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From: gandalf@apple.com (Martin Gannholm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HC2 -> HC1 converter?
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Date: 9 Oct 90 04:51:16 GMT
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In article <45444@apple.Apple.COM> bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre) writes:
> Don Gilbert:
> |I guess the answer to that is NO, but if anyone knows of
> |plans for a version 2 to version 1 converter for Hypercard
> |please let me know.   
> 
> About the only solution is the Clipboard. I admit, it's a pretty
> cheezy solution. Maybe when some of those stack dump utilities get
> working properly on both platforms you might be able to do that.

Sorry, the clipboard format of HyperCard 2.0 cards is different from plain 
old 1.x cards. I would _not_ recommend trying this (can you spell 
ka-boom?). HC 2.0 does handle detecting and converting a 1.x clipboard 
card though.

Martin Gannholm
HyperCard 2.0 Engineer
Apple Computer

Exclaimer!!!   I typed this myself = I speak for myself...