Express Yourself comes as a compressed HyperCard 2.1 stack. The compressed file is named “Express Yourself.sea”.
Simply double click the “.sea” file and a dialog box will prompt you to install the program on your hard drive.
The program requires HyperCard 2.1 and System 6.05 or higher. If you don’t have these, ask your Apple dealer.
Once Express Yourself expands onto your hard drive, it grows to a minimum size of 885K. If you have a Mac with 800K-only floppy drives, you will be able to fit only the original compressed file onto another 800K disk to make a backup copy or to share with a friend.
To make a copy onto an 800K floppy disk, drag the compressed “.sea” file to your hard drive and then copy it back to another 800K floppy.
Express Yourself will run in a minimum HyperCard partition of 800K of memory (RAM) under System 6 with Multifinder or System 7. It is recommended that you set a minimum partition of 1 megabyte for HyperCard 2.1
To set the HyperCard partition size, select the HyperCard program icon in the Finder and choose “Get Info” from the File menu. A window will pop up with a box indicating where to set the memory (partition) size.
On a 1 megabyte Mac Plus, Mac SE or Mac Classic, do not run Multifinder. You must make sure to run a minimum system configuration in order to have enough memory (RAM) for this program to run. You must have at least 815K of RAM available for HyperCard and Express Yourself on a 1 megabyte (1042K of RAM) Mac.
You can check the size of your system by choosing the “About the Finder…” or “About this Macintosh…” under the Apple menu. An information box will indicate how your memory is used. A system capable of running Express Yourself on a 1 megabyte Mac should occupy no more than 215K or so.
You may need to trim down various system additions which use up memory. Make sure to run only a minimum set of desk accessories and standard HyperCard fonts. Remove any extra DA’s, fonts, INITS, Startup files, Control Panels or Extensions. To trim down your system size on a 1 megabyte Mac, consult your user manual or reinstall the system from Apple System Install disks. To reinstall a fresh system, follow the installer instructions and choose “minimum” configuration for your model of Macintosh.
