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From: dlw@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (David L. Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Look out Hypercard, its Supercard!
Message-ID: <16310014@hpsmtc1.HP.COM>
Date: 5 Dec 88 22:38:49 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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Interesting to find this out after Dan Allen's posting about no real new 
features to Hypercard(God only knows when HC 2.0 will show).  It will be really
interesting to see if this comes to pass. How long would it take the 4 Apple
Hypercard programmers to add in support for multiple windows and the like? 
Perhaps Apple should sub-contract out to Silicon Beach! ;)

From the December 5 88 Infoworld:

Apple Computer's Hypercard will no longer be the only player in its unique 
product category when Silicon Beach Software announces in January a
Hypercard work-alike, Supercard.

The program offers several important functions not currently available in 
Hypercard.  Among the key improvements are its support for color and use of
the full screen, sources said. The program will be available in the second
quarter of next year. No pricing was available.

With Supercard, users can import existing Hypercard stacks or create
standalone applications using Supercard's Hypertalk-compatible scripting 
language, Supertalk, the sources said.  The program also supports multiple
resizable windows and has extensive drawing fucntions.

Silicon Beach officials declined to comment.

"A program that's like Hypercard but has a lot of the capabilities missing
in Hypercard would be a very viable product" said Ashok Jain, editor of 
Macintosh Market Report, of Irvine, California.

Apple multimedia evangelist Jim Armstrong compared the introduction of 
Hypercard-compatibles to Silicon Beach's successful introduction of
Superpaint at a time Apple was bundling MacPaint with every Macintosh.  He 
added that Bill Atkinson's priority is to ensure Hypercard is optimized for
the entire Mac line, an element that might help distinguish it from
Hypercard workalikes.  Sources said at least tow other companies will 
introduce Hypercard-like programs next year.