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From: henry@chinet.chi.il.us (Henry C. Schmitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: HC 2.0, My first impression
Summary: Not Impressed!
Keywords: HyperCard 2.0
Message-ID: <1990Oct10.031404.13263@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 10 Oct 90 03:14:04 GMT
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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Let's start this off with a caveat: I'm working with the HyperCard 2.0
8/31/90 release as sent to Users' Groups (I don't know if there are any
other versions), so I only have 5 disks, no manuals.

After playing around for an hour or so, I think Apple has managed to get
a large amount of egg on its face.  In other word, I'm NOT impressed.

I start by popping in the HyperCard Program disk; it has an Installer
Script on it.  Cool, I don't have to worry about dragging everything.
I double-click and get the infamous "Application is busy or missing"
dialog.  Not Cool!  An Installer Script, but NO Installer.  Now I have
to dig around and find my latest System Tools disk.  Five minutes later
I find the Safe Place (tm) in which I put it.

I dump Installer onto my hard disk and double-click the script again.
It starts up, tells me it's going to install HyperCard 2.0 and then offers
to put it on my SyQuest removable.  I hit the Switch Disk button and
am informed that I can't install on the locked master disk (I kinda
expected that), and then I'm informed that I can't install on my hard
disk because Installer is running from it.  If that's the way it wants
to be, fine.

I quit the Installer and drag it to my SyQuest and try again from there.
Now I can't install anywhere because the hard disk is my startup disk,
and you can't install on the startup disk either.  I understand why
these restrictions are necessary for installing System Software, but
HyperCard??

So I start again running from my hard disk and install on my SyQuest.
It runs through the 5 disks (I installed everything) and I quit.  Next
I notice that it's installed a System Folder with a System file in it
on the SyQuest.  I don't remember asking it to do that!  Into the trash
it goes.  Next I move HC onto my hard disk.

I double-click HyperCard and am immediately informed that "HyperCard
needs more memory to run at this color setting" (I run at 256 normally).
I check it out and find it's only got 1000K, so I up it to 2048K and try
again. No go.  So I up it to 4096, more that enough I think.  Still no go!
So I try 16 colors. Nope.  How about 4 colors?  Nope.  You mean I need
more than 4 Megs of memory to run HC in other than Black & White?
Apparently.  So I run in black & white.

After I go through the Tour Stack, I try out the Puzzle.  When I
finish the puzzle, I get a scripting error!

If this is what Apple is sending to it's Users' Groups, I think
they'd better find a hole to hide in!
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