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From: alcmist@well.sf.ca.us (Frederick Wamsley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Running "HyperCard" on a PC
Summary: Toolbook runtime licensing
Message-ID: <20250@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 13 Sep 90 05:35:09 GMT
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In article <4470@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> hmarvel@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Howard P. Marvel) writes:
>One important issue in the choice of a PC HyperCard substitute is the
>PC vendor's attitude to licensing.  ...
>...  Toolbook
>permits distribution of a runtime if you buy their Author's Resource
>Kit. The kit goes for $457.00.

Also, a runtime Toolbook is currently bundled with the retail
version of Windows 3.0.

The Author's Resource kit includes a few other goodies besides the runtime 
license.  It includes a program to remove the text of all scripts in a book.
This has a useful undocumented feature -- it also checks the file for 
consistency.

-Fred	(Asymetrix pays me but I'm not an official spokesman)
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