Re: Apple II and IIgs Freeware Development Concepts

[Slick <PAYSlick_RCBD@hotmail.com>]

Cturley2 wrote:
> 
> I've been working and researching on these 'Apple ][ and IIgs Freeware
> Development Concepts' listed below. Some are under development and some are
> simply concepts. I'd like to get your feedback, comments, suggestions and
> thoughts on them. I'd also like to hear from anybody that's interested in
> working on any of them using their specific skills with respect to the
> development of any of the list below.
> 
> (1) An IIgs application and/or HyperCard GS stack to convert PDF files to text
> by
> extracting the text from them and saving it in a standard text file format. The
> PDF format is used on both the PC and Mac platforms, with the Adobe Acrobat
> program and the Acrobat Reader program.
> 
Execelent idea. Before this year, I didn't have any way of reading PDF
files.

> (2) An IIgs application and/or HyperCard GS stack to convert jpeg and gif files
> to
> the IIgs' SHR graphic file formats supporting 256 colors.
> 
SuperConvert can do that. What about a better program that can do 3200
colors? I've had lots of cases where SuperConvert does a better job than
the existing program.

> (3) A HyperCard GS stack that would deprotect and/or remove a password from any
> HyperCard GS stack. Simply put, a HCGS 'MagicKey' stack - functional in the
> same
> way as the HyperStudio 'MagicKey' stack developed and released by Clayburn.
> 
Some authors won't like the idea, but I do.

> (4) A HyperCard GS stack to convert HyperCard GS stacks <-> HyperStudio GS
> stacks. Limitations would be expected with such conversions but, if the basic
> stack contents could be properly converted, the stack designer could enhance
> and
> add to the converted stack as they wished.
> 
> (5) A HyperCard GS stack that would play MODfiles in a JukeBox fashion.
> 
> (6) A HyperCard GS stack and/or Apple II specific platform application - that
> would allow; display, present a tutorial and teach the user Mandarin Chinese -
> as
> an interactive course on Mandarin - containing all you need to learn to speak,
> read, and write Chinese.
> 
> (7) A HyperCard GS stack and/or Apple II specific platform application - that
> would allow; display, present a tutorial and teach the user Kanji  Japanese -
> as
> an interactive course on Kanji - containing all you need to learn to speak,
> read,
> and write Japanese.
> 
Go for all of em!
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