattp]

A lot of information about MPW can be found at the main MPW site (http://developer.apple.com/tools/mpw-tools/) including reference books (http://developer.apple.com/tools/mpw-tools/books.html).

Many of the old Apple Inside Macintosh books can be downloaded for free from Apple. I provide download links that I know of on my list of Apple Developer Documentation books, at http://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/books/appledev.html. Also, the physical books can usually be gotten used from Amazon for little more than shipping costs. I list some other books about Macintosh 680x0 programming at http://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/books/program.html.

Example source code is useful when programming. MPW comes with a few examples. Also, some of the Macintosh software on my list at http://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/sw/index.html includes source code. Search on these pages for the word source. Also my Mini vMac Extras at http://minivmac.sourceforge.net/extras/index.html include source.

 

[theethek]

Thanks! Both your lists look great! Am start reading...

Sure, we all wish more abandoned books were available for free download

 

[barana]

i have a copy of inside macintosh apple numerics manual = SANE , the first version, done in 86 I believe if you need a copy

 

[giulianization]

http://www.pagetable.com/?p=50

Inside Macintosh (1985 edition), volumes I-III.

http://web.archive.org/web/20030604113919/developer.apple.com/techpubs/macos8/pdf/pdf.html

Stuff that used to be available on apple.com, and is no longer. Includes full PDFs of various Inside Macintosh books, including Text, Toolbox, More Toolbox, and Imaging with QuickDraw. Some of the links are robot-excluded, though.

 

[Scott Baret]

Don't forget to familiarize yourself with ResEdit if you'll be doing some programming. There's a reference called "ResEdit Complete" from Addison Wesley that is quite good. It shipped with a disk including the program and some templates, although Apple has ResEdit available on their site. Mac Programming for Dummies and Mac Secrets also cover the old resource editor quite well.