Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!ukma!gatech!rebel!dcatla!mclek From: mclek@dcatla.UUCP (Larry E. Kollar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: How 'Bout HyperCard! Message-ID: <4322@dcatla.UUCP> Date: 6 May 88 18:20:30 GMT References: <15372@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Reply-To: mclek@sunb.UUCP (Larry E. Kollar) Organization: DCA Inc., Alpharetta, GA Lines: 20 Keywords: HyperCard, Mac, Magic Sac [ Burn 'em in! Burn 'em in! Burn 'em in! ] In article <15372@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> tws@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Thomas Sarver) writes: > >I WANT HYPERCARD FOR THE AMIGA! Apple would never let it happen, of course. Even if they did, there are certain problems: how do you handle XFCN and XCMD (extended function and command) resources in a non-resource environment? Also, since Hypercard uses a 512 X 384 bitmap (hard-wired), you would have to live with interlace. What is more likely is a stack reader (at least at first), and then only for stacks without XFCNs or XCMDs. Someone could get comp.binaries.hypercard (I think that's the name), download some stacks, and reverse-engineer the file format. And there may be something published already; that would leave only the bit-banging. :-) I hope someone does it -- I'd like to see it myself. Larry Kollar ...!gatech!dcatla!mclek