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From: neves@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (David Neves)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Hypermacintalk
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Date: 7 Mar 90 15:41:39 GMT
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Earlier I posted a message about Hypermacintalk not working in the
next system release.  Someone asked me to post something more specific
so here it is.

For the full details look at Tech Note 268, available at Sumex or
Apple.com.  Basically Macintalk was developed out of house because
Steve Jobs wanted something different for the Mac introduction.  Apple
never had the source to it and had to enact various kludges to get it
to run on newer hardware and software.  Macintalk will probably work
in System 7, but not if you use any of the special features of System
7, like new sound manager and vitual memory.  Following is the last
paragraph from Tech note 268.

"The development of MacinTalk ended with the introduction of the
Macintosh in 1984.  Nothing more will be done to this product.  It is
a compatibility risk to use MacinTalk.  It causes the Sound Manager to
fail.  It will not work with the new Sound Manager planned for System
7.0.  This system revision will also introduce the new feature of
virtual memory; it is not expected that MacinTalk will work while the
user has Virtual Memory running.  It may not work at all with future
versions of the Macintosh hardware.  Continued use of MacinTalk is a
major compatibility risk.  Do not operate heavy machinery while under
the influence of this product."
neves@ils.nwu.edu
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