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From: mkheintz@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Michael Heintz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Hypercard and Hyperstudio
Message-ID: <5293@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
Date: 1 Mar 91 18:43:01 GMT
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Reply-To: mkheintz@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Michael Heintz)
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI
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To answer both of your HyperCard GS/ HyperStudio  questions:

HyperStudio, I have heard, is easier to program than HyperCard...
I have HyperStudio, but I've never programmed HyperCard.

I recommend HyperCard because if there are any MAP applications
already written for the Mac, they can be converted to the GS 
version of Hyper Card.

I think HyperCard supports simple sound (like the Mac sound) but
full GS sound will be supported with extra add-ons (for the sake
of compatibility with Macintosh stacks).  Yes, that's right, the
Macintosh sound capabilities are pretty sad in comparison to the
GS...I guess that's why we got the bad speaker, so we couldn't
tell (enough about that!).

I plan to buy HyperCard GS as soon as it is available because I
want to write stacks that can be easily converted for use on a
Mac, and I want access to Mac stacks.  As was said before... there
is not now, nor will there ever be a way to convert HyperStudio
stacks for use onf HyperCard...the programs do similar things,
but are written entirely different.

Hope this helps!

Mike
mkheintz@vela.acs.oakland.edu