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- From: alan@uts.amdahl.com (Alan Bomberger)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: moving Amiga code to a Mac
- Message-ID: <ef3m03ff63L500@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 18:42:25 GMT
- References: <Bt8KC2.GAv@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
- Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
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- I ported an Amiga product (Thinker) to the Mac and
- found that the Graphics routines were so similar
- that I almost did not have to change anything
- (some had the same name and arguments). The
- interaction with the message system is, alas,
- quite different. Dialogs are synchronous in
- Mac and messages are not separated by window
- (nor do they always contain a window identifier)
-
- I was able to make the Mac version very similar
- to the Amiga version. You should have no problem
- once you take the plunge and get used norefresh
- windows. You also have to participate more on
- bookkeeping (moving and resizing windows).. If
- I had the time I would write a porting cookbook.
- Maybe someone has. I will answer Email questions
- reasonably promptly.
-
- Peace
-