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From: mrr@amanpt1.zone1.com (Mark Rinfret)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Hypercard
Summary: Have you actually USED HyperCard?
Message-ID: <424@amanpt1.zone1.com>
Date: 6 Mar 88 15:24:04 GMT
References: <2279@unicus.UUCP>
Organization: Aquidneck Management Associates
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In article <2279@unicus.UUCP>, craig@unicus.UUCP (Craig D. Hubley) writes:
> 
> Well, now that I have your attention :-)...
> 
> For those of you unfamiliar, Apple's Hypercard is a hypertext system
> that is more hype than text.  Technically, it's a silly piece of goo.

Are you referring to its implementation (internals) or its outward
functionality?

> However, *marketing-wise*, it's attracting lots of attention.  Done 
> right, the hypertext concept could do wonders for a machine like the
> Amiga and its hordes of creative users... read on...

Amen! I would love DEARLY to see a product of the quality of HyperCard or
(especially) Owl International's Guide to be implemented on the Amiga.
> 
> And other, hype-less subjects.  None of that silly Mac-stackware.

Let me start this by saying that I am an avid Amiga owner/fan.  However, by
day, I work on/with Macintosh systems (Se's and II's). Though the Amiga
shines in its collective potential, I still see the Macs doing things that
we can't do (or do as well).  HyperCard is not to be taken lightly. Though
I don't really think of it as a hypertext system, it's one hell of an
application generator!  Our company president is a guy who hits you with
an idea in the morning and wants results by quitting time.  He recently
approached me with the need to automate our security and guest registration
procedures (we are a government contractor).  Using HyperCard, I was able
to crank out a working demo in a couple of days that blew his socks off!
An equivalent application, had I used MPW and C or (Manx and PowerWindows
on the Amiga), would still be in design.  All too often I see people readily
dismiss products on other vendors computers without any firsthand experience.
If you get caught up in that, you'll be swept away in the next outgoing tide 
of obsolescence.  I heartily encourage you to continue pushing for hypermedia
on the Amiga, however.  Though I'm not mentally prepared to engage in a
discussion at the moment (going to a dual baptism in 5 minutes - my first
grandkids!), I'll be eagerly watching for more discussion.

Mark
 
> 
> Any other proposals for a common Amiga hypertext system ?
> Any comments on my ideas ?  Anyone think I'm crazy ?
>                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Definitely not - just somewhat narrow-minded.


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