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Jody, I would agree that this is a good approach. Thanks, Neil Ticktin Editor-in-Chief MacTech Magazine (formerly MacTutor)
David, >> How much would it cost to get an equivalent Macintosh setup? At least as much, or more? Try less — the factually correct answer.
David, >>I believe most Mac develops better start learning how to program Windows. Your defensive stance makes you sound like an Intel commercial trying to battle Power Macintosh — a clearly superior machine. I've heard several Windows users planning to make the switch to Power Macintosh simply because Intel is…
David, >> Please, enlighten us with the "things you've been hearing" with regards to Windows "gotchas". I am not able to give you specifics. What I can tell you is that the Windows API is counter intuitive ENOUGH that experienced programmers read through documentation, run into a problem and then…
Ben, There are some libraries available for providing APIs for graphics manipulation. These may be of help to you. There is at least one that I can think of advertised in the magazine, but I can't remember it off the top of my head. Look through the last couple issues.…
Bryant, There are several tools advertised in our magazine. Check it out! Good luck, Neil Ticktin Editor-in-Chief MacTech Magazine (formerly MacTutor) You can contact Customer Service at: CompuServe: 71333,1063 Voice: 310-575-4343 Fax: 310-575-0925
Bryant and Cindy, Yes, we are MacTech Magazine (formerly MacTutor). We've had a long time presence on CompuServe but only in the Vendor D forum. Now, we have the additional support in Library 14 of MACDEV. If you are looking for copy protection products, we have a number of them…
David, >> I am the proud owner of a Compaq Prolinea 4/50 (80486 @ 50mHz) which, with monitor, keyboard, intenal data/fax modem, large hard disk, eight megs of RAM, etc. costs less than $2500. And, I bought it a year ago! My point isn't that you don't have a good…
David, >> There is _tremendous_ value in getting the right kinds of applications up and running on both Macintosh and Windows. It all comes down to whether you, as a developer, develop commodities or software that is a cut above the rest. If it relies on technologies like AOCE, QuickDraw…
David, >> Do you mean the Code Fragment Manager, or something else. Apple is going to be getting rid of the Shared Library Manager in favor of SOM (an object manager) from IBM. OpenDoc will make this move in one of its next prerelease versions. Good luck, Neil Ticktin Editor-in-Chief…
John, >> A thousand here, a thousand there, pretty soon you're talking real money. And the worst part is your system would need another 16Meg of RAM (for 32Meg total) to bring it up to *minimum* levels to handle the Microsoft stuff. Pretty sad situation — you have a pretty…
John, >> ASLM doesn't cut it, huh? It's history anyway. It's being replaced by SOM from IBM's technologies. Neil Ticktin Editor-in-Chief MacTech Magazine (formerly MacTutor)
Malam, >> And then there were the "gotchas" which slowed him down to a crawl on Windows…. That's exactly the type of thing that I've been hearing. Thanks, Neil
John, He said "powerhouse PC" I believe. Thanks, Neil
>> God, I hope so. ASLM stinks. That's what I've heard as well. The OpenDoc team is moving from ASLM to SOM in one of their upcoming pre-release versions. >> SOM (System Object Model), on the other hand, is cool, or so I've been told (haven't studied it myself…) Yep.…
>> A powerhouse PC isn't too expensive Guess you haven't priced out the system needed lately, have you? Estimates are $5,000 for a minimal system. And, that doesn't even get a large screen that most Macintosh developers would demand. You should know about a little product called PowerPC based Macintosh…
The reason that Windows programming takes so much longer than Mac development is because there are so many little "ins and outs" that you have to know that take forever to get through. That's the feedback that I've heard at least.
>> Just my opinion… By all means, please develop for Windows! >> enough already! Agreed!
David, >> Just a clarification. Aha! Now I understand what you meant. FYI: I believe that Apple will be abadoning the ASLM stuff and going for the newer stuff from IBM (which I'm lapsing and can't remember the name to right now). >> Sorry I missed you at the conference!…
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>> Will Microsoft's "portable" solution support the Windows 3.1 API on the Mac or only MFC classes? From what I saw in Atlanta last week, their cross platform solution will support the Windows API on the Macintosh. Realize though that their stuff did not seem to run smoothly (blasting through…
Where to start ???
Message #131878
From:
Neil Ticktin/MacTech Mag
MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
· Dev. Environments
July 14, 1993 11:19 PM
John, You can find out more about Bedrock in the July issue of MacTech Magazine. For more info about Symantec's new environments, you should check out the product review in the August issue of the magazine. Bedrock demos are also available in our online area. For more information on MacTech…
Symantec C++ 6.0
Message #131877
From:
Neil Ticktin/MacTech Mag
MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
· Dev. Environments
July 14, 1993 11:19 PM
To all, You might want to check out the product review of the new Symantec products in the August issue of MacTech Magazine. For more information on MacTech Magazine, see our online area by typing "GO MACTECHMAG". Thanks, Neil Ticktin Editor-in-Chief MacTech Magazine
THINK C
Message #131875
From:
Neil Ticktin/MacTech Mag
MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
· C and Pascal
July 14, 1993 11:18 PM
Rich and Dave, You might want to check out the product review of the new Symantec products in the August issue of MacTech Magazine (formerly MacTutor). For more information on MacTech Magazine, see our online area by typing "GO MACTECHMAG". Thanks, Neil Ticktin Editor-in-Chief MacTech Magazine