Grackle68k: a Classic Mac OS Twitter app
It's always nice to own the latest and greatest Apple hardware, but some of us still use vintage machines. I've got a G3 All-In-One on my workbench that displays iFixIt PDFs while I work. I'll admit that I've wanted to tweet from that machine from a dedicated app, and now I can.Grackle68k is a Twitter application for OS 9 through System 6. Yes, System 6! It's quite bare bones and low on bells and whistles, but it works. You'll have to enter your credentials every time you launch Grackle68k unless you're comfortable using ResEdit (if you're using this app, you likely are).
I played with this briefly on ny G3 and had fun. If you've also got a basement full of legacy Macs, give this a try. If only I still had that Powerbook 150...
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It's always nice to own the latest and greatest Apple hardware, but some of us still use vintage machines. I've got a G3 All-In-One on my...
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I need a twitter app for NeXTSTEP for my NeXTcube. When is that coming? :-)
November 20 2009 at 5:37 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyTo put this in perspective for Windows users, System 6 was released around the same time (+/- 1 month or so) as Windows 2.1.
Yes, I said 2.1, not 3.1.
IT'S OLD.
Check out our interview with the developer: http://retromaccast.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=549173
November 17 2009 at 6:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhy would one ever use this? haha
November 17 2009 at 4:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAargggh! No Snow Leopard Support
November 17 2009 at 2:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI have been using it for a while. The developer says he is going to release it open source soon. Here's hoping!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenfagerdotcom/3747007662/
Someone needs to make this into a iPhone App. That would be awesome!
November 17 2009 at 1:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyTotally gonna have to dig up my old Mac Plus from storage :)
I don't even know how I would connect it to an Ethernet cable though
I've actually been wanting something like this for awhile. So happy to see someone finally did it!
Now if only I could get access to the greater Internet in vMac running System 6/7 (anyone know how?)
Sadly, we all know most people will wind up loading this up on a Sheepshaver'd virtual machine, just to try it, and then move on. heh.
November 17 2009 at 1:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHot Apps on TUAW
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