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From: wei@scam.Berkeley.EDU (Pei Y. Wei)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Multimedia/hypertext tools for Sun Sparcstation wanted
Summary: Where is HyperCard's stack format spec?
Message-ID: <13783@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 22 May 91 02:00:25 GMT
Expires: 19 May 91 07:00:00 GMT
References: <AKL.91May9060206@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
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Organization: UC Berkeley Experimental Computing Facility (XCF)
Keywords: HyperCard Viola stack file format


--- message regarding ---
 > From: akl@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Rob Tillotson)
 >
 > I am working on a project which will eventually include the conversion of
 > existing HyperCard stackware to a form that will run on Sun Sparcstations,
 > as well as writing new applications to run on the Sun platform. 
 [ ... ]
 > (Specifically, anything that
 > allows easy conversion of HyperCard stacks, or better yet reads them
 > directly, would be *extremely* useful, because we have a fair amount of
 > pre-existing HyperCard stuff we would like to convert.)

I recall reading people asking about the specifications of HyperCard's
file format, but I seem to have missed the response(s) to those queries.
So, is HyperCard's file format publically available? Or do I have to deal
with Apple to get it?
I'm asking this to determine the feasibility of writing a HyperCard-to-Viola
stack converter.

Thanks in advance for your responses.

Pei Y. Wei
wei@scam.Berkeley.EDU