852028e@aucs.AcadiaU.ca (Amari M. Elammari) (02/05/91)
Is there a hypercard version for the IBM PC?
Any help will be appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
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Amari Elammari
Acadia University P.O.BOX 1236 Wolfville, N.S. Canada BOP 1X0
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UUCP {uunet|watmath|utai|garfield}!cs.dal.ca!aucs!852028elombardi@cshl.org (Diane Lombardi in Hershey) (02/06/91)
In article <1991Feb4.204001.23439@aucs.AcadiaU.ca> 852028e@aucs.UUCP (Amari M. Elammari) writes: > >Is there a hypercard version for the IBM PC? >Any help will be appreciated. >Thank you in advance. > >-- >Amari Elammari >Acadia University P.O.BOX 1236 Wolfville, N.S. Canada BOP 1X0 >BITNET 852028e@Acadia Internet 852028e@AcadiaU.CA >UUCP {uunet|watmath|utai|garfield}!cs.dal.ca!aucs!852028e I heard of something called Plus that is made by Spinnakers. It allows you to run HyperCard Stacks on a PC. You need to have MicroSoft Windows 3.0. Diane Lombardi Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
bkuo@girtab.usc.edu (Benjamin Kuo) (02/06/91)
I don't read this group often, so I'm not sure of this thread (mail replies to me directly if you have any questions...), but from my experience with hypertext/hypercard-clones on the PC: HyperPad 2.0 Brightbill-Roberts 120 E. Washington St. #421 Syracuse, NY 13202 315/974-3400 $99.95, Req. 384K, 2 floppies, DOS 2.0+ Guide OWL International, Inc. 2800 156th Ave. SE Bellevue, WA 98007 800/344-9737 206/747-3203 $495.00, Req. 640K (1MB recom.), EGA or VGA, DOS 3.1, Windows 2.03+ [8 colors] Toolbox Asymetrix Corporation 110-110th Ave. NE, Suite 717 Bellevue, WA 98004 800/624-8999, Ext. 299 $395.00, Req. '286, Windows 3.0+, DOS 3.1+, 640K+256K extended (1.5MB recom) One 1.2MB (5.25") or 720K(3.5") disk drive and hard disk, VGA,EGA,8514, Hercules video, mouse, etc. Also: (No info beyond the names) KnowledgePro from Knowledge Garden Plus from Spinnaker (cross-compatible across PC/Mac environments) TenCore from TenCore Corp. Linkway from IMB ToolBook runtime is bundled with Windows 3.0, they have a few example "stacks"--it's basically a HyperCard clone, word for word, hypertalk for hypertalk statement. HyperPAD is basically a text-based graphics (ie monochrome, limited colors/graphics) clone of HyperCard, with much of the same capability but based rather on text (the "paint" layer is really just text graphics). Guide is the same hypertext, not HC program it always was. The others are higher end multimedia (excluding Plus). For a rundown of most of these programs, try PC Magazine V9 N13, which at least can give you an overview of their capabilities. I hope this helps you (or anyone else) out. Benjamin Kuo (No, not a MS/DOS person, only impersonating one :-)
Rob_McMurtry@mindlink.UUCP (Rob McMurtry) (02/12/91)
I'm currently running Asymetrix ToolBook for Windows. It works pretty well, although it's a little slow. There's a package available that aids in the conversion of stacks to "books". It's called CovertIt! and you can get it from Heizer Software.