Slow End

Between work, vacation, having my car stolen, recovering it myself (long story) and working on my new (to me) car, I haven't done anything on my RetroChallenge entry. Total retro Macintosh failure.

I did spend some time working on the car I bought, specifically the computer and sensor system. It is 1990 Infiniti Q45, so its computer system technically qualifies as retro, I guess. The previous owner had put a piece of black tape over the diagnostic information display to hide the "STOP LAMP INOPERATIVE" error. Unfortunately, that was one of the most minor abuses that he put this car through. Anyway, a few minutes of soldering on the stop lamp sensor to fix some damaged solder joints, and I was greeted with "OK"!

It actually took less time to fix the sensor than to open up the dash and get the black tape off!

So that's it. I compiled the new lwip code, made an application, but never tested it, and made my old car computer say "OK".

Slow Start

Between 4th of July, World Cup, and the British Grand Prix, I haven't spent much time on my RetroChallenge project. I spent way more time reading about other people's projects than working on my own! I did manage to compile the latest lwip sources and the lwip httpserver into an application, but I haven't tested it yet. The MPW build option to use unix #include paths worked perfectly.  I wish I had know about it last time around, as it would have saved me some time.
SetDirectory "{MPW}Maclwip2:lwip-contrib-ppp-new:ports:mac:"; BuildProgram ElWhip # 2:50:02 PM ----- Build of ElWhip. # 2:50:02 PM ----- Analyzing dependencies. # 2:50:02 PM ----- Executing build commands.   SC [...]   Link -o ElWhip [...] ## Link: Warning: File was not needed for link: (Error 52) :::apps:httpserver_raw:fsdata.c.t.o   Rez -rd -o ElWhip ElWhip.r -append   DeRez "Mac OS 9:MPW:Libraries:Libraries:SERD" -only SERD   Rez -o ElWhip -append # 2:51:51 PM ----- Done. ElWhip The warning about the file not needed for link is troubling because that is where the html for the web server is stored. I will test it all out tonight.