Newsgroups: comp.multimedia Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!hoss!typhoon!willdye From: willdye@typhoon.unl.edu () Subject: Re: multimedia configuration Message-ID: Sender: news@hoss.unl.edu (Network News Administer) Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln References: <1991Apr2.143441.21087@aucs.AcadiaU.ca> <14087@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Distribution: na Date: 5 Apr 91 16:45:54 GMT Lines: 21 marti@saturn.ucsc.edu (Marti Atkinson) writes: >>Here, at Acadia we have several 386's, IBM clones >> Would you please send >>me suggestions as to what I should buy >You might also want to investigate TookBook and Authorware which You might call Spinnaker software for their 'Plus' system. It's basically Hypercard with improvements. They discounted the $500 list down to $150 for schools, and even gave me a free copy (but I don't know how often they do things like that). It runs on Mac, Windows, and OS/2. It is being ported to UNIX and others. I haven't had the chance to work in detail with it yet, but reviewers in PC magazine said it was better than Toolbook in several respects, and the manual insists it can do multimedia (but I don't know how, yet). William L. Dye --willdye@typhoon.unl.edu