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From: bskendig@beam.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Help: visual effect doesn't work
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Date: 28 Feb 91 20:37:50 GMT
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In article <39650@cup.portal.com> ISW@cup.portal.com (Isaac S Wingfield) writes:
>I just realized that none of the "visual effect" card transitions
>work on my Mac any more (I know they did, once).
>
>I'm not sure when the effects stopped working; could have been some
>time ago. BTW, it's HC V 1.2.5, on a Mac IIcx, finder 6.1.5, system
>6.0.5.

HyperCard version 1.2.5 and earlier don't do visual effects on
monitors with more than two colors.  You probably have a color
monitor; use the Control Panel to switch it to monochrome before you
run HyperCard, and all will be peachy.

Or, better yet, upgrade to HyperCard 2.0!

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