Grackle68k: a Classic Mac OS Twitter app
November 17th, 2009
Grackle68k: a Classic Mac OS Twitter app
Filed under: Software, Internet Tools
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…
TUAWGrackle68k: a Classic Mac OS Twitter app originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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