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This forum is to discuss and share information about Mac OS with fellow Mac enthusiasts. It also covers various application development topics, including compilers, languages, data structures, and more when programming in the classic Mac OS.
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19h ago
Or, you could ask me to do it, if you are willing to test a un-tested ROM.
You can probably get the PC rom using flashrom in OS X https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/question-how-powerful-of-a-graphics-card-will-work-in-a-beige-power-macintosh-g3.230 ..read more
Mac OS 9 Lives Forums
19h ago
You can get the Mac mini boot rom using https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/question-how-powerful-of-a-graphics-card-will-work-in-a-beige-power-macintosh-g3.2303689/post-32937887
If you post it here, then I can see if there's fcode for R9200 in there ..read more
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19h ago
A Str255 is a fixed size field of 256 bytes. The string inside the Str255 is variable length but a Str255 is not variable length.
TheRest could be up to 64K since the length for the comment is two bytes. I think in C you would define it like this:
[cod ..read more
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21h ago
[code]As it seems you have found out, C doesn't support having variable-length data in the middle of a struct. You have to use pointer arithmetic.
Fortunately, none of the fixed-size data is broken up by variable-length data. So you don't have to have ..read more
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1d ago
Ah, thank you joevt, that was really enlightening. I didn't think to look at it with Resourcerer.
Yes, the strings can be variable length, that's what I meant when I said the doc says they're Pascal strings, which the Mac OS includes represent as St ..read more
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2d ago
So, does anyone feel like writing some condensed articles based on the threads posted here? Would greatly appreciate the help ..read more
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2d ago
Maybe the firmware can be compressed?
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/7800-gt-with-64k-rom-no-go.2425522/post-33120443 ..read more
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2d ago
Quote from: Jubadub on Yesterday at 11:35:18 PM
Btw, I should use MacTorrent more.
Poke a bit at the sources and see if you can make it better ..read more
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2d ago
Quote from: IIO on Today at 06:21:54 PM
it turns out true once more: it is important to question anything, including the primary source and myself.
Yes! Questioning is caring! There's no such thing as an actual ..read more
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2d ago
The Resorcerer template says the strings are variable length, not fixed length ..read more