SCHWER@KL.SRI.COM (Leonard Schwer) (06/14/88)
I attended HyperExpo in San Francisco over the weekend. It seemed poorly attended; I estimate <1000 since the large session room was only filled once when Bill Atkinson spoke about V1.2, but it was worth the $25 registration fee. Bill Atkinson mentioned there is a bug fix release called V1.2.1 which fixes a problem with V1.2 and ImageWriter printers and a few other unmentionables. The deal is take your V1.2 disk to your retailer and they give you the V1.2.1 disk. I don't know if you get to keep V1.2 or if it's a one for one trade. The hotest stack on the Expo floor was ManHole (by PROLOG I think). It and adventure/exploring game for pre-readers and the best demonstration of what HyperWare is really capable of doing. The graphics were outstanding and the 7 year old I saw using it seemed to be enjoying himself.
twakeman@hpcea.CE.HP.COM (Teriann Wakeman) (06/17/88)
If memory serves me, Hypercard upgrades are simply a matter of bringing a Hypercard original disc (any version ok) or a receipt showing that you purchased a mac since Hypercard was released (Aug '87?) to an Apple dealer or authorized source such as some user groups and they will copy the new version of Hypercard onto your discs. I think vers 1.1 took two 800K discs. bring 4 just in case. You keep your original disc as a ticket for the next upgrade. TeriAnn