Video: C Programming on System 6 - Easier LDEFs With This One Weird Trick
posted on oct 14th, 2020
with tags
mac,
retrocomputing,
and
video
part of C Programming on System 6 series
part of C Programming on System 6 series
I recently read about using a jump instruction as an LDEF
resource to allow
keeping the list definition function in the main program executable/project, so
in this video I implement the technique for the message list.
Video notes:
- MacTech - 6-byte Code Resource Stub Trick
2F3A 0004 4E75 0000 0000
- The 4-char-as-long instead of a character array mentioned around 5:30 is apparently called a FourCC
As mentioned in the video, I’ve created an IRC channel on
Freenode
called
#cyberpals
if you are interested in following along with this series and have questions or
would like to help others.
I’m in the channel as jcs
.
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