TIP for 68k and PowerPC Macintosh

This is the repository for a Macintosh port of Gibson Research Corp's Trouble in Paradise, a diagnostic and repair tool for Iomega Zip and Jaz Drives.

This tool is meant for Macintosh computers with a SCSI port, which range from the Macintosh Plus, released in 1986, through the "Beige" Power Macintosh G3, released in 1997.

If you have consulting work, particular contract work pertaining to vintage computers, please hit me via my GitHub account!

Disclaimer

This software is provided on as "as is" basis and the user assumes all risk of data loss. Although this software bears a similarity to the original by GRC, I may have introduced errors during the conversion process. Please do not reach out to GRC for support on this Macintosh port.

Where are the binaries?

Right now the port is in early testing, so I am not releasing any compiled binaries. There is always a risk of data loss with a tool like this, so please contact me directly if you want to beta test.

About the code

Portions of the original code have been re-written in C++ and adapted for compilation using Metrowerks CodeWarrior 8 Gold. Native Macintosh SCSI Manager routines have been substituted for the Win32 ASPI routines and the UI has been re-created as closely as possible using QuickDraw routines.

Although the source code is materially different, I have maintained the layout and routines names of the original code to allow for easy cross referencing with the original code and to make it easy to port additional functionality in the future.

The Original TIP For Windows

The source code in the "x86-asm-source" directory is the original Windows source code as graciously provided to me by Steve Gibson. I am republishing his code in this repository with his permission.

Click here to see screenshots of the original TIP