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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User)
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Subject: Re: Apple Introduces HyperCard for the Apple IIgs (Press Release)
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Date: 8 Dec 90 07:54:15 GMT
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In article <47182@apple.Apple.COM> blob@Apple.COM (Brian Bechtel) writes:
>MOVED OVER BUSINESS WIRE AT 8:30 AM, EDT, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1990.
>APPLE INTRODUCES  HYPERCARD FOR THE APPLE IIGS

	Maybe I should wait ~15 minutes, but I won't...

	Yesterday, December 7, 1990, a day which will live in infamy...
(I can just imagine the booooos and hisses...)   I will explain why
it's infamy and not in fame... (What's the opposite of infamy?!)
 
>Configuration, Price and Availability
>HyperCard IIGS will be sold only as a stand-alone kit, with six program
>disks and three manuals.  Included will be nine ready-made stacks
>(programs) for productivity, learning/games and inspirational/creative
>applications.
>To use HyperCard IIGS, customers will need an Apple IIGS with at least
>1.5MB of RAM (2 MB are recommended), system software 5.0.4 or
>subsequent version, one 800K disk drive and a hard disk drive or
>connection to a network environment.  The program will be widely
>available through authorized Apple dealers at a suggested retail price
>of $99 in mid-February 1991.

	I think that the idea of HyperCard GS is GREAT. When even
non Apple // magazines imply that the GS version of Hypercard is much
better than the Mac version (at lesat in an instance or two), that's a 
time to rejoice.. I'm referring to the most recent Vaporware column by
Murph Sewall which said Claris says the next version of Mac HyperCard
(which will be out next year) will --not-- support color, and the GS's
version DOES...

	But a couple of things are a hell of a damn shame....

	(1) It's NOT BEING given FREE with every GS sold from now on,
apparently. This is true with the Macintosh version and I would presume
that's a VERY big reason for it getting so big. Not that I even pretend
that lots of new GSes --are-- sold, but it would at least be a nice
"gesture" (not quite the right word).

	(2) It requires 1.5 megs of RAM and 2.0 are recommended. That
-SUCKS-.  Unless Apple now upgrades the GS to 1.5 or 2 megs on board,
that makes people not able to run HyperCard GS with a GS out of the box.

	Hey, I just thought about something. I was going to just mention
here how my college (residential college of UCSC) has about 6-8 GSes
that are used by education students to use educational software, from
what I've been told.. I tried to VOLUNTEER my own time in networking
all of these things and setting up any software/hardware or whatever else
necessary to network these with the Macs in the same room and to their
LaserWriter and Imagewriters... if only they'd get the free ROM upgrade
and buy some more RAM.  They said they thought my "proposal" was
interesting, but they couldn't do it...

	I just thought about sending the person I was talking to about it
another letter telling how useful HyperCard can be for education, and
being able to run HyperCard GS on those machines would possibly make
it worthwhile (for them) to upgrade them. I'd just basically rather use
the GSes and especially show off the awesome demos to people (the GSs
don't have enough RAM nor ROM 01 now)... Also, the program for the
GS, similar to NTSC Telnet for the Mac, that's being written, would be
fun to use.

	(3) Apparently no Mac FST. This would've been the -PERFECT- time
to release a Mac FST and advertize the hell out of it...(the FST I mean)
Now that means you have to have a Mac to do part of the converting (right?)
and copying it to a ProDOS disk with Apple File Exchange..



	God, enough rambling from someone who has gotten 3 hours of sleep
in the last 40 hours... (working on programs and a major hardware project
for another class).. and I -should- have only gotten either 0 or 1 hours
of sleep! (overslept! heh)
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