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From: omalley@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: HyperCard in System 7 Upgrade
Message-ID: <7470@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 15 May 91 16:59:22 GMT
References: <1991May15.163318.10245@agate.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
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In article <1991May15.163318.10245@agate.berkeley.edu> steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) writes:
>I'm getting the strong impression, from some of the
>postings I've seen, that the version of HyperCard
>which is bundled with the individual user upgrade
>I just ordered won't be the "full-power" version.

Every HyperCard version that Apple has ever bundled with Macs has
been a "full-power" version, fully capable of doing user level 5,
scripting, etc.  It's never been a crippled or runtime-only version.

The only difference between the version that's bundled with new Macs
and the one you buy from Claris is the Home stack and the number
of pre-made stacks that comes with it.  The "HyperCard Sampler" now
shipping with Macs contains a Home stack with buttons only for the
couple of stacks that are included (Audio Help, Appointments with
Audio, Addresses with Audio).

We don't yet have the golden master disks for System 7, but I believe
that System 7's HyperCard Sampler contains the same three stacks.  The
version you get is definitely HyperCard 2.1.

One other thing to note:  You get very minimal HyperCard documentation
with new Macs.  To get the complete set of stacks and all the manuals,
you gotta upgrade to the Claris distribution of HyperCard.


-John
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