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From: american@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Jeff Iverson)
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Subject: Re: HyperCard 1.2.5?  WAAAAIIT a second here...
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Date: 21 Sep 89 22:25:04 GMT
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bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) writes:
>In Apple's official pres releases about the new Macintosh Portable and
>Macintosh IIci computers, reference is made to the fact that both of them
>come with the system software and HyperCard 1.2.5 already installed on their
>hard disks.
>
>HOLD ON a second here.  First of all, when did HyperCard 1.2.5 come into
>being?  Why wasn't it mentioned before?
>
>Secondly, unless my math is off, the next version after 1.2.2 would be 1.2.5.
>So that means Apple screwed up... unless... naaw.  They wouldn't have been
>withholding versions from us, would they have?  No, it's just another scrap
>of proof that Apple can't count (LaserWriter 4.0 to 5.2 to 6.0?  Riight.)
>
>Thirdly, is this the upgrade to HyperCard that had been promised us?  If so,
>then this means that HyperCard 2.0 is really vaporware, at least until the
>dogcows come home.
>
>Fourthly, and finally, the most important question:
>
>What does 1.2.5 do that 1.2.2 didn't?  (What did 1.2.3 and 1.2.4 do that...
>no, I won't ask that.)  What bugs does it fix?  (What bugs *doesn't* it fix?
>... no, I won't ask that either.)
>
>Er, um, fifthly:
>
>Where do we get it?
>
>
>  Ah, the glories of Hyperprogramming!
>
>     << Brian >>
>-- 
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>| Systems Engineering, NASA Space Station Freedom / General Electric WP3     |

PRODUCT UPDATE
 
Apple Macintosh
System Software Version 6.0.4,
HyperCard 1.2.5
 
 
Dateline:  Universal City, Calif.Q September 20, 1989.
 
Product Descriptions    System Software:   System Software is the
operating system for the Macintosh personal computer family.
 
HyperCard:  HyperCard is a personal software kit that gives
Macintosh users the power to customize, create, and manage
information using text, graphics, sound, music, voice, and
animation.
 
New Revisions: System Software version 6.0.4.  HyperCard
version 1.2.5
 
Significance:  System Software 6.0.4 is a revision of System
Software 6.0.3 to support the Macintosh Portable and the
Macintosh IIci. Both System Software and HyperCard versions
are intended for users of the new Macintosh Portable and the
IIci.  The installed base does not have to upgrade to these
releases. System Software versions 6.0.2, 6.0.3, and 6.04.
will co-exist in networked environments.  Users will need to
upgrade to System Software 6.0.4 to use HyperCard 1.2.5.
 
Availability:  Immediately.
 
Update Policy: Stand-alone versions of System Software
6.0.4 and HyperCard 1.2.5 can be purchased separately for
$49.95 each.
 
Distribution Channels: System Software version 6.0.4 is
available through all certified Apple dealers, resellers,
and electronic bulletin boards.  HyperCard 1.2.5 is available
through Apple dealers, resellers, licensed Macintosh User
groups, and APDA.  Both versions will also be packaged
with all new Macintosh personal compH beginning immediately.
 
Contact:
 
Cindy McCaffrey
(408) 974-1578

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