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a gcc-based cross-compiler for classic 68K and PPC Macintoshes

14 mentions on Hacker News by 12 people: 1 story, 13 comments · first 2018-12-19 · latest 2026-07-19

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  1. …an original set of weather icons, so this is exactly the kind of reference I was looking for. [1]: https://github.com/autc04/Retro68
    comment by usagisushi · 2026-07-19 · in A Visual Catalog of Retro Macintosh Software
  2. Retro68k allows you to build with gcc12 https://github.com/autc04/Retro68
    comment by helfire · 2025-04-10 · in SDL2 for macOS 9 “rough draft”
  3. …or people to talk to about it, so exploring what could have been is an interesting endeavor. https://github.com/autc04/Retro68 https://amendhub.com/
    comment by helfire · 2025-04-10 · in SDL2 for macOS 9 “rough draft”
  4. If you can live with cross-compiling from a modern PC (or Mac) you can use https://github.com/autc04/Retro68 which uses a recent version of GCC.
    comment by nehalem501 · 2023-05-04 · in Like the macOS Dock but for macOS System 7
  5. …on a modern machine. [1] https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/study-group-0-getting-yo... [2] https://github.com/autc04/Retro68
    comment by helfire · 2023-05-03 · in Like the macOS Dock but for macOS System 7
  6. Cross-development tools here: https://github.com/autc04/Retro68 And a setup walkthrough: https://henlin.net/2021/12/03/a-simplified-guide-to-developm...
    comment by mwcremer · 2022-10-08 · in C Programming on System 6
  7. Strongly recommend checking out Retro68 and cross compiling from a newer machine: https://github.com/autc04/Retro68 There are some really good Retro68 code examples out there as well. I started compiling a list here, including a couple of…
    comment by camhenlin · 2022-07-16 · in Writing and running a BBS on a Macintosh Plus
  8. Why not just use Retro68? https://github.com/autc04/Retro68
    comment by ranger_danger · 2022-03-04 · in Mpw-Emu: Emulating 1998-Vintage Mac Compilers
  9. …Carbon or whatever API Mac OS 9 uses wouldn't be too difficult with some libre SDK targetting OS9. https://github.com/autc04/Retro68 Also, this guy has a Classic Mac tool sw "runner" a la Wine: https://github.com/autc04/executor Forked,…
    comment by anthk · 2022-02-04 · in Assimilate: A Flood-It game for Mac OS 9, released in 2021
  10. …without some nice debugging tools, and with the added complexity of the mac OS resource stuff) https://github.com/autc04/Retro68/
    comment by cy384 · 2021-08-01 · in Ssheven: A modern SSH client for Mac OS 7-9
  11. …project targeting a modern GCC-based cross-compiler to the classic 68K and PPC Mac environment. https://github.com/autc04/Retro68 So you can write C++17 for System 6 too, if you want.
    comment by retrac · 2020-10-02 · in C Programming on System 6 – Intro [video]
  12. In addition, there is a modern GCC-based toolchain for classic MacOS: https://github.com/autc04/Retro68
    comment by mrpippy · 2020-04-02 · in Swift on Mac OS 9
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    Retro68 – a GCC-based cross-compiler for classic 68K and PPC Macintoshes
    story by arm · 2019-12-30 · 10 comments
  14. It’s built on Retro68, a gcc based cross-compiler for building classic Mac apps on modern machines: https://github.com/autc04/Retro68
    comment by spongeb00b · 2018-12-19 · in Building a Spotify Player for My Mac SE/30