• Hello MLAers! We've re-enabled auto-approval for accounts. If you are still waiting on account approval, please check this thread for more information.

Search results

  1. gingerbeardman

    Japanese Macintosh Magazines from 1990–1992

    A while ago I used HOYOYO Proxy to buy 32 old (1990–1992) Japanese Macintosh mooks "magazine books" plus some brochures, all for 1000JPY ($7). I shipped 24KG by sea (for $100) and they just arrived! If anybody has anything specific they're looking for I'll be happy to dive in!
  2. gingerbeardman

    Window Snapping for Classic Macintosh?

    Having seen and used Exposé for Classic Mac, and having remade Stapler for modern macOS, I wondered if it would be possible to take something new back to Classic Mac... Could we do Window Snapping as a control panel? Pseudo-code whilst the window is being dragged check its bounds if it is...
  3. gingerbeardman

    Desk Accessories running in ...Mac OS X?

    Following on from my recent post about remaking Stapler https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/stapler-i-remade-a-32-year-old-classic-macintosh-app.48093/ It did the rounds at Hacker News, and I received this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41213242 Can anybody shed any light...
  4. gingerbeardman

    Stapler: I remade a 32 year old classic Macintosh app

    https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2024/08/10/stapler-i-remade-a-32-year-old-classic-macintosh-app/ I still dream of this weird task-based way of working, with apps like Stapler (1992, Patterson Software Works) and LaunchList (2009, Ali Rantakari) so I made my own take for modern macOS. You might...
  5. gingerbeardman

    Quest: Wacom support in BasiliskII

    I'm trying to do the leg work so that Wacom support can be added to BasiliskII and so native macOS and iPadOS pressure sensitive support can be passed through to the emulator. Can anybody help with any of the following? - Early Wacom SDK (~2.x would be lovely) - Wacom driver inner workings...
  6. gingerbeardman

    Skipping a confirmation alert and doing the OK code path?

    I am modifying FinderHack, https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/finderhack in two ways 1. change the hot key for "Move To Trash" (done with simple hex edit to change menu key from "T" 0x54 to "Backspace/Delete" 0x08) 2. to skip the confirmation dialog alert (I'm close but not there yet, help...
  7. gingerbeardman

    Japanese MACLIFE magazine CD-ROM collection

    I've uploaded seventeen(!) CD-ROMs that were distributed with issues of the renowned Japanese Macintosh magazine MACLIFE. Lots of old apps to rediscover! Text contents included. More info: https://patreon.com/posts/55301529 Thanks to my Patrons and Twitter Tip Jar supporters for making this...
  8. gingerbeardman

    Playdate: 1-bit illustration using Deneba artWORKS in System 7 on iPad Pro

    I've written a postmortem about how I created my "Playdate Pre-order Celebration" illustration, shown below, using Deneba artWORKS in Macintosh System 7 running on iPad Pro. https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2021/07/30/playdate-1-bit-illustration-postmortem/
  9. gingerbeardman

    Macintosh Classic - not booting from HDD or ROM

    I got my Macintosh Classic out of storage (about 4 years since it was last used). I opened it up and took out the PRAM battery as a precaution (but it looks fine). Mac is remarkably clean and was hardly used when I bought it and hardly used since.  But... now I'm booting it and it won't...
  10. gingerbeardman

    KanjiTalk on 7.5?

    I have a Japanese game that needs KanjiTalk. What is KanjiTalk exactly? A whole replacement version of Mac OS or just some components? Do I have to replace my existing Mac OS 7.5 install? Can I swap it out on demand, or is it one or the other? I already have Japanese support in Mac OS 9 (via...
Back
Top