[NTLK] Setup for programming environment - what and how?

[Morgan Aldridge]

You're entirely welcome! I'll try to get a copy of my Newton dev VM sent
out this weekend via Dropbox (I'll send you another email off-list).

Morgan

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 05:22 "Piotrowski Paweł (Newton)" <
newton at indigi.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Morgan!
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> First of all: So much thank you for answer!!!
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> > On 19 Jan 2017, at 13:41, Morgan Aldridge <morgant at makkintosshu.com>
> wrote:
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> > I recently went through the process of setting up a Newton dev
> environment
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> > under OS X (well, and OS 7, but more about that shortly) and had intended
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> > to write up a blog post about it, but haven't gotten that far. Soon.
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> That could be great to have some 101 with details ;)
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> > Anyway, are you planning on doing just NewtonOS programming or do you
> want
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> > to program in other languages too (for example, fiddling with the
> Einstein
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> > source code itself)?
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> Because this is my first time with programming, I think only about
> NewtonOS (NewtonScript???).
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> > Either way, check out <http://newtonscript.org/> for links to all the
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> > various development tools, documentation, etc. NTK (Newton Toolkit) for
> Mac
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> > OS (System 7-Mac OS 9.x) is definitely the easiest Newton programming
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> > environment to learn, had the best support & documentation from Apple,
> and
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> > had the most users during its peak, so there is a lot of sample & open
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> > source code out there.
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> >
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> > If you want to do other development than just Newton, or you want better
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> > performance and Internet connectivity, I'd go with setting up BasiliskII
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> > http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/basilisk_ii> on OS X, running Mac OS
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> > 7.5.5, with NTK for Newton programming, plus Einstein running NewtonOS
> with
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> > ViewFrame. Install NTK from the NewtonDev image on UNNA.org <
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> > http://www.unna.org/view.php?/development/NewtonDev> (it was put
> together
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> > by a bunch of developers to apply all the updates and such). You can use
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> > BasiliskII's shared folders support to easily exchange files between
> MacOS
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> > and OS X. The only real downside is that you can't connect NTK to
> Einstein
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> > to run the Inspector or auto-install the package after compiling (though
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> > Einstein supports installing a package via drag & drop, so it's still
> easy).
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> >
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> > If you want to do only Newton development, already have a good way to
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> > transfer data to/from your PowerBook 1400, have a full set of Newton
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> > dongles & cables, and don't mind testing your software on your Newton
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> > (risking data loss), then install NTK on the PowerBook (again, using the
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> > NewtonDev image). Then you'll have everything running natively and as
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> > originally intended, with full ability to run the NTK Inspector connected
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> > to your Newton.
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> >
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> > I find the OS X & BasiliskII method to be easier to start with a fresh
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> > install and start over if you royally screw anything up (either on the
> Mac
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> > or a newton side). I wrote a utility a month or so ago called
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> > `basiliskiivm` <
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> http://www.makkintosshu.com/discourse/basiliskiivm-a-vm-management-utility-for-basiliskii
> >
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> > which makes working with & sharing multiple VMs easy, so I could send
> you a
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> > pre-packaged VM with NTK already installed if you want to try it out
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> > (without the Mac ROM, of course).
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> WOW! That could be very helpful!!! Thank you! I’m using Dropbox, if it
> will be better for you -> scroller [here this magic sign] indigi
> [thedothere] pl
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> >
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> > Good luck and let us know how it goes, any questions you might have, and
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> > what works well for you or doesn’t.
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> Thank you again ;) I will definitely try this Basilisk stuff on Mac OS X
> but older method too, to get experience ;)
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> Best regards,
>
> Pawel Piotrowski
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