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From: jim@athsys.uucp (Jim Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hypertext on the Amiga.
Message-ID: <218@tityus.UUCP>
Date: 16 Dec 88 22:23:17 GMT
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From article <782@afit-ab.arpa>, by wbralick@afit-ab.arpa (William A. Bralick):
> In article <0824.AA0824@salem1> brianop@salem1.UUCP (Brian McBee) writes:
>>Is anyone aware of any hypertext/hypermedia software available or in 
>>developement for the Amiga?  Both PC and Mac users have this kind of 
>>software, and I'd like to see something for the Amiga.  Anybody?
>>
> 
> I haven't seen any answers to the original posting on this message, so
> I'd like to add my "voice" to this cry in the wilderness...Does anybody
> have a line on a hypertext system for the Amiga, perhaps a "Knowledge 
> Pro" (tm) type system?  Perhaps there is a soon-to-be-comercially
> available hypertext system that someone would like me to Beta-test?
> Hmmm?  How about it?
> 
> Regards,


	Yes there is. The initial version came out for the Amiga a
year before the HyperCard product came out of Apple. The new system is
really great, but still needs some work in the authoring department.
The original product name is "InfoMinder"; the new "InfoMinder+".

	The new version supports a wealth of new functionality on the
Amiga, it is multi-process, uses genlocked videodisc overlay and fully
utilizes the various medias' of the Amiga custom chips.

	The subsequent product will never come out, as the developer
that created it finally got fed up with Commodore and the drizzel of
the Amiga market. The product could never be sold for what it is worth
to the Amiga customer base, as they want it for free or next to free.
(also see ongoing converation about software piracy, and extrapolate
to understand the monetary support of the developer who created this
next-generation product).

	The product may eventually come out on hardware from another
company, although it was designed specifically for the Amiga. This 
future market will be professionally based, rather than overwhelming
hackers and gamers.


-Jim Becker
ex-Amiga developer