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From: dmittman@beowulf.JPL.NASA.GOV (David Mittman)
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Subject: HyperCard 2.0 Trivia
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Date: 20 Nov 90 20:28:00 GMT
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May I suggest that we start a HyperCard Trivia subject thread
for the amusement of HyperCard 2.0 and 1.x users? I submit the
following, pleading ignorance if it has already been documented
in Goodman's book, or other sources.

Triviata #1: About HyperCard... (2.0)

When choosen without modifiers, the About HyperCard... menu item
displays the randomly chosen name of a member of the development
team. When choosen while holding the Command key, the About HyperCard...
item displays the name our hero, Kevin Calhoun. Not to be outdone, you
too can have *your* name in lights! Choose About HyperCard... while
depressing the Option key, and voila, the Chooser name appears!

<end Triviata #1>

Another, non-trivial, question deserving another subject line.
I have succeeded in creating a card 1280x1280 by boosting 
HyperCard's memory partition to 4096K. I then put the partition
size back to 2MB, and reloaded the 1280x1280 stack. It displayed,
(or seemed to), but the "resize" button was dimmed in the Stack
Info dialog. Anyone care to explain this? What is the max card 
size?

					- David Mittman
					 DMittman@Beowulf.JPL.NASA.GOV