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From: krona@nada.kth.se (Kjell Krona)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HYPERCARD COMPILER <- Attn: Claris/Apple
Summary: HyperCard DA will read stacks
Keywords: HyperCard 2.0, DA
Message-ID: <1991Apr8.204532.587@nada.kth.se>
Date: 8 Apr 91 20:45:32 GMT
References: <12172.27fc8543@zeus.unomaha.edu>
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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A few years back, there was a DA named HyperDa (I think) which could
read (most) HyperCard stacks, presenting them in a resizable window.
Unfortunately, it could not properly excute all HyperTalk scripts. I 
believe that the help system in MacWrite II and MacDraw II was made by
a licensed version of the code for this DA (which means that Claris
ought to know about it...).
Recentlty (last month, I think) I read in MacWeek that the company in
question (unfortunately I cannot recall their name (somthing Symmetry?)
woul release a new version for HyperCard 2.x, which would be much more
fully compatible. Perhaps this also means that some sort of runtime-code
might be offered ..... just my speculations.

Kjell Krona
krona@nada.kth.se