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From: dak@abbott.Berkeley.EDU (Dave Kearney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HC 2.0 and Mac IIsi
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Date: 31 Dec 90 18:30:58 GMT
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> >I'm new to this group so forgive me if this has already been kicked
> >down the beach.
> >
> >About 4 weeks ago I bought a Mac II si. There was an abbreviated
> >version of Hypercard with the system. 
> 
> This is the second message of this nature.  Hypercard 2.0 delivered with your
> system software does not include any level above typing.  To get the complete
> package you must buy it for $48 from Claris.
> 
> Howard Kaplan

Hmmmmmmm... I don't think this is correct... I believe the hypercard 2.0
application binary is EXACTLY THE SAME for all three packaged versions
of Hypoercard... (bundled, upgrade, and developers)   As I understand
it, the difference lies in the "home" and support stacks and
applications.  In the bundled version, one can explicitly move to level
5 scripting by either typing "set the userlevel to 5", by typing the
word "magic", or finally by removing the opaque button that covers the
other levels in the home stack.

Also, $48 is too expensive.  I purchasec all 5 disks from BMUG for $15. 
And I'm not even a member (yet)!  Somebody posted instructions on the
net not too long ago on how to purchase it through BMUG (much thanx to
whoever that was.) I also don't know if BMUG still has that deal.  But
it worked for me.

I've been heavily using HC 2.0 now for about a month... I think its
GREAT!...  I have about 20 stacks that I use daily for gathering
information and most of them had a number of script hacks and XCMDs to
get around limitations in HC 1.2.5.  HC 2.0 went a long way to clean
these hacks up.  

I don't notice any speed up or slow down in the work that I do... But
the added features are worth the investment.

Although I am concerned about the future product direction of HC through
Claris, I think the developers at Apple did an outstanding job.

David A. Kearney                           MIPS Computer Systems, Inc.
mips.com    950 DeGuigne Dr.    Sunnyvale, CA  94086   +1 408 524-7025
= I'm not a fatalist... But even if I was, what could I do about it? =