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From: laf@mbunix.mitre.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: SuperCard vs HyperCard
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Date: 13 Dec 90 13:36:51 GMT
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In article <38938@nigel.ee.udel.edu> johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu writes:
>In article <127251@linus.mitre.org>, laf@mbunix.mitre.org writes...
>[on-going thread discussing platform independence for HyperCard]
>
>>One thing that I haven't seen pointed out yet:
>>Supercard does not run under A/UX, while Hypercard does.
>>I still can't believe that hypercard doesn't support
>>color, though.
>
>Does anyone else see the contradiction here?  Several net.people
>request (for some it was closer to 'demand') that a HyperCard 
>stacks should run on many platforms ... then also complain about
>the lack of direct color support in HyperCard 2.0.
>
>My question:  doesn't my B&W Mac SE/30 count as a platform to be
>supported?  I want my stacks to be accessible to those on other
>platforms as badly as the NeXT guy, but I'd like to be able to 
>run them myself, too....
>
>Bill (johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu)
>Bill Johnston; 38 Chambers St.; Newark, DE 19711; (302)368-1949

I said "support", not "need".  I have a Plus at home, so I enjoy
running black-and-white stacks as much as anyone :-).  I'm saying that:

   1)  If Silicon Beach Software can write a Hypercard look-alike that
supports color, then Apple should (read that "has the resources to",
not "must because I morally demand it") be able to match that
capability.

   2)  Color has been around since 1987.  Here we are three years
later, and the Finder still doesn't handle color icons and Hypercard
doesn't support color.

Disclaimer:  Don't get me wrong, the mac is the best thing since
the sliced wheel.  I'm just having trouble comprehending Apple's
direction.

Please email me any flames!

Lee Fyock
laf@mbunix.mitre.org