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Operating System Specific Discussions => Other Operating Systems => Topic started by: jj on August 27, 2010, 11:17:04 AM

Title: Source code for Macpaint released
Post by: jj on August 27, 2010, 11:17:04 AM

http://www.computerhistory.org/highlights/macpaint/

Title: Re: Source code for Macpaint released
Post by: gaula92 on August 27, 2010, 03:29:48 PM

I'm wondering why no one has made this stupid comment so far, so here I go: could this be ported to Amiga OS 3.x?
The API (QuickDraw) part looks yummy and could open the door to source-level compatibility with old Mac software (not very useful, I suppose)

Title: Re: Source code for Macpaint released
Post by: jj on August 27, 2010, 03:31:12 PM

Well the libs are 68k asm so that souldnt be too hard and the macpaint is in pascal ,  could be an intersting project for someone who wanted to get into programming/porting.

Title: Re: Source code for Macpaint released
Post by: hardlink on August 27, 2010, 03:48:00 PM

Quote from: JJ;576492

Well the libs are 68k asm so that souldnt be too hard and the macpaint is in pascal ,  could be an intersting project for someone who wanted to get into programming/porting.

Ah, if I only had more time ...
The source is not that big, either. If I were doing it, I'd convert it from pascal to Modula-2 because there are excellent Amiga M2 dev systems, such as Benchmark, with source level debugging, etc. Then when you are done you would have a nice black & white paint program :D

Title: Re: Source code for Macpaint released
Post by: gaula92 on August 27, 2010, 03:58:13 PM

Quote from: hardlink;576498

 Then when you are done you would have a nice black & white paint program :D

Eh!! Why do want colors? To play those evil video-games? Hmm... bad, bad hardlink

Title: Re: Source code for Macpaint released
Post by: mongo on August 27, 2010, 04:41:59 PM

The source for Color QuickDraw would have been far more interesting.