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From: taylorj@yvax.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Interactive graphics on an IBM?
Message-ID: <734taylorj@yvax.byu.edu>
Date: 5 Aug 89 02:40:08 GMT
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Here are a few programs to check into:

LinkWay from IBM.  Similar to HyperCard (card oriented, has
buttons, pictures and fields, not nearly as powerful as HyperCard).

HyperPad from (I think) Brightbill-Roberts.  I don't know anything about this
one, but it's another HyperCard-like authoring system.

StoryBoard Plus from IBM.  Nothing really sophisticated, but it does nice
graphics with rudimentary scripting.

AVC from IBM.  This won't come out until the fall, but it has some really nice
features (anti-aliased fonts, digitized video and audio (requires special
hardware), complete control over event synchronization).  The scripting
language is pretty good but wierd and hard to use.

InfoWindow from IBM.  Requires a special touchscreen monitor with built-in
video overlay capabilities.  Nice system if you can afford it.

Spinnaker Software is supposedly working on a "real" HyperCard clone that can
read and write actual HyperCard stacks.  No word on when this will be out.

Guide from Owl Software.  This is a mostly text-oriented hypertext system.
Runs under Windows.  The advantage is that there's a Mac version and the two
are compatible.

Course of Action from Authorware.  A very powerful authoring system that runs
on the Mac.  There's an IBM runtime version that lets you run things on the IBM
PC that you've developed on the Mac.

Hope that helps...


Jim Taylor
Microcomputer Support for Curriculum
Brigham Young University
taylorj@byuvax.bitnet