Archived release: MacNQC 2.2.4 (1/11/2002)

Version 2.2 was my first released version. The text editor was updated to WASTE 2.0. Find and replace were added. Auto indent mode in the editor was added. New RCX test and control panels were added. Support for 68K machines was added.

Version 2.2.4 is a minor release based on 2.2 with two small features added and many bugs fixed.

• Fixed the problem with using the #include directive.
• Added a menu to select which program slot the code is to be downloaded into. (Release 2.2.3)
• Added command in the editor to shift text left or right one tab space. (Release 2.2.3)
• Fixed a memory corruption problem when closing edit windows which sometimes caused a crash during the next compile and download. (Release 2.2.3)
• Weak linking to the InternetConfig library. If the library is not available MacNQC will still run but you can't launch a web browser for help and the web sites. (Release 2.2.3)
• Fixed a freezing problem when editing source. (Release 2.2.2)
• Now giving time to other applications while the progress dialog is up. (Release 2.2.2)
• Fixed the problem with apple menu items not working. (Release 2.2.2)
• Fixed a crashing problem on 68k machines when the Drag Manager was not available. (Release 2.2.2)
• Updated the NQC compiler to 2.3 r1. (Release 2.2.1)
• Fixed a crashing problem on older PowerPC machines when communicating with the RCX. (Release 2.2.1)

Download MacNQC 2.2.4 as Stuffit 5.x/BinHex file (1.1 MB)

System Requirements:

• System 7.1 or later
• Color-Capable Macintosh (any Mac with a 68020, 68030, 68040 or PowerPC)
• 4 MB RAM available
• 2.5 MB Disk space available

If you want to build MacNQC yourself or see what the source code looks like:

Download MacNQC 2.2.4 Source and NQC project file as Stuffit 5.x/BinHex file (408K).

MacNQC is built as a FAT application using Metrowerks CodeWarrior Pro6 and relies on several external support packages:

• PowerPlant - part of CodeWarrior
• WASTE 2.0 - a great replacement for TextEdit and part of the Codewarrior package
• WASTE Tabs 1.3.2 - One of the extras from WASTE 1.3
• WTEXT - a wrapper for WASTE in PowerPlant
• ICProgKit 2.0.2 - Internet Config Programmers Kit
• NQC - the Not Quite C compiler

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