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mac os 9 driver development?
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abhi_kul
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Sep 17, 2004, 01:43 AM
 
hi
can anybody tell me where can i find the source code of the mac OS 9?also name of the toolkit to develop device drivers for mac OS 9?
I also need to know the architectural differences between mac os 9 and mac os 10.
also can anybody tell the steps in driver development for mac os 9?
-Chanakya
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Sep 17, 2004, 03:56 AM
 
Wow, hmmm. OS 9 is not open source. The main technical reference for the classic Mac OS is a series called Inside Macintosh. But they are dated books. There are still references to them in older technical guides found on Apple's Developer pages. You may want to take a look at this Mac OS 8 and 9 Development page.

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Sep 17, 2004, 07:18 AM
 
Originally posted by Big Mac:
Wow, hmmm. OS 9 is not open source. The main technical reference for the classic Mac OS is a series called Inside Macintosh. But they are dated books. There are still references to them in older technical guides found on Apple's Developer pages. You may want to take a look at this Mac OS 8 and 9 Development page.
i need to write a device driver for pci devices on mac os 9 and need to know some more details about the OS. so are there any other sources from where i can know detailed structure of the mac os 9( internal details) other then the one u mentioned( inside macintosh) . i would like to know if there are any free ebooks available for the same?
are you aware of any driver development tools for mac os 9?
plz. reply as early as possible.
-chanakya
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