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From: taob@pnet91.cts.com (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: More HyperCard
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Date: 6 Nov 90 16:30:06 GMT
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NOWAKO09@SNYBUFVA.BITNET (APPLE //GS - THE POWER TO BE YOUR BEST) writes:
>
>        I've been hearing alot about this Hypercard recently, isn't this just
>the same thing from Roger Wagner thats been around for a few years? Whats so
>different about it now?
>        Also, how would I use the developers CD on my GS or any CD on my GS
>for that matter? It would be great. I was using an icon modifing program on
>the icons in on the system disk (5.0.2) and one of the icons in the set is
>a CD icon! Along with a partitioned CD icon! Does this mean that Apple intended
>the GS to have CD capabilities? Is this going on now and I'm missing it?
>At school here (Buffalo State) they have some Macs connectted to a CD rom in
>there LAN and its impressive - with trembling anticipation I ask...GS too?
>                                                 - Joe Nowakowski

    I don't have HyperCard in my hands at this moment (but hopefully by
tonight... thanks Matt!) although I've been betting nothing but positive
comments from developers who HAVE used HCGS.  They even said the manual for
HyperCard/Mac 1.2.5 can be used for HCGS.

    As for the CD-ROM's, the GS can use one just as easily as any hard drive. 
All the drivers and FST's for reading CD-ROM's are included on the System.Disk
and System.Tools disks.  There is even a desk accessory which looks and acts
like a remote control for an audio CD!  You can play your Alannah Myles or
Rush or Phil Collins CD's in your CD-ROM just like a normal CD player.  Since
the CD-ROM drive is just a SCSI device, you can daisy-chain it behind your
hard drive and it will pop up in the Finder with the CD icon.  Of course,
there's a little bit of work involved to setup the system, but it is supported
by GS/OS.

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