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From: rich@pro-exchange.cts.COM (Rich Sims)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Hypercard
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Date: 10 Jan 88 19:28:13 GMT
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There have been a couple of messages on the subject of Hypercard and the GS, 
Since I have, and use, both a GS and a Mac with Hypercard, I thought I'd throw
in my $0.02.

Until the GS runs _much_ faster, I don't think Hypercard will be viable. 
Another consideration is that Hypercard is visually (graphics) oriented, and
the GS graphics just can not, at present, match those of the Mac.  Hypercard
is also a memory hog.  My Mac, (a Plus with only 1 meg of RAM) is severely
underpowered for running an application like that.  Lastly, Hypercard (for all
practical purposes) requires a fast mass storage device, since the stacks are
not kept in memory, but accessed as data files.

I get the feeling that most GS users want to think of their machine as some
kind of "mini-Macintosh".  I use them both, and the result of having both of
them is that I don't even _try_ to use the GS with a mouse-driven, "Mac-like"
interface.  It's just not up to the task...yet!!

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