Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

Hi Graham, I congratulate you on your ambition to do this! It seems that the days are long gone when people will pay attention to a content product because it is just that. All the attention (i.e. funding) has moved on to scalable platforms rather than individual works of artifice! Yes, when

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

Thanks Peter It’s encouraging to know about the re-configuring. When I first thought of my project, some years ago, I could not get any sensible response out of the original publisher, and eventually gave up, but now I am thinking of reviving the idea. I think sadly the copyright holder of the

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

Hi Graham, It might be easier to track down the copyright holder of the CD-ROM and offer to re-publish on a different platform. Copyrights on the design of the program/disc itself will definitely apply for a long time. We are re-configuring some of our earlier work HC into LiveCode as desktop

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

That’s excellent information - I would still have to tackle any missed out (obviously I haven’t checked yet) and presumably all the recordings of the poet speaking which are much more recent than the composition dates (though I don’t understand US copyright laws). And there’s Richard Wilbur’s

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

I code among giants! Bob S > On Feb 10, 2020, at 21:07 , Colin Holgate via use-livecode > wrote: > > Thanks for that. Voyager did well in the list, 15 out of the 50. 10 of which > were in HyperCard. #1 I programmed on my own, and I also did some work on #4 > and #15.

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

https://publicdomain4u.com/as-of-january-1-2019-these-robert-frost-poems-are-public-domain/ > On Feb 11, 2020, at 2:56 AM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode > wrote: > > Personally I have a pet project to re-purpose a very elaborate CD-ROM about > Robert Frost, published by Henry Holt in 1997,

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

Bah, I can only claim #17. Raw C (not even C++) on the CD-ROM, but vast amounts of HyperCard used in the production process. Mind you, if Cosmic Osmo only got #29, I consider their rankings very suspect! On 11/02/2020 05:07, Colin Holgate via use-livecode wrote: Thanks for that. Voyager did

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

Stravinsky and Mozart programs, and I’m still working with > Robert Winter, the author, after 30 years. All HyperCard with custom > Xcommands for music score animation and CD-ROM/video disc player control. > > Peter Bogdanoff > ArtsInteractive > > >> On Feb 11, 2

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

Colin was a monster programmer at Voyager! I myself worked on the Voyager music titles #9, 21, 37, 38, 39, producing the first two, the Stravinsky and Mozart programs, and I’m still working with Robert Winter, the author, after 30 years. All HyperCard with custom Xcommands for music score

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

Thanks for that. Voyager did well in the list, 15 out of the 50. 10 of which were in HyperCard. #1 I programmed on my own, and I also did some work on #4 and #15. > On Feb 10, 2020, at 3:53 PM, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Colin, > > I found this

HyperCard: the Myst story

A Hard Day’s Night CD-ROM I made > in HyperCard was the overall winner. > I was lucky that it was before Myst was > released. It would have easily won! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, u

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

Mark Wieder write: https://boingboing.net/2020/02/02/myst-co-creator-rand-mill.html "...to this day I would be doing projects in Hypercard if it were still available..." ...think someone should give Rand Miller a hint? Cyan's tech lead, Richard Watson (also known as RAWA) is

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

Just curious, Mark… I loved Hypercard as well, but do you mean to say you > would choose Hypercard over Livecode today? > > Roger > >> On Feb 4, 2020, at 5:41 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> >> https://boingboing.net/2020/02/02/myst-co

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

. ;) I was an external contributor in 1993, it was another three years before I joined as tech ed. One of the most impressive CD-ROMs I ever saw from the 1990s was If Monks Had Macs, another HyperCard production. I think I still have that disc in a box somewhere, but I need to resurrect an old

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

-livecode wrote: On 2/4/20 6:00 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Just curious, Mark… I loved Hypercard as well, but do you mean to say you would choose Hypercard over Livecode today? Heh. Not my quote... that's from Rand Miller's talk. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

On 2/4/20 6:19 PM, Colin Holgate via use-livecode wrote: In 1993 Mac User magazine ...them was the days, eh? -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

In 1993 Mac User magazine had a review of the top 50 CD-ROMs, and of those there was an overall winner. The A Hard Day’s Night CD-ROM I made in HyperCard was the overall winner. I was lucky that it was before Myst was released. It would have easily won

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

Ah yes, of course. I see that now. > On Feb 4, 2020, at 7:07 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 2/4/20 6:00 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: >> Just curious, Mark… I loved Hypercard as well, but do you mean to say you >> would choose Hyper

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

On 2/4/20 6:00 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Just curious, Mark… I loved Hypercard as well, but do you mean to say you would choose Hypercard over Livecode today? Heh. Not my quote... that's from Rand Miller's talk. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

Just curious, Mark… I loved Hypercard as well, but do you mean to say you would choose Hypercard over Livecode today? Roger > On Feb 4, 2020, at 5:41 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > > https://boingboing.net/2020/02/02/myst-co-creator-rand-mill.html > > &q

HyperCard: the Myst story

https://boingboing.net/2020/02/02/myst-co-creator-rand-mill.html "...to this day I would be doing projects in Hypercard if it were still available..." ...think someone should give Rand Miller a hint? -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com _

Re: LC and Hypercard

: For a while now, whenever I try to open a .hc or .stk or .Stak or .STACK file, LC just bombs HARD Has Hypercard conversion into LC gone?? Missing the magic steps how to? Thanks ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

LC and Hypercard

For a while now, whenever I try to open a .hc or .stk or .Stak or .STACK file, LC just bombs HARD Has Hypercard conversion into LC gone?? Missing the magic steps how to? Thanks ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: HyperCard

story. Martin Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 24, 2019, at 1:47 AM, AndyP via use-livecode > wrote: > > BBC article about HyperCard, history and lack of successor, omitting any > mention of Livecode! > > This is the Twitter link for the article. Add a retweet, comm

Re: HyperCard

BBC article about HyperCard, history and lack of successor, omitting any mention of Livecode! This is the Twitter link for the article. Add a retweet, comment, let's help get Livecode noticed. https://twitter.com/BBC_Future/status/1153726503059746822?s=09 <https://twitter.com/BBC_Future/sta

Re: HyperCard

I thought that was a good idea, Bob. I did likewise (and of course mentioned livecode.) Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web http://elementarysoftware.com/ email sc...@elementarysoftware.com booth 1-800-615-0867 mobile 360-920-0715

Re: HyperCard

I posted a positive comment on BBC myself. Bob S > On Jul 23, 2019, at 06:34 , Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode > wrote: > > Unbelievable. Some writers just don't do their research. Well done for > writing to him. Hopefully, he'll edit his story a bit. > > Sean Cole > *Pi Digital * > >

Re: HyperCard

Neither did he mention about HyperCard Online <https://archive.org/details/hypercardstacks>, my endeavour to get as many HyperCard stacks as I can running online through in-browser emulation (hosted by the Internet Archive). How did you contact him, Linda? ;) [[Shameless self-plug: you can

Re: HyperCard

Unbelievable. Some writers just don't do their research. Well done for writing to him. Hopefully, he'll edit his story a bit. Sean Cole *Pi Digital * On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 14:04, Linda Miller, DVM via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Apparently, this author does not know

HyperCard

Apparently, this author does not know about LiveCode. I did write to him today. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190722-the-apple-software-that-inspired-the-internet Linda

Re: [OT] Web based HyperCard

e <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 12:57:33 PM To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Cc: Richard Gaskin Subject: Re: [OT] Web based HyperCard Eller, Roger wrote: > That was a nice trip down memory lane. However, I would rather have > a modern online script e

Re: [OT] Web based HyperCard

Eller, Roger wrote: > That was a nice trip down memory lane. However, I would rather have > a modern online script editor for LiveCode where you write a script > in one tab of Chrome/Safari/Firefox/Edge , and > execute/display it in another tab. No installation of any IDE! There was a

Re: [OT] Web based HyperCard

: use-livecode <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com> on behalf of scott--- via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 1:36:53 AM To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Cc: sc...@elementarysoftware.com Subject: [OT] Web based HyperCard This may be of inte

Re: [OT] Web based HyperCard

> On Mar 27, 2018, at 10:19 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > Better yet, it appears that this may be the Ben Fisher who has been part of > the RR/LC community for a dozen or so years. He is that Ben Fisher :- ) -- Scott Morrow Elementary

Re: [OT] Web based HyperCard

ode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: This may be of interest to some of you (old) HyperCard folks. "ViperCard in an open source re-creation and re-imagination of 1987’s HyperCard.” It runs in a web browser (not Safari, apparently but Firefox seemed to work well) https://www.vipercard.net/ It is still

Re: [OT] Web based HyperCard

On 03/27/2018 07:06 AM, Keith Martin via use-livecode wrote: But seriously, while I don't see a hard-nosed practical use for this it is an astounding feat! Better yet, it appears that this may be the Ben Fisher who has been part of the RR/LC community for a dozen or so years. I donated and

Re: [OT] Web based HyperCard

My first serious Hypercard app kept track of the last 24 months of responses and donations to a syndicated non-profit radio ministry to track which stations were generating responses/donations. Eventually I had it calculating a weighted formula based upon how much the station paid us or we paid

Re: [OT] Web based HyperCard

Very cool! Playing with the paint features takes me back to my first Mac encounter in 1984 with MacPaint: Draw a rect. Fill it with brick pattern. Spray paint some graffiti on it. Virtual vandalism -- satisfying and harmless. Thanks for the link! Tom B. -- Sent from:

Re: [OT] Web based HyperCard

In Safari preferences you can say to show the Develop menu. In the Develop menu there are experimental features you can enable. I have most of those turned on. > On Mar 27, 2018, at 8:59 AM, dunbarx via use-livecode > wrote: > > Could only see a black screen

Re: [OT] Web based HyperCard

Imagine showing someone this, then telling them there is a fully functional application development environment very much like it. Also, nostalgia comes to mind. Bob S > On Mar 27, 2018, at 01:28 , Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > wrote: > > Undoubtedly

Re: [OT] Web based HyperCard

On 27 Mar 2018, at 14:28, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote: Tell us about it again once it is full color and not just B When he has the Colorizing HC XCMD simulated? ;) But seriously, while I don't see a hard-nosed practical use for this it is an astounding feat! k

Re: [OT] Web based HyperCard

Hi Scott, Tell us about it again once it is full color and not just B Thanks, Rick > On Mar 27, 2018, at 1:36 AM, scott--- via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > This may be of interest to some of you (old) HyperCard folks. > > "ViperCard

Re: [OT] Web based HyperCard

It seems to fully work in Safari on Mac, but he hasn’t prevented the page scroll, so some things don’t work on iPad. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Re: [OT] Web based HyperCard

Could only see a black screen when opening in Safari on OS 10.9. Craig Newman -- Sent from: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Revolution-User-f278306.html ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this

Re: [OT] Web based HyperCard

Undoubtedly very clever, but I do wonder what the purpose of it is. Richmond. On 27/3/2018 8:36 am, scott--- via use-livecode wrote: This may be of interest to some of you (old) HyperCard folks. "ViperCard in an open source re-creation and re-imagination of 1987’s HyperCard.” It

[OT] Web based HyperCard

This may be of interest to some of you (old) HyperCard folks. "ViperCard in an open source re-creation and re-imagination of 1987’s HyperCard.” It runs in a web browser (not Safari, apparently but Firefox seemed to work well) https://www.vipercard.net/ It is still version 0.2 but the

Re: Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

aCard premiered in 1992, and by the late '90s Crossworlds Computing (Kevin's first company) published a more feature-rich IDE that could run with that engine. Dr. Raney actively encouraged that, and other IDEs like FreeGUI (a since-abandoned project to deliver more of a HyperCard-like feel). H

Re: Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

Hmmm... I find the basis of the article somewhat simplistic. I suppose you could go back far enough with anything, and say it is an old idea produced in a new way. For instance, the dissemination of information via writing has been around for millenia, but someone made a way to do it

Re: Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

ain > > any message until it means what we meant... but in the > > mail list that is not possible. > > > > After reading again my message about the origin of HyperCard, > > I found that it's easy, very easy, to understand that in my > > message I am dismissing Bill

Re: Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

assets. There were no such distinctions back in Sharespeare's day but there is now, and HyperCard falls under that jurisdiction. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___

Re: Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

e could simply edit, reedit and edit again > any message until it means what we meant... but in the > mail list that is not possible. > > After reading again my message about the origin of HyperCard, > I found that it's easy, very easy, to understand that in my > message

Re: Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

code was modified to produce the new, then THAT is plagiarism pure and simple. Bob S On Oct 20, 2017, at 10:36 , Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: as the rip-off or HyperCard with a new front-end strapped on the front (i.e. LiveCode) is a

Re: Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

gt; as the rip-off or HyperCard with a new front-end strapped on the front (i.e. > LiveCode) is a bigger and > better beast than either Hypercard or MetaCard ever were. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url t

Re: Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

n the mail list and in the forum. In the forum, we could simply edit, reedit and edit again any message until it means what we meant... but in the mail list that is not possible. After reading again my message about the origin of HyperCard, I found that it's easy, very easy, to understand that in my

Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

that is not possible. After reading again my message about the origin of HyperCard, I found that it's easy, very easy, to understand that in my message I am dismissing Bill Atkinson's breakthrough as an intentional copy of previous works. That was NOT my intention. If Bill Atkinson says the he

Re: Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

(rather in the same sort of way MetaCard was a rip-off of Hypercard!), his Hypercard was something rather better, as the rip-off or HyperCard with a new front-end strapped on the front (i.e. LiveCode) is a bigger and better beast than either Hypercard or MetaCard ever were. While plagi

Re: Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

> > Tom Glod wrote: > > > Here is a great interview with Bill. in which he reveals > > > among other things.. that when he invented Hypercard he was > > > > If you ask Walter Cooke, he answers: > > > > "I too miss HyperCard,

Re: Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

hich he reveals > > among other things.. that when he invented Hypercard he was > > If you ask Walter Cooke, he answers: > > "I too miss HyperCard, but I also used Xerox's Notecards software BEFORE > Bill invented Apple's version for the Macintosh. > > Google

Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

Tom Glod wrote: > Here is a great interview with Bill. in which he reveals > among other things.. that when he invented Hypercard he was If you ask Walter Cooke, he answers: "I too miss HyperCard, but I also used Xerox's Notecards software BEFORE Bill invented Appl

Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

Here is a great interview with Bill. in which he reveals among other things.. that when he invented Hypercard he was http://post.spmailt.com/f/a/HEq2PBZqBCCKldkKRddr2A~~/AAGp3AA

Re: [OT] HyperCard preservation society

> On 12 Aug 2017, at 11:27 am, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > LOL... "PRINT PEEL & STICK VHS LABELS" Not betamax? C’mon! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: [OT] HyperCard preservation society

On 08/11/2017 08:00 AM, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode wrote: This is fabulous: http://blog.archive.org/2017/08/11/hypercard-on-the-archive-celebrating-30-years-of-hypercard/ LOL... "PRINT PEEL & STICK VHS LABELS" srsly, though... happy 30th, HyperCard. -- Mark W

[OT] HyperCard preservation society

This is fabulous: http://blog.archive.org/2017/08/11/hypercard-on-the-archive-celebrating-30-years-of-hypercard/ Submit your jewels of yesteryear! best Ben ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Re: HyperCard on your current Macintosh computer

Same here. I wish I still had all those old 800k floppy disks. I had some great apps on them. I wrote a Monopoly game once when Hypercard was only black and white! That was a trick. It was buggy, but it worked right up until you tried to collect money for someone landing on your property

Re: HyperCard on your current Macintosh computer

On 5 Apr 2017, at 7:48, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: https://github.com/jedahan/hypermac I couldn't get that version of Mini vMac to run; it couldn't find the vMac.ROM file. But there's a slightly newer version of the app () that works well if you put it in there instead. It's

Re: HyperCard on your current Macintosh computer

Thanks Richmond. A lot of the programs at Macintosh Garden will run on Mini vMac. You will find a lot of Hypercard stacks there too. http://macintoshgarden.org <http://macintoshgarden.org/> JB > On Apr 4, 2017, at 11:48 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > &

HyperCard on your current Macintosh computer

https://github.com/jedahan/hypermac On the upper right-hand side of the page there is a green "Clone or download" button. Clicking this reveals an menu which has an option "Download Zip". Extract this zip, then run the app "Mini vMac". Not me, just something I found on a Yahoo Group.

Re: [OT] Want to help build a new HyperCard

I’m working on a project related to this discussion. It’s a specialized tool for music students in the form of a runtime application that has a tool palette and inspector—reproducing LiveCode’s IDE in a simplified, targeted manner. So I’m very interested in understanding how LiveCode’s IDE

Re: [OT] Want to help build a new HyperCard

Thanks to suggestions by Peter Bogdanoff much better indeed. R. On 20.05.2016 22:14, RM wrote: Keeps on getting better. I am now at the stage where I would be grateful for anyone who wishes to deploy a vaguely "Hypercardy" simplified UI for Livecode 8.0 to try the thing out and give me

Re: [OT] Want to help build a new HyperCard

Keeps on getting better. I am now at the stage where I would be grateful for anyone who wishes to deploy a vaguely "Hypercardy" simplified UI for Livecode 8.0 to try the thing out and give me feedback. Anyone who wishes is, of course, welcome to muck around with the stack and improve things -

Re: [OT] Want to help build a new HyperCard

Just uploaded a revision that works a whole lot better! On 19.05.2016 23:44, RM wrote: I'm on it: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=25=27328 Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: [OT] Want to help build a new HyperCard

I'm on it: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=25=27328 Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: [OT] Want to help build a new HyperCard

Hi, Wow. Richard's vision with a K-12 package as a subset of Community LiveCode is exciting. If it was made to run on the Raspberry Pi 3, then it might be even better. Years ago, Hugh was working on an authoring system that I was enamored with called FootNotes. That was mostly about ebook

Re: [OT] Want to help build a new HyperCard

There was actually a Hypercard-like front-end being built in Metacard at some point and was actually quite advanced as I recall. If I am not mistaken it was made open-source. RObert On 19.05.2016 at 16:07 Uhr +0300 Richmond apparently wrote: That has already been discussed over in the forums

Re: [OT] Want to help build a new HyperCard

RM wrote: > Over on the Yahoo group "Discussion Group for Hypercard" there is > this topic. > > This seems to be a seasonal phenomenon, which never comes to much, > and I cannot help wondering why it keeps coming up. In those discussions and similar ones I've had with

Re: [OT] Want to help build a new HyperCard

That has already been discussed over in the forums. They should not be worrying about building a new Hypercard; they should just work out how to do a sort of Metacard" front-end for Livecode. Mind you, the kids I teach Livecode to don't seem to have problems with the LC 7.0 inte

Re: [OT] Want to help build a new HyperCard

er on the Yahoo group "Discussion Group for Hypercard" there is this topic. > > This seems to be a seasonal phenomenon, which never comes to much, and I > cannot > help wondering why it keeps coming up. > > One thing that does cross my mind is that maybe (?) some of the

[OT] Want to help build a new HyperCard

Over on the Yahoo group "Discussion Group for Hypercard" there is this topic. This seems to be a seasonal phenomenon, which never comes to much, and I cannot help wondering why it keeps coming up. One thing that does cross my mind is that maybe (?) some of these people haven't h

Re: AW: OT: Who can convert 3.5" diskettes with Hypercard stacks for me?

Auftrag von RM Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. April 2016 19:54 An: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Betreff: Re: OT: Who can convert 3.5" diskettes with Hypercard stacks for me? I'm perfectly happy to transfer Hypercard stacks from floppy disks to a CD-ROM as I have 2 funct

AW: OT: Who can convert 3.5" diskettes with Hypercard stacks for me?

19:54 An: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Betreff: Re: OT: Who can convert 3.5" diskettes with Hypercard stacks for me? I'm perfectly happy to transfer Hypercard stacks from floppy disks to a CD-ROM as I have 2 functioning Macs (a G3 iMac and a G5 iMac) and an ex

RE: OT: Who can convert 3.5" diskettes with Hypercard stacks for me?

If you have a 3.5" drive "MacDrive" for Windows will open Mac disks. I used it a few years ago to read some Mac Zip Disks. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: OT: Who can convert 3.5" diskettes with Hypercard stacks for me?

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 12:04 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB <toolb...@kestner.de> wrote: > I have some 3.5" diskettes from my Mac from the beginning 90th with some > HyperCard stacks which I just regained again. > I successfully transferred some a couple of years ago by usi

Re: OT: Who can convert 3.5" diskettes with Hypercard stacks for me?

I'm perfectly happy to transfer Hypercard stacks from floppy disks to a CD-ROM as I have 2 functioning Macs (a G3 iMac and a G5 iMac) and an external (USB) floppy drive. However, I wonder why you don't just buy yourself an external floppy drive: http://www.amazon.de/CSL-Externes

Re: OT: Who can convert 3.5" diskettes with Hypercard stacks for me?

sez Tiemo Hollmann TB: > I have some 3.5" diskettes from my Mac from the beginning 90th with some > HyperCard stacks which I just regained again. > > The HyperCard stacks are not vital for me, but if possible I would like to > see them again (converted to L

Re: OT: Who can convert 3.5" diskettes with Hypercard stacks for me?

http://livecodebeginner.economy-x-talk.com Op 26-Apr-16 om 09:04 schreef Tiemo Hollmann TB: Hello, I have some 3.5" diskettes from my Mac from the beginning 90th with some HyperCard stacks which I just regained again. The HyperCard stacks are not vital for me, but if possible I would like t

OT: Who can convert 3.5" diskettes with Hypercard stacks for me?

Hello, I have some 3.5" diskettes from my Mac from the beginning 90th with some HyperCard stacks which I just regained again. The HyperCard stacks are not vital for me, but if possible I would like to see them again (converted to LC), just as a memory. Is there anybody, who still has

Hypercard

https://archive.org/details/The_Complete_HyperCard_Handbook https://archive.org/details/mac_Danny_Goodmans_HyperCard_Developers_Guide_1988 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: Hypercard

For the tittle, this book sounds promising too :D https://archive.org/details/Hyper_Card_Power Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Hypercard-tp4702424p4702444.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: Hypercard

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Hypercard

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Re: Its time to revive HyperCard

Duly posted. Bob S On Nov 2, 2014, at 16:11 , Alejandro Tejada capellan2...@gmail.com wrote: From Slashdot: http://developers.slashdot.org/story/14/10/31/2358211/its-time-to-revive-hypercard As always, comments are a must read in Slashdot. Al

Its time to revive HyperCard

From Slashdot: http://developers.slashdot.org/story/14/10/31/2358211/its-time-to-revive-hypercard As always, comments are a must read in Slashdot. Al ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe

How to I flatten a Hypercard stack (now Livecode) from cards and backgrounds to just cards?

(an old Hypercard term) have only one “card” (an old Hypercard term) , as they represent an application driven from a single window. But what is “not modern” about a background ? We may have made hyperspace jumps with LiveCode since Hypercard brought in the mecanization of Rolodex type data, but I assume

Re: How to I flatten a Hypercard stack (now Livecode) from cards and backgrounds to just cards?

On 10/5/2014, 1:52 PM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote: Kee Nethery says that he wants to remove backgrounds in a stack “to bring it into the modern era” Can anybody explain this statement ? What does this mean ? Is the background mechanism dying, or even being dropped ? No, nothing has changed. I

Re: How to I flatten a Hypercard stack (now Livecode) from cards and backgrounds to just cards?

Yep. So two things I need to do are: 1. Resolve any name duplications between card and background objects. If I have card field “bork” and background field “bork”, getting it to where I can remove “card” and “background” will cause issues if two objects on the same card have the same name. 2.

Re: How to I flatten a Hypercard stack (now Livecode) from cards and backgrounds to just cards?

Actually you shouldn't have to change any of that. Even after setting the hcaddressing to false, you can still use the longer references to distinguish between same-named objects. So you could just leave the original scripts alone in those cases. The same goes for backgrounds. Since it's

How to I flatten a Hypercard stack (now Livecode) from cards and backgrounds to just cards?

I imported a stack that uses a whole series of separate backgrounds. I’m converting it into Livecode and one of the things I’d like to do to bring it into the modern era is to get rid of card fields/buttons/scripts and background fields/buttons/scripts and just have fields, buttons and

Re: How to I flatten a Hypercard stack (now Livecode) from cards and backgrounds to just cards?

From the message box, set the HCAddressing to false. That's all you should need to do. On October 4, 2014 3:16:45 PM CDT, kee nethery k...@kagi.com wrote: I imported a stack that uses a whole series of separate backgrounds. I’m converting it into Livecode and one of the things I’d like to do

Re: How to I flatten a Hypercard stack (now Livecode) from cards and backgrounds to just cards?

OK, I’ll give it a try. Thanks! Kee On Oct 4, 2014, at 1:40 PM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com wrote: From the message box, set the HCAddressing to false. That's all you should need to do. On October 4, 2014 3:16:45 PM CDT, kee nethery k...@kagi.com wrote: I imported a

Re: HyperCard Basics

On 18/09/14 07:42, Alain Farmer wrote: No, n-o-t microsoft-office! No-o! ;-) HyperCard had LOTS of keyboard shortcuts. Recent-cards was a cool feature, but I didn't use it much. I never use it: I just thought, on reading 'HyperCard Basics' it might be fun to stir the pot. Although

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