Chris Silverman 🌻 on Nostr: Ran across what appears to be original source code from an old Mac ROM. I don't know ...
Ran across what appears to be original source code from an old Mac ROM. I don't know 68k assembly, but the changelog and comments read like a time capsule of early 90s Apple engineering culture—I recognize a lot of the developers' names from the easter eggs they hid in classic Mac system software.
I love reading this stuff: hacks, gripes, wry comments, reminders that behind every sleek box is a group of smart people who sound a lot like the tech folks I personally know.
https://github.com/elliotnunn/mac-rom/blob/master/OS/StartMgr/StartInit.aPublished at
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