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Legacy technologies include features, functions, classes, and methods that have been deprecated or are no longer supported. A technology identified in the ADC Reference Library as deprecated has been superseded and may become unsupported in the future. A technology identified as unsupported is no longer available from Apple for use by software or hardware developers. Legacy documents help developers understand legacy technologies, identify replacements, and update their products to run on current Apple platforms.

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Differences between iMac models (HTML) ()
HW32.
Unsupported 1999-01-25
Adding Color Icons to Menu Items (HTML) ()
TB48.
Unsupported 1998-12-22
Calling GetMenu Redundantly (HTML) ()
TB45.
Unsupported 1998-12-22
Desk Accessory Menus (HTML) ()
TB51.
Unsupported 1998-12-22
LMGetTheMenu and LMSetMenuHook (HTML) ()
TB52.
Unsupported 1998-12-22
Maximum Number of Menu Items (HTML) ()
TB57.
Unsupported 1998-12-22
Menu Definition Drawing Dimmed Items (HTML) ()
TB50.
Unsupported 1998-12-22
Moving the Menu Bar (HTML) ()
TB54: Describes how to move the menubar to another Macintosh Display and why this move is unadvisable.
Deprecated 1998-12-22
System Menu IDs (HTML) ()
TB46.
Unsupported 1998-12-22
Tear-off Menus (HTML) ()
TB55.
Unsupported 1998-12-22
Unpopped Popup Menus and Mac OS 8.5 (HTML) ()
TB44.
Unsupported 1998-12-22
Secondary Interrupts on the Page Fault Path (HTML)
DV34.
Unsupported 1998-12-21
grayishTextOr and Mac OS 8.5 (HTML) ()
QD59: Explains why text drawn using TextMode(grayishTextOr) is never drawn; provides a workaround.
Deprecated 1998-12-07
Simulated Click on AWT Button (HTML) ()
JAVA01: Shows how to programmatically simulate a clicked button in MRJ 1.1.x for Mac OS9.
Deprecated 1998-12-07
Using stdin on the Macintosh (HTML) ()
JAVA02: Shows how to use stdin on MRJ for Mac OS Classic.
Deprecated 1998-12-07
Understanding USB Error -6911 - (kUSBNotResponding) (HTML) ()
USB05.
Unsupported 1998-11-16
Test What You Ship (HTML)
OV01.
Unsupported 1998-11-02
Detecting Control Strip at Startup (HTML)
OPS18.
Unsupported 1998-10-19
UpTime's values are consistently slow? (HTML)
HW31.
Unsupported 1998-10-19
SCSI Printer Prevents System Boot (HTML)
DV12.
Unsupported 1998-10-01
Composite Class Driver loads via both Driver/InterfaceInitialize entry point (HTML) ()
USB04.
Unsupported 1998-09-28
USBGetNextDeviceByClass Requires deviceRef (HTML) ()
USB03.
Unsupported 1998-09-28
Using Custom creator codes for USB Class Drivers (HTML) ()
USB01.
Unsupported 1998-09-28
Calling ataManager on a Power Macintosh (HTML) ()
DV26.
Unsupported 1998-09-21
Text Mask Mode and QuickDraw (HTML) ()
QD58.
Unsupported 1998-09-07
Determining if a PCI Bus Exists (HTML)
HW01.
Unsupported 1998-09-01
PBXGetVolInfo Glue (HTML) ()
FL07.
Unsupported 1998-07-30
Workaround for PLookupName Bug (HTML) ()
NW55.
Unsupported 1998-07-20
Navigation Services and memFullErr (HTML) ()
TB40.
Unsupported 1998-07-06
PrepareMemoryForIO and Execution Levels (HTML) ()
DV32.
Unsupported 1998-06-08
LaserWriter 8 Support for *JCL/PCL (HTML) ()
QD57.
Unsupported 1998-05-25
Capturing Speech Manager Output (HTML) ()
SND15: Capturing the output from the Speech Synthesis Manager to a file.
Deprecated 1998-05-18
Making the ADBOp call from CFM-68K (HTML) ()
HW30.
Unsupported 1998-05-11
Using OpenTransport With CFM-68K (HTML) ()
NW19.
Unsupported 1998-05-04
Clearing the Z-buffer in RAVE (HTML) ()
QD3D93.
Unsupported 1998-04-20
Drawing Text into a RAVE Context (HTML) ()
QD3D89.
Unsupported 1998-04-20
Errors in QADrawContextNew (HTML) ()
QD3D86.
Unsupported 1998-04-20
RAVE and DrawSprocket Integration (HTML) ()
QD3D85.
Unsupported 1998-04-20
RAVE Multiple GDevice support (HTML) ()
QD3D94.
Unsupported 1998-04-20
RAVE Notifications (HTML) ()
QD3D88.
Unsupported 1998-04-20
RAVE Support for Apple 3D Accelerator (HTML) ()
QD3D91.
Unsupported 1998-04-20
RAVE Z-Buffer Access (HTML) ()
QD3D92.
Unsupported 1998-04-20
Triangle Strips (HTML) ()
QD3D90.
Unsupported 1998-04-20
U and V limits in RAVE (HTML) ()
QD3D87.
Unsupported 1998-04-20
Recording Compressed Sounds (HTML) ()
SND14: Sound Manager and sound input driver compression options are limited to allow interrupt time recording.
Deprecated 1998-04-12
siMonitorSource Selector (HTML) ()
SND13: Using the sound output siMonitorAvailable, and siMonitorSource selectors.
Deprecated 1998-04-12
siOSTypeInput Selectors (HTML) ()
SND12: The use of siOSTypeInputSource, and siOSTypeInputAvailable selectors and extracting the siOSTypeInputAvailable OSTypes returned.
Deprecated 1998-04-12
How to Disable the JIT (HTML) ()
JAVA05: Disabling the JIT on Mac OS Classic.
Deprecated 1998-02-22
JBound App Results in -35 OSErr (HTML) ()
JAVA03: Resolving error -35 on Mac OS Classic JBound applications.
Deprecated 1998-02-22
Stack Crawl Not Showing Line Numbers (HTML) ()
JAVA06: Getting stack crawls to show the line numbers on Mac OS Classic.
Deprecated 1998-02-22
Using .zip and .jar Files With Applets (HTML) ()
JAVA04: Shows how to call an applet bundled in a .jar or .zip file on Mac OS Classic.
Deprecated 1998-02-22
The Improper use of FSClose (HTML) ()
TB36.
Unsupported 1998-02-10
Parsing the PICT File Format (HTML) ()
QD56: Explains where to find information on the PICT file format and warns against parsing a PICT file.
Deprecated 1998-02-10
Setting Audio Input Gain (HTML) ()
SND11: Setting audio input gain under Mac OS 8.1.
Deprecated 1998-02-10
EndFormsPrinting and FormsPrinting PicComments (HTML) ()
QD53.
Unsupported 1998-01-16
How to get the Monitor ID as displayed in the Monitors & Sound Control Panel (HTML) ()
QD55.
Unsupported 1998-01-16
Selecting a specific sound input source (HTML) ()
SND10: Using the sound input driver to select specific sound input sources.
Deprecated 1998-01-16
Setting Landscape Printing from an Application (HTML) ()
QD54.
Unsupported 1998-01-16
siOSTypeInputAvailable Format (HTML) ()
SND09: The format of the data returned by the siOSTypeInputAvailable selector is SoundInfoList.
Deprecated 1998-01-16
Obtaining Standard Icons (HTML)
TB35.
Unsupported 1997-12-23
Printing, Forward and Reverse Line Feeds (HTML)
QD03.
Unsupported 1997-12-01
Copybits Bus Error with Offscreen GWorld (HTML) ()
QD49.
Unsupported 1997-11-17
Creating Gray Scaled Images > 8 bits (HTML) ()
QD51: Shows how to create gray-scaled images at resolutions greater than 8 bits for display.
Deprecated 1997-11-17
How to Find the Printer Descriptions folder (HTML) ()
QD52.
Unsupported 1997-11-17
PCI Video Card Bus Error (HTML) ()
QD50.
Unsupported 1997-11-17
Receiving UDP Broadcasts (HTML) ()
NW53: Explains why UDP endpoints may never receive UDP broadcast messages.
Deprecated 1997-11-17
White Backgrounds for Dialog editText Items (HTML) ()
TB34.
Unsupported 1997-10-13
MemError (HTML) ()
ME06.
Unsupported 1997-09-12
System Error 29 (HTML) ()
OPS16.
Unsupported 1997-09-12
Accessing the DialAssist data (HTML) ()
NW51.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
All Geometry Vertices Need UV Parameterization (HTML) ()
QD3D55.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Apple Accelerator Card & Textures (HTML) ()
QD3D61.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Call Q3View_GetWorldToFrustumMatrixState Only In A Rendering Loop (HTML) ()
QD3D77.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Camera Hither Distance Must Be > 0 (HTML) ()
QD3D62.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Checking For QD3D Windows DLL's (HTML) ()
QD3D84.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Checking Whether QD3D Is Available (HTML) ()
QD3D69.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Default Number of Surface Planes (HTML) ()
QD3D56.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Default Surface/Shader UV Params For Caps of Cones & Cylinders (HTML) ()
QD3D73.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Displaying Windows 3DMF Files On A Mac (HTML) ()
QD3D81.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
DONT_NEED_DDRAW Preprocessor Explained (HTML) ()
QD3D82.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Error Loading: DriverServicesLib (-2804) Error Explained (HTML) ()
QD3D59.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Finding The Center Of A Model (HTML) ()
QD3D70.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
How to use the OT modem script engine (HTML) ()
NW50: Shows how to use the Open Transport modem script engine.
Deprecated 1997-07-11
Making Objects Invisible (HTML) ()
QD3D64.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Mesh Edge Structure Can Not Have More Than 2 Faces (HTML) ()
QD3D65.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
No Limit To The Number Of Vertices In A Polygon (HTML) ()
QD3D66.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
No Standard UV Parameters For Mesh (HTML) ()
QD3D74.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Q3View_Sync/Q3View_Flush Differences (HTML) ()
QD3D68.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
QD3D Does Not Free Memory Used By Geometries (HTML) ()
QD3D71.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
QD3D Does Not Provide Z-Buffer Information (HTML) ()
QD3D57.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
QD3D Functions Not Interrupt Safe (HTML) ()
QD3D78.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
QD3D Is Not Thread-Safe (HTML) ()
QD3D72.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
QD3D Macintosh High Quality Postscript Output (HTML) ()
QD3D53.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
QD3D Plug-In Renderer Handlers (HTML) ()
QD3D67.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
QD3D Windows High Quality Postscript Output (HTML) ()
QD3D54.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
QD3D Windows Interactive Renderer (HTML) ()
QD3D80.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
QD3D Windows Pixel Format Support (HTML) ()
QD3D83.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Setting Data For Q3ViewerUseData (HTML) ()
QD3D63.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
ShaderUV/SurfaceUV Attribute Differences (HTML) ()
QD3D52.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Speed of the Printer Port (HTML) ()
DV31.
Unsupported 1997-07-11