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From: dlong@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Can HyperCard 2.0v2 talk without choking?
Message-ID: <1991Mar28.205129.25159@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 28 Mar 91 20:51:29 GMT
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tom@wcc.oz.au (Tom Evans) writes:

>> The situation will only get worse with System 7.0, unless Apple
>> comes up with another MacinTalk that behaves itself.

>Not a prayer. I started including bits of this Tech Note, but you
>really should read the lot. Using MacinTalk without full knowledge of
>all the things that go wrong and what it interferes with is
>"dangerous".

>Hasn't anyone ever released a commercial, supported replacement?

The folks who wrote the Talking Moose apparently managed to patch it enough
to get it running under 6.0.7.  I don't have it myself- a programmer friend
bought it and it seems to run fine on his system.  If you're *really* 
interested in a working MacinTalk, you might give them a call.


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