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Article #15794Re: Classic Mac operation with programming for SE or Mac ][?
From: dgold
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1987 19:47
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1987 19:47
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In article <9529@decwrl.DEC.COM> harrow@exodus.dec.com (Jeff Harrow, NCSE LKG1-3/F16 Boxborough DTN=293-5128) writes:
>My question is this: If you program an application to be fully
>functional on the top of the line machine (Mac ][) which requires
>that you make use of the NEW calls and structures such as COLOR
>grafports, textedit Style resources, etc, HOW WILL THESE PROGRAMS
>BEHAVE WHEN RUN ON ONE OF THE "CLASSIC" MACS?
>
>Will it be necessary to write conditional (yuk!) code into the
>programs so that IF CLASSIC THEN ... ELSE ... or has Apple, in
>their usual tremendously successful efforts at compatibility come
>up with some method that these NEW calls will somehow operate
>in the OLD way when run on a "Classic Mac?"
Some of the new features have been backpatched onto 128K ROM machines.
Basically, most of the new functions (TextEdit, Menu Manager, etc) are
available on anything with 128K or later ROMs running System 4.1 or
later. This is not true for any of the color functions; these are
available only on the Mac II, so I'm afraid that "yuk!" is the order
of the day.
--
David Goldsmith
Apple Computer, Inc.
MacApp Group
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