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PCalc, an Origin Story (2012)
Follow me as @jamesthomson on Mastodon or read my developer blog for more. PCalc, An Origin Story Many people using PCalc on their shiny devices today don't realise that the app has been around for a lot longer than they think.
I was looking for a small project to learn how to program my new Mac properly, and I remembered the graphics I'd done for the control panel, and thought that they would work well for a calculator as well. As for one of the easter eggs in question, if you put 42 into three specific memory registers, then clicked the screen, a sound recording of Douglas Adams said “Don't Panic!” and it displayed the following quote from my favourite series, The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy: When I was back in Glasgow in 2000, I was looking for another small project to learn the new Metrowerks CodeWarrior development environment and accompanying PowerPlant application framework.
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