You'll be hard-pressed to find a more complete selection of information for the Mac programmer. From the comp.sys.mac.programmer digest to FAQ (frequently asked questions) lists for the major programming languages, there's information galore here. Audio, data, graphics, and protocol specifications are included as well. Also included is information on commercial products.
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Alt.Sources.Mac
Alt.Sources.Mac is a great spot on the Internet where you can download sample source code. It is being graciously hosted by Ambrosia Software, makers of high quality games such as Apeiron.
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CSMP Digest
CSMP Digest is a collection of article threads from the comp.sys.mac.programmer hierarchy of newsgroups. It is designed for people who read c.s.m.p. semi-regularly and want an archive of the discussions. Three volumes (years) of the digest are included here up to number 103 of volume 3.
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François Pottier
pottier@dmi.ens.fr
/info-mac/per/csmp/
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THINK C Digest
THINK C Digest is a collection of threads from the THINK C Mailing List. This mailing list concerns itself mostly with Symantec's THINK C product and its related utilities.
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THINK C Mailing List
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Cool MacsBug Tricks
Cool MacsBug Tricks is a guide to help you learn how to use MacsBug. MacsBug is a system extension that can help you debug your programs, it is free and is available from Apple Computer. Note that the name MacsBug is an acronym for Motorola advanced computer systems debuger, as opposed to Macintosh debugger. This guide is a list of tricks, but it is just the tip of the iceberg of the cool stuff you can do. Hopefully, after reading this, the help part of MacsBug won't be so intimidating.
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Macneil Shonle
MacneilS@aol.com
AOL:MacDev:
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CSMP Guide
CSMP Guide is a very useful resource for Mac programmers. It answers a lot of the more common questions about Mac programming.
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Matthew Xavier Mora
mxmora@apple.com
news://comp.sys.mac.programmer.info/
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Gestalt Selectors 3.2
Gestalt Selectors is a document that lists all selectors for use with the Gestalt Manager known to the editor. These can include selector codes installed by Apple (system software) or by software from third and so-called "fourth" parties (your software?). The information in this list is useful for programmers and other people who can use the Gestalt Manager with their software, perhaps even using externals (with HyperCard, 4th Dimension, etc.)
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Rene G.A. Ros
rgaros@bio.vu.nl
/info-mac/dev/info/
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Mac Programming FAQ
Mac Programming FAQ is a public domain list of frequently asked questions about Mac programming, along with their answers. It is updated regularly by Jon Wätte.
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Jon Wätte
d88-jwa@nada.kth.se
news://comp.sys.mac.programmer.info/
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Stuart's Tech Notes
Stuart's Tech Notes is a small collection of technical works contributed to the Mac programming community by Stuart Chesire, author of the network game Bolo. It includes code fragments, hints, tips, and anything else the author thinks might be useful to other programmers.
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Stuart Chesire
cheshire@cs.stanford.edu
ftp://bolo.stanford.edu/
Metrowerks,MPW,Symantec
68K
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Audio File Formats
Audio File Formats FAQ is a frequently asked question list with answers related to different audio file formats.
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Guido van Rossum
guido@CNRI.Reston.VA.US
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/
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BinHex
BinHex spec is a specification for the BinHex file format.
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Peter Lewis
peter@stairways.com.au
ftp://ftp.share.com/peterlewis/
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MacBinary
This is a set of files which describe the specification for MacBinary and MacBinary II, methods for enveloping Macintosh double-fork files into a single fork, which can be stored in non-Mac environments.
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RTF
RTF specification describes the Rich Text Format used by many word processors and other text-related applications. RTF allows formatted text to be freely exchanged between different applications and platforms.
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TIFF
TIFF specification describes the TIFF format, used by many applications to store graphic information in files.
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X/YMODEM
X/YMODEM spec is a set of documents describing the XMODEM and YMODEM file transfer protocols.
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Chuck Forsberg
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ZMODEM
ZMODEM spec is a document describing the ZMODEM file transfer protocol.