Protools 6 LE on Mac OS 9!

[Protools5LEGuy]

I were installing Instant DAW, a Panther PT6LE set up and a Leopard PT 7 setup on my DA GHz dual machine.

I booted to 9 and double click a PT6 demo file, and it started to load Protools 6 LE app!!

Then came with an error about DAE not found.

I tought, that maybe changing DAE from 9 with DAE for X it could run.

I tried and get the same error. Then I took that OSX DAE and put in Extensions on OS9 system folder and then get another error

[Protools5LEGuy]

Now it ask for DUI.shlb, so maybe those missing library can be take from X and dropped on the System folder.

The conclusion is that Protools 6 is a Carbon OS9&OSX  software, and Digidesign forced it (under Apple pressure) to be OSX only. But maybe we can find all the resources to turn it into a OS9 app.

[IIO]

DUI is a whole framework...

[Protools5LEGuy]

And that framework cant be rebuild with powerplant?

Also, the DAE from OSX felt like built for OS9 too, because the error loading the DAE is skipped!

I feel that we can drop on extensions that DUI.shlb and see what happens...

Do you guess is a framework from Mac OS X?

From http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=221420 it says PEF bynary

0x1222000 - 0x127fffb DUI.shlb PEF binary: DUI.shlb

[Protools5LEGuy]

On the Panther install I could get the DAE that worked from 6.4 LE

[Protools5LEGuy]

But anything called DUI is on Leopard instead.

[IIO]

to be honest i am not sure if it is digidedign thing or if the d standst for "distributed", as in distributed user interface, which usually means that there is some java or .net stuff behind it.

[Knezzen]

It's probably Digidesign specific. .shlb indicates that it was buit with CodeWarrior, since .shlb is what shared libs built with CodeWarrior usually ends with. Not much help though.

[nanopico]

Looking at some uninstall instructions for ProTools, the DUI.shlib is Digidesign specific.

0x1222000 - 0x127fffb DUI.shlb PEF binary: DUI.shlb

It's not uncommon to use shlib as a file extension.  GCC (part of the developer tools in OS X) uses it as well.
Although the binary in the file is a PEF, it may only be compiled like that and used by carbon to load it as you noted the rest of the app is carbon.
The thing is PEF or not, it may use OS X specific libraries that are not available in OS 9. This wasn't uncommon in carbon apps.  They maybe carbon but use external libraries.

0x1222000 - 0x127fffb DUI.shlb PEF binary: DUI.shlb

The last part (: DUI.shlib) is an export name for the library for the linker to use.
The output is a list of libraries loaded by the Carbon Code Fragment loader.

So really it comes down to what libraries DUI.shlib imports and if they are available on OS 9.

If you want to send me a copy of that file, I can look and tell you what all libraries it imports.

In theory it may be possible, but I wouldn't count on it, though stranger things have happened.

[Protools5LEGuy]

Panther framework from Library/Frameworks

[nanopico]

Panther framework from Library/Frameworks

The resources get stripped out on zip files.  Code Fragments (PEF) are commonly stored in the resource fork.
And the DUI isn't included.
Can you get the file from this path
Mac HD>Library>Frameworks>DUI.framework
And package it with stuff-it as a sit

Thanks.

[Protools5LEGuy]

Protools 6.4 LE

[Protools5LEGuy]

Some shlb at the same level than the app

[Protools5LEGuy]

From Library, it contains the DAE that accepts go in Mac OS 9 System Folder

[Protools5LEGuy]

All the Panther /Library/Frameworks/

But nothing DUI related...

[Protools5LEGuy]

This ones from Leo/Protools 7.4

[Protools5LEGuy]

Frameworks From Leo/Protools 7.4 LE

This contains DUI stuff

[Protools5LEGuy]

These ones from Leo/PT8.01 LE

[Protools5LEGuy]

Leo/PT 8 DUI

[Protools5LEGuy]

Nano, if we can make Protools 6.4 LE's DAE rely on Protools 5.2.1cs DAE we could make a lot of LE users HAPPY.

Normally a PT app is matched with a only DAE file...

http://www.oakbog.com/PT3NuBus.html

Maybe I am just focusing on Protools 6.4 LE and earlier versions (6.1 and 6.2 from Jaguar) could be easier to fool.

Protools 6 LE is far more advanced and faster in edition than 5 LE (Keyboard focus Mode, the little a-z button ) that only TDM users (5 or 6) could enjoy.

I guess the easiest solution could be to hack the Classic/Mac OS X DAE from 6 to drink from the 5.2.1 Mac OS 9 only DAE.

In my mind is just a wiring problem. Probably I am delusional.