I chose to only look for tools that were available for Mac prior to the 1990s. I decided for this exploration that I wanted to stick to early Mac software as much as possible. This got me thinking that it might be interesting to spend some time re-learning “Classic” Mac OS app development.Īs I mentioned previously I didn’t really start programming until Mac OS 8 and by then CodeWarrior had solidly cemented itself as the IDE of choice for Mac developers. While System 6 was the first Mac OS version I used, I didn’t start really writing Mac apps until the Mac OS 8 era.

I was recently having a conversation with another developer who grew up using Macintosh computers and we were both reminiscing about some of our early development experiences on Mac.

Finally, after the PowerPC transition, I used a Power Macintosh 8500 which ran all of the later versions of “Classic” Mac OS. Then I moved up to a Macintosh IIsi running System 7. I started using a Mac with System 6 on a Macintosh Classic. It includes System 1 all the way up to Mac OS 9.x. This is often referred to as “Classic” Mac OS. Before macOS, and before OS X, there was just Mac OS.

Mac os 8.0 emulator