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From: pepke@gw.scri.fsu.edu (Eric Pepke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HyperCard 2.0 (press release)
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Date: 5 Oct 90 19:48:31 GMT
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In article <2346@ux.acs.umn.edu> clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson) 
writes:
> Does anyone remember the original Hypercard documentation?  There are 
_very_
> few mentions of scripting and HyperTalk [<10, if I recall correctly] and
> virtually all of them say "Scripting is not covered in this manual.  Go 
to 
> your favorite bookseller and inquire about HyperTalk books."

I don't remember the original HyperCard documentation.  All the 
information on scripting I ever needed was available via pretzel-? which
I discovered about forty-five seconds after starting HyperCard the first
time.

Now THAT'S what I call easily accessible.

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