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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: SuperCard & HyperCard, Wingz & Excel, games, and other random stuff
Keywords: SuperCard HyperCard Excel Wingz NetTrek MightyNerd stuff
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Date: 22 May 89 22:58:53 GMT
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After reading through the last two MacWeeks, and a judicious call to
MacConnection, it sounds like SuperCard is just around the corner.
MacConnection is taking orders for it now for $139; they expect it in no
more than two weeks.  My question: has anyone heard of any promotional deals
that Silicon Beach might be planning for current SuperPaint owners to buy
SuperCard at a reduced rate?  I doubt it, but I thought I'd ask, as I'm
planning to buy SC -- the beta Charlie Jackson showed here was certainly
impressive, and since HyperCard 2.0 is rumored not to have color (see Mac
the Knife)...

Also, I noticed that Informix will sell you Wingz for $99 plus your Excel
disk.  Sounds like a good deal to me... (I have a 68030-based machine...)
Now if I can just get the nerve to actually go *into* a Mac software store
-- I've been doing all my purchases through mail order.

Finally, MacConnection says NetTrek isn't in yet, but I have patience... and
a crying need for a decent Macintosh game.  (Yes, I have Tetris, and no, I'm
not a Crystal Quest fan.)  I've heard HUNT FOR THE RED OCTOBER isn't
anything to write home about.  Anyone tried MIGHTYNERD, a game advertised in
the back of MacWeek the week before?  Some kind of super-hero parody,
apparently...

PS  I am not connected with any of these organizations in any way, and 
    try to stay unconnected as a rule.

                           "Remember, peasants, it's not a disgrace to be
                            poor, only to dress like it!"
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