Years ago a friend was using MCL on her computer, and I thought it was extremely cool. I looked into buying it then (1999 or so) and it was really quite expensive. Over time it looks like they reduced the price of their classic version from hundreds of dollars to $95. The problem is that I only recently got a "real job" to afford it, and it seems too late. The Digitool web site is still there, but my emails bounce. Interestingly, Digitool abandoned MCL and left their last version open source. It is now being updated by Clozure, which is an open source mac lisp created by a former Digitool person. If anybody is interested, MCL 5.2 can be found on the Clozure FTP: ftp://ftp.clozure.com/pub/MCL/MCL-5.2-Final3.dmg
But I am using mostly OS 9.2.2 for my music and media work, just because it's where most of my software tools are. I want to buy MCL 4.3.1 or 4.3.5 and I can't find them anywhere. I'd gladly pay for the disc, if I could find it. The only lead I got was a real psych-out on ebay: A reputable seller of vintage computer stuff offered a cd of MCL a couple years back. They sent me a *blank* cdr. When I complained, they refunded my money and apologized. But they showed screenshots of it! It was real, they had it there! I asked them how they created screenshots if they didn't actually have it to sell... but they didn't know. Utter BS! I have even emailed a few former Digitool people but they didn't have it to sell me either. Arg! I am not a skilled lisp programmer, I am a n00b coder and need the megabytes of tutorials and sample code on the cd.
And please, I am not asking for cracked software so don't ban me. This is an earnest question about software which was open sourced and abandoned by its developers. I just need a certain version of it, which I am willing to buy.
But I am using mostly OS 9.2.2 for my music and media work, just because it's where most of my software tools are. I want to buy MCL 4.3.1 or 4.3.5 and I can't find them anywhere. I'd gladly pay for the disc, if I could find it. The only lead I got was a real psych-out on ebay: A reputable seller of vintage computer stuff offered a cd of MCL a couple years back. They sent me a *blank* cdr. When I complained, they refunded my money and apologized. But they showed screenshots of it! It was real, they had it there! I asked them how they created screenshots if they didn't actually have it to sell... but they didn't know. Utter BS! I have even emailed a few former Digitool people but they didn't have it to sell me either. Arg! I am not a skilled lisp programmer, I am a n00b coder and need the megabytes of tutorials and sample code on the cd.
And please, I am not asking for cracked software so don't ban me. This is an earnest question about software which was open sourced and abandoned by its developers. I just need a certain version of it, which I am willing to buy.
