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From: knauer@suna3 (Rob Knauerhase)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: More HyperCard
Message-ID: <1990Nov7.015013.13928@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 7 Nov 90 01:50:13 GMT
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In article <2419@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU> bchurch@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Bob Church) writes:
>Regarding Hypercard for the GS
>
>In article <1990Nov6.134620.27254@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> dcw@lcs.mit.edu (David C. Whitney) writes:
>
>> It's kinda slow right now, and it's a memory hog.
>
>Sounds like an authentic port of Hypercard then :-).

While this is true, HyperCard is really a quite significant contribution from
Apple (Herzfield (sp?) in particular, of course).  For that significance, look
either at the impact it had on the whole hyper-media idea, or the volume of
sales of HyperCard-related products.

And now, the only two machines that run HyperCard are the Mac and the GS.
[Before you flame about other hypermedia products, realize that none have
gained the acceptance and common-use of HyperCard.]

I'd expect Apple's release of HyperCard GS to be a real shot in the arm for
the machine; the GS running HyperCard (in color, which is important to many
people) would be a _real_ competitor to the Mac "Classic" even if they don't
drop the price of the GS any.

Here's hoping the bundle it with the machine rather than charging $149 or
something for it...

Rob
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