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From: jkc@Apple.COM (John Kevin Calhoun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HyperCard 2.0 Trivia
Message-ID: <46728@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 20 Nov 90 21:50:44 GMT
References: <10485@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <10485@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> dmittman@beowulf.JPL.NASA.GOV
(David Mittman) writes:

>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?

The maximum card size is, in fact, 1280 by 1280 pixels.  However,
HyperCard 2.0 won't let you create a card that's larger than you
have memory available to view.  And if you try to view an existing
card that's too large to fit entirely in memory, we display it in a
"standard-sized" window, 512x342 pixels.  When we do this, there are
several restrictions on editing -- for example, you can't use the paint
tools and you can't resize the card.  You can scroll around to see the
entire card, and typing and browsing still work as usual.

Kevin Calhoun
HyperCard Team
Apple Computer, Inc.