Comment by atommclain
2 years ago
You don't happen to have access to Aztec C for the classic 68k? I (and others) have been trying to track down a copy for some time. There appears to be one on Macintosh garden, but that is for ms-dos.
2 years ago
You don't happen to have access to Aztec C for the classic 68k? I (and others) have been trying to track down a copy for some time. There appears to be one on Macintosh garden, but that is for ms-dos.
Honestly I probably got rid of my final box of ancient Mac 3.5" floppies in my last move 5 years ago.
Can't say I actually had Aztec C at the time, but it wouldn't have surprised me one way or the other.
Short answer, no I no longer have access to it any longer.
I used to run it on my basement upgraded, 512K Mac with 2 400K drives. Spent real money on it. I think it was $499 at the time. Maybe less, it was certainly no Turbo Pascal that's for sure.
Ah thanks for sharing your memories, seems like computing was so much more expensive compared to now. I enjoy playing around with an old Mac Plus and a modern emulated HD20 drive. Eventually like to use it as a terminal, but really I just enjoy playing with an older retro computer that has a pretty clear lineage to my daily modern computer.
> seems like computing was so much more expensive compared to now.
Heh. That's an understatement.
My Mac was $1800 (college discount), the 512K upgrade was $400, the extra drive was $400, and $499 for Aztec C.
That's ~$9000 in todays dollars.
I spent almost $5K (today) for my Atari 800 system (essentially obsolete by the time I got my Mac, < 5 years, gave it away to a friend).
I remember being excited when I got my first 1GB drive, since it was only $1/MB. (We already had $1/MB drives, but not that big -- and not SCSI).
I later sold that Mac and put the money towards a motorcycle. Boy, that was one of the best trades I ever did. I had that bike for 26 years. I can't say either was an investment, but that bike aged a lot better than the Mac did!
Anyway, yea, computing was expensive.