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From: stadler@Apple.COM (Andy Stadler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Latest version (Re: Hypercard stack structure? Corrupted Stack.)
Message-ID: <35611@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 13 Oct 89 18:16:04 GMT
References: <35588@apple.Apple.COM> <16118@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <16118@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> mjm@dartmouth.edu
 (Michael McClennen) writes:
>
>you have now produced is one where 95% of the machines out there will not be
>able to run Hypercard stacks over 8,000 cards without risk of corrupting them.

Before now, 100% of machines out there were not able to run stacks over 8000
cards.  So it's an improvement!   :-)

>This seems to me like a rather serious bug in Hypercard, and one which should
>have been fixed separately from the new machines upgrade.

Seriously, though, I should clarify something.  HyperCard 1.2.5 requires the
new system disk, and the Macintosh IIci and the Macintosh Portable require
the new system disk.  But this doesn't mean that HC 1.2.5 will not run on older
machines.  Granted, they must have their system folder updated, but once you
are running 6.0.4 (on a Mac +, or a II, or IIcx, or whatever) you can run
HyperCard 1.2.5 on any system.

The only catch is that you need a new system disk to run 1.2.5.  There is not
a machine compatibility issue.

--Andy Stadler     stadler@apple.com