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HyperCard under Executor



Dear Folks,

We're reassessing what works and what is close so we can know what  
cool demos we'll be able to do under Executor/DOS.  As such I just  
took a look at HyperCard 2.1.  Here's what I found:

1) It doesn't run at all under NS/Intel.  This is very dissapointing  
because it does sort of run under NS/Motorola and that shows that  
there is still at least some difference between the two.  I'll look  
into this soon.

2) It limps under NS/Motorola.  You'll need to set Refresh to some  
small number (like 4 if you're going to drive the train, or 20 if  
you're not doing animation) and want to turn on Accelerated Graphics.

3) Some stacks work only if they're made Read-Only.  I'm looking into  
this right now.  It might be a good idea to write-protect all your  
stacks if you're playing with Executor and HyperCard now anyway.

4) Some numeric items can't be read from fields (I suspect this is  
due to problems with our hokey Script Manager implementation).  I'm  
looking into this too.

We won't be advertising Executor as running HyperCard, but if you are  
interested in HyperCard and it's not too hard for you to get it onto  
your NeXT, you might want to take a look at it under 1.2.2g; we've  
come a long way and that's without doing any work at all that is  
HyperCard specific, it's just from fixing other "penetrating" bugs.

The sale officially ends today, but I know some people have had a  
hard time reaching us this last week, so if you still want to get in  
on the sale price, call/FAX/send e-mail today, but if we can't get  
back to you 'til tomorrow or Thursday we'll still let you in on the  
sale price.

	--Cliff