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- From: ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
- Subject: Re: Why HyperCard
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.160405.12395@waikato.ac.nz>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 16:04:05 +1300
- References: <1992Nov19.214400.12876@macc.wisc.edu> <1992Nov20.115256.12352@waikato.ac.nz> <By0or3.Dsw@netnews.jhuapl.edu>
- Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- In article <By0or3.Dsw@netnews.jhuapl.edu>, ygor@aplexus.jhuapl.edu (Daniel E. White (F2C)) writes:
- > |> In article <1992Nov19.214400.12876@macc.wisc.edu>, demerit@vms.macc.wisc.edu (J. DeMerit) writes:
- > |> > why are we using HyperCard???
- >
- > One good reason is that Apple now includes a stripped down version of
- > HyperCard with the System Software (since 6.0.7. or so , as I recall).
- >
- > You can RUN just about any stack with it, but you cannot create or modify
- > stacks unless you know some magic.
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- I'm an admitted HyperCard enthusiast, but this one stumps me: why is having
- a run-only version of HyperCard such a neat feature?
-
- Lawrence "Everyone should be a HyperCard hacker" D'Oliveiro
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