Re: Hypercard GS???

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romeo@anet-dfw.com (Romeo) wrote:

>Hi. I know this is a silly question, but since I am still fairly new to the 
>wonderful world of the IIgs, there is much I don't know. Anyway, here goes:
>
>What exactly is HyperCard GS? Is it a piece of hardware, or just a software 
>package? I know it is for making/viewing multimedia. Is it something I should 
>want? I am trying to max out my IIgs any way I can....hardware, software,
etc..
>I love IIgs games, demos, music, graphics and am learning 65816 assembly 
>programming.

HyperCard GS is an interpreter for the HyperTalk programming
language.  It is software for running pieces of multimedia software
called stacks.  You should definitely get it.  It is free and on Apple's
web site.

If you want to see what it is capable of, go to
http://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/ Ground and look in the apple2,
apple16, hypermedia, and hypercard folders (one within each
other).  Open the folders in that order.  There is a run time version
(hypercard player) which runs stacks, but can't program them.
Then download a couple of stacks and play with them.

If you then are interested in creating your own multimedia
software with the program, the full version is now freely
downloadable directly from Apple.  But you really need
the manuals to learn the HyperTalk language.  It reminds
me a cross between structured BASIC, Pascal, and English.