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From: jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Desdinova)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: HyperCard IIgs
Summary: Apple II Forever!
Message-ID: <1990Nov3.085816.19098@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 3 Nov 90 08:58:16 GMT
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  Take heart fellow Apple II enthusiasts- today is truly a great day,
a day I will remember for a very long time...

  HyperCard IIgs exists. I have seen it with my own eyes.  It requires
1.5M of RAM, and a hard drive (perfect use for a GS on a Mac file server).
With HyperCard I have also seen System 5.0.3, and you're all in for a pleasant
surprise.  Unfortunately, there was no HFS FST to be seen, but changes
aplenty were to be found in the new System Disk and System Tools.  New
versions of printer drivers, toolsets, etc. are on 5.0.3.

  I will certainly post more information as it becomes available to me.

oh, One last thing about HyperCard- it does support the concepts of 
scripting and XCMDs and XCF?s etc.. but it does not directly support use
of Mac stacks (resource incompatibilities).  A resource converter which
would actually translate a Mac format resource into a GS format resource
(i.e. change data structures around, etc) would likely make it possible
to use Mac stacks... but as was discussed here on csa2 before, direct
use is next to impossible.

  This is NO JOKE.  You all know me well enough to know I wouldn't
put you on like this.

    A P P L E   I I   F O R E V E R ! ! ! ! ! !
 
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