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DuffMan · Post by **DuffMan** » Wed Oct 23, 2002 10:41 pm

Can you create something for Dreamcast by using a mac? There are some good compilers but I don't know which to use, I suppose Code Warrior, if that is even possible.

BlackAura · Post by **BlackAura** » Wed Oct 23, 2002 11:57 pm

I think that MacOSX can run Unix software, so it should be able to run GCC. I'm not really a Mac man, and I've only used one once, about nine years ago.

Post by **I.M. Weasel** » Thu Oct 24, 2002 12:30 am

Yes ,blackaura is right,macs have UNIX in OS X. Tell me what you end up findin, duffy.

DuffMan · Post by **DuffMan** » Thu Oct 24, 2002 9:10 pm

Weasel: I guess that project builder that comes with Jaguar Dev Tools has GCC 3.1. I'm not sure how to use since I have no programing knowledge. All the articals are confusing and make no sense.

So would KOS work in OS X with some minor modifications?

Post by **I.M. Weasel** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 5:48 pm

I've been trying to use the KOS libraries when im working with Project builder . At the moment im not sure what files to put into a project's library. The .C or .S or the .A files are the options.

Shutaro · Post by **Shutaro** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 9:36 pm

The first thing that you will have to do is setup your SH4 cross-compiler. Since OSX has a UNIX console you can just follow the instructions for Linux.
I recommend that you follow Toodles' tutorial since it's a lot better than Hitman's tutorial.

Once you have your cross-compiler up and running just set your enviroment like shown in kos/docs/environ.sh.sample and it should compile without any problems. I've only had problems when it came to compiling genromfs but since macs don't have a serial port, a coder's cable is out of the question. So you're really not gonna need genromfs anyways.

Now as for using Codewarrior, I'm sure that you can use it to edit your code but for compiling you're stuck with the console.

Post by **I.M. Weasel** » Thu Oct 31, 2002 3:34 pm

thanks. although i have trouble using the "make" in unix,so i hope this doesn't invovle any of that.

So is project builder even needed?

Boshi · Post by **Boshi** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 9:36 pm

Mac's can do ANYTHING a PC can do,

from now on dont ask "can I" about mac's, ask "how do I"

and remember:

if there isn's a mac program that does what you want, just use VPC!

i still perfer redhat over OSX though.... it has a nicer GUI....

donatj · Post by **donatj** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 7:07 pm

Boshi wrote:Mac's can do ANYTHING a PC can do,

from now on dont ask "can I" about mac's, ask "how do I"

and remember:

if there isn's a mac program that does what you want, just use VPC!

i still perfer redhat over OSX though.... it has a nicer GUI....

I wana see somone change a file type in mac os, I am yet to use osx but I have much experiance with 9 and I have had many problems with it thinking a file was a different type than it was. In windows if you want to change the type of a file just change the 3(somtimes 4, ie html) letter file extension. Well I perfer pc, but mac is pretty, its got that goin for it

toastman · Post by **toastman** » Sun Nov 17, 2002 8:14 pm

Shutaro wrote:I've only had problems when it came to compiling genromfs but since macs don't have a serial port, a coder's cable is out of the question. So you're really not gonna need genromfs anyways.

Huh? genromfs has nothing to do with the serial port of the coder's cable. genromfs is used GENerate a ROM FileSystem to be used in a romdisk that will be later linked to your binary.

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