Specifications

http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/overview.jsp?nodeId=02VS0l81285Nf2

3D Graphics

Developers of 3D graphics for games should know about OpenGL for Macintosh, a version of SGI’s application

programming interface (API) and software library for 3D graphics.

Developer support and documentation is available at

http://developer.apple.com/opengl/

Mac OS X

Initially, the Power Mac G5 computer ships with Mac OS X 10.4 installed as the default operating system. The

classic environment can be used to run Mac OS 9 applications, For access to Apple’s developer documentation

for Mac OS X, see the Apple Developer Connection (ADC) website at

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/MacOSX.html

O'Reilly & Associates publishes a series of books about Mac OS X development. The books in this series have

been technically reviewed by Apple engineers and are recommended by the Apple Developer Connection.

Open Firmware

The software architecture implemented on current Macintosh computers follows the standard defined by the

Open Firmware IEEE 1274-1994 specification. Three Technotes provide an introduction to Open Firmware on

the Macintosh platform. They are

TN 1061: Open Firmware, Part I , available on the Technote web site at

http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1061.html

TN 1062: Open Firmware, Part II , at

http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1062.html

TN 1044: Open Firmware, Part III , at

http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1044.html

Other Technotes provide additional information about Open Firmware on the Macintosh.

Supplemental Reference Documents

3D Graphics