Programming Tools

for Macintosh Plus and Mini vMac

ResEdit 2.1.3

copyright: Apple Computer, Inc.
mod date: Jul 15, 1994
license: free, but don't redistribute

Edits the resource fork of files. By Sumit Bando & Samiran Basak. "Requires System 6.0.2 or later."

MacsBug 6.5.3

copyright: Apple Computer, Inc.
mod date: Feb 22, 1996
license: free, but don't redistribute

Low level debugger. Does work on the Macintosh Plus, sort of, but more targeted to later PowerPC models. In Mini vMac, keys will repeat too fast unless speed limit is turned on. Earlier versions of MacsBug work much better, if you can find one.

HexEdit 1.0.7

copyright: Jim Bumgardner
mod date: Sep 25, 1994
license: free for non-commercial use

A "hexdump viewer and editor". Source code is available.

Rsrc<->Data 1.0

copyright: Alexander Kasprzyk
mod date: Jun 21, 1996
license: Freeware

Can "either copy a resource from a file's resource fork into the data fork of a new file, or you can do the opposite and copy a file's data fork into a new file's resource fork." It "requires System 7.0 or greater".

GetPath 1.3.1

copyright: Herb Otto
mod date: Jan 30, 1999
license: free for non-commercial use

Saves to clipboard path of selected file.

ObiWan 5.2

copyright: Peter N. Lewis
mod date: Aug 7, 1997
license: shareware

Display information from any of several included data bases in floating window that can be called up at any time with a hot key. Main use is to access information about the Macintosh API. Requires "System 7.1 or later."

Smaller Installer(tm) Builder 2.0.2

copyright: Bill Goodman
mod date: Sep 27, 1999
license: freely distributable

Creates programs to install software. Though it is freely distributable, the installers it creates must be licenced and licenses are no longer available .

Gestalt.Appl 2.7.20

copyright: Jean-Pierre Curcio
mod date: Oct 25, 1998
license: free for non-commercial use

Shows information provided by the Gestalt Manager, which "allows every application to know about the exact environment which is has been launched".

Drivers 1.0

copyright: Carl Bell
mod date: May 1, 1992
license: free for non-commercial use

"Utility that lists installed drivers."

Show Globals 1.00

copyright: Apple Computer, Inc.
mod date: Sep 17, 1993
license: free, but don't redistribute

Debugging tool to continually display block of memory, formatted and commented from information in an MPW assembler file. By Ricardo Batista.

GetKeys 0.1

copyright: SPDsoft
mod date: Apr 3, 1997
license: ?

"Another Quick&Dirty Hack". Shows result from the GetKeys function. Could be helpful to some programmers. Source code is included.

The download link requires active FTP. There is an alternate http address.