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From: sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: How 'Bout HyperCard!
Message-ID: <31411@linus.UUCP>
Date: 9 May 88 22:15:08 GMT
References: <15372@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>
Organization: The MITRE Corp., Bedford, MA
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In-reply-to: tws@beach.cis.ufl.edu's message of 5 May 88 03:59:06 GMT



In article <15372@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> tws@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Thomas Sarver) writes:

> ***GET ON KNEES***
> 
> I WANT HYPERCARD FOR THE AMIGA!

[lots of emotional stuff deleted]

I would like to see a variety of hypermedia and hypertext software
products for the Amiga.  If *any* machine was a natural for hypermedia
and hypertext, it's the Amiga.

But HyperCard is not hypertext, and it sure isn't hypermedia.  Can you
activate an *animation* on a card?  And the text on a card is
extremely primitive.  Basically, Hypercard's card design capability is
roughly equivalent to MacPaint.

I would like to see a hypermedia product for the Amiga that *really*
takes advantage of it's capabilities.  I envision something like a
cross between MicroFiche Filer and Deluxe Video (hint, hint).  Namely,
using the microfiche metaphor, select a microfiche card, and activate
animation, video, music, or any combination, probably on a separate
screen.  (Or text, of course.)  If each microfiche "card" (what do you
call them?) could accept a wide variety of IFF forms, that would truly
be neat.

> HyperCard was meant for multi-tasking.  

Really?

> Imagine reading uucp using OnLine! as
> a terminal to a site.  You find something interesting.  You copy it to the
> clipboard.  You click HyperCard to front, and put it on a card.  Make some
> connections with other cards, get back to OnLine!

What's important is support for the clipboard device so you can paste
among products.  I wish more software vendors supported this for the
Amiga.

Better idea: Activate animations or music on one MicroFiche card, and
while it's running, continue to browse the microfiche for other cards!
Now that would really show off Amiga multitasking!


Steven Litvintchouk
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