Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu!agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu!GAYNOR From: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: ftp.apple.com and Hypercard 2.1 Message-ID: <1991May21.165329.18265@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> Date: 21 May 91 16:53:29 GMT References: <53004@apple.Apple.COM> <43412@netnews.upenn.edu> <7513@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>,<167@eclectic.COM> Sender: news@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu (Usenet news) Reply-To: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Organization: Ohio Cooperative Extension Service Lines: 27 Nntp-Posting-Host: agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu In article <167@eclectic.COM>, kenh@eclectic.COM (Ken Hancock) writes: >Yo! Chill, buddy. In case you didn't know things change. Claris is charging >something like $50 for the upgrade kits and it's part of the PUKs for $99. Uhm, Ken? The HC 2.1 that comes with the PUKs is the -minimal- HyperCard. You know, HyperCard program, dain-bramaged Home Stack ("Magic"!), plus addresses and appointments stacks, and pamphlet-style docs. Last I checked, the $50 Claris upgrade kit (CUK? Nononono) was a more-or-less complete distribution, with beginner's docs. Just being picky. :-) What I'm hoping is that someone can talk Claris into at least allowing "free" distribution of the minimized version. I mean, HC 2.1 (and 2.0v2) is nifty, but what's the use if most everyone is still using 1.2.5? Claris can make the commercial money off of support stacks and extensive docs (hey, -I- bought the 2.0v2 Dev Kit), but let all the other Mac-folk at least have access to stacks made with these new versions. Raising the lowest common denomiator, and all that... --- Jim Gaynor - AgVAX System Manager - Academic Computing - Ohio State University VMS: UNIX: Disclaimer : All opinions expressed here are mine and only mine. So there! Witty Quote: "Think, think, think, think..." - Winnie-the-Pooh, Taoist Bear.