Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!news.bbs-scene.org!macgui.com!dog_cow From: dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Why more people don't develop for the GS, wasRe: Developers!Developers! Developers! Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:06:13 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Mac GUI Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <799cdad5-260e-42bd-916b-4f8de2bc40d2@p14g2000pra.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gunshin.wiredns.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: news.bbs-scene.org 1318896373 15710 74.119.145.48 (18 Oct 2011 00:06:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@bbs-scene.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:06:13 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mac GUI City Usenet Posting Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.sys.apple2:3080 rich12345 wrote: > On Oct 17, 2:56�pm, dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote: >> You need a bookshelf just to >> use the toolbox and everything else properly. Most of the compilers and >> other tools are still commercial. > > The sellers of the documentation and tools should give incentive to > buy the products. IE, release some cool freeware, get docs and > tools for free or discount. > I happen to have a very old (inherited) copy of ORCA/M, still in its original maroon slipcase with 3-ring binder, and I've been considering purchasing the ORCA/C compiler plus some documentation to get started on the IIgs. Might point is that the cost of tools + docs introduces a barrier to entry that (largely) doesn't exist on the 8-bit Apples. -- ]DF$ Mac GUI Vault - A source for retro Apple II and Macintosh computing. http://macgui.com/vault/