Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mit-eddie!mit-amt!bc From: bc@mit-amt.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Hypercard: what's it really worth? Message-ID: <1785@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> Date: Sun, 29-Nov-87 12:28:32 EST Article-I.D.: mit-amt.1785 Posted: Sun Nov 29 12:28:32 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 1-Dec-87 07:06:39 EST References: <6956@ut-ngp.UUCP> Reply-To: bc@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (bill coderre) Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA Lines: 39 Keywords: Hypercard WHOAH! Chill just a sec. 1. Ignore giant hype. (primary rule of media) 2. Bitmap graphics in HC are COMPRESSED average 15-30x. Atkinson patenting data compression. that good. 3. No "Secret Plans", No "foisting". ok? If you want this kind of environment: ultra graphics, "friendly" (but quite limited) programming, links, etc, it DOES TAKE that much memory. Sorry. Code is quite optimized (I've seen it). 4. Atkinson wrote HC and forced Apple to distribute -- no "secret plans" to make people buy memory, disks. 5. HC not a replace everything environment. You -- you -- can now frotz your data in new ways you never could unless seasoned programmer. It might be very very slow for tricky stuff. That's drawback. But you -- mr user -- can now do newer things, beyond what programmer coded. Ever use Cricket Graph? Only 12 kinds of graphs. yours not there, too bad. now you CAN do it, with hc. ok? Best part is you can buy or get free expansion code -- XCMD, or just stackware -- and add it on no prob to get new features. No one will force you to buy anything new. But if you want the super-premium HC environment, it does require hd and a meg or two. Sorry. No other choice. 6. HC has bugs, limitations, that are being fixed. Some really horrible. But they will be fixed. OK? Now please: no conspiracy. No. Sorry for druggy writing, i broke my hand, taking percodan, typing with one finger.................................................bc