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From: cpv0@GTE.COM (Cameron Vaziri)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Hypercard 2
Summary: HyperCard Color is limited...
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Date: 3 Jul 90 17:12:03 GMT
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In article <saXonS600UzxQ111ok@andrew.cmu.edu>, gb2a+@andrew.cmu.edu (George J. Baxter) writes:
> Yeah, Heather.. it's supposed to have color, resizable windows, and editor, 
> amoung other things.  One other thing I hope they get is those *^^ special
> effects working on large screen monitors too..
>         GJB

According to what I've read, the only thing you can do in color in
HyperCard2.0 is show previously created color images (saved as
PICT resources) within a frame.  I am not sure if you can attach
a script to the color object to do something after it has been
clicked upon.  I believe this capability is roughly the 
same XCMD type implementation which is currently available. SuperCard
and Plus more thoroughly support color at the cost of speed.

In regard to special effects, I have no problem using special effects
on a large screen monitor as long as I am in 1-bit black & white
display mode.  However, I heard that you don't have to change your
display mode to get visual effects with HyperCard 2.0.

Has anyone yet received the SuperCard 1.5 upgrade?

Pete Vaziri
cpv0@gte.com