Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!apple!dan
From: dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Hypercard over a network.
Message-ID: <15242@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 7 Aug 88 03:37:06 GMT
References: <4355@saturn.ucsc.edu>
Reply-To: dan@apple.apple.com.UUCP (Dan Allen)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <4355@saturn.ucsc.edu> brad@saturn.ucsc.edu (Brad Smith) writes:
>We are attempting to set up a network disk server with Hypercard,
>and can't get things to run.  Is there some limitation that won't
>allow Hypercard to run over a network, or are we doing something
>wrong (or are there tricks to getting it to work)?  The network
>software is MacServe.

Make sure you are using version 1.2 or later of HyperCard, as that
release was specifically targeted for support of servers and CD-ROM
drives.

Secondly, each individual user should have their own Home Stack, located
on their own personal workstation in the System Folder.  There probably
should NOT be a Home stack on the server in the best of all possible
worlds.

Stacks can be opened read-only by multiple people for browsing and
copying (not cutting!), or as read-write by just one person.

HyperCard is used all the time this way at Apple with AppleShare.
Perhaps MacServe has problems.... it has in the past.

Dan Allen
Apple Computer