Bob,
I'd recommend "Mac Revealed" 2nd Edition. It covers the essentials to
Mac OS and Mac Toolboxes in 4 books. They'd be great to go along with
Think Pascal which is free-ware now.
Search for "Mac Revealed" in ebay.
There's also Inside Macintosh by Apple. It is more of a reference and
"Mac Revealed" is more of a tutorial. I bought both.
Kaydell
Robert Zimmerman <rfz1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Dear reader with patience,
>
> I am not a computer programmer. Here is a little background:
> I have a mac and use OS X. The extent of my computer understanding is
> that I know how to navigate through the finder/desktop/windows etc. I
> can use gnubackgammon on X11, but that is the only thing I can do with
> X11 - it is an otherwise incomprehensible system for me at this time.
> I wrote simple Pascal programs in an introductory course in college.
> My goal is simply to be able to write uncomplicated Pascal programs for
> myself on my mac, and to execute them on my mac.
>
> I have downloaded and begun to read "A hobbyist's guide to programming
> the mac OS in Pascal" by Koryn Grant and KJ Bricknell, and it looks very
> complicated to me. Page 1 is already beyond my understanding. I am more
> at the level of "Essential Pascal" by Marco Cantu.
>
> I would like simply to download the tools necessary to write programs in
> pascal and execute them on my computer. Hopefully this gives you a sense
> of my very simple understanding of computers and of my desires.
>
> Any suggestions on how to do this such as where I can find reading
> material (I am a fan of the "for idiots" guides) to get started, or
> simple instructions from you, dear reader, on what to download and how
> to start using it, would be very appreciated. I am a physician, and
> understand that you may look at this request the way I would view a
> request from you such as "I am a computer programmer, and I'd like to
> get started on doing surgery in my kitchen without going to medical
> school". If I am being unrealistic, you are welcome to say so. My
> feelings will not be hurt.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Bob Zimmerman
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