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From: hpoppe@bierstadt.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe)
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Subject: Re: System 7.0 Q & A
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Date: 11 May 89 18:07:58 GMT
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In article <30353@apple.Apple.COM> mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson) writes:

>Q:  Will HyperCard support System 7.0 features?
>A:  Future releases of HyperCard will support System 7.0.  While
>    some features are transparently supported, others will necessitate
>    additional development.  For instance, HyperCard will need to
>    be extended to take advantage of the high-level SQL calls 
>    included in System 7.0.  Likewise, support for other features
>    in the Live Copy/Paste will mean adding additional code.  Other
>    features, like resolution-independent graphics and 
		    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>    Apple's outline fonts, are transparent to HyperCard and
>    will need no additional work.

Whoa back Buck!

This is the only place in Mark's two postings that I recall seeing
resolution-independent graphics mentioned. I assume this means more than
just the outline fonts. For example, I hope this means I can draw a
one inch line on a 72dpi screen, save the file, play back the file
on a 100dpi screen and see a line that measures one inch. If this
is so, I'm curious as to how bitmaps would be handled.

Changing the subject: how, when and where will Apple make detailed technical
information available on all of the currently announced new features of
System 7.0? Will there be a draft IM V6? When will it be available?
How can those of us on the Internet get it? (Please don't
tell us that APDA will be the only source -- System 7.0 will have been
released a year before APDA ships the first draft copy.)

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