[alt.hypertext] CONVERTING MAC HYPERCARD TO GUIDE FOR A PC

robertj@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM (Robert Jaquiss) (10/19/89)

     Is there a way to convert Hypercard data on a Mac to data for Guide on a PC?
Thank you.

	Robert S. Jaquiss Jr.

	robertj@tekgen.bv.tek.com

american@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Jeff Iverson) (10/23/89)

robertj@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM (Robert Jaquiss) writes:
>
>     Is there a way to convert Hypercard data on a Mac to data for Guide on a PC?
>Thank you.
>
>	Robert S. Jaquiss Jr.
>
>	robertj@tekgen.bv.tek.com

You would actually have better luck converting a HyperCard stack to HyperPad
on the PC, the PadTalk is almost identical to HyperTalk (except it has things
HyperTalk doesn't).  PadTalk is available for about $99 from
Brightbill-Roberts and only requires 384K and DOS 2.1 and it is mouse
compatible but not mouse dependent.

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rstepno@eagle.wesleyan.edu (10/27/89)

In article <1315@orbit.UUCP>, american@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Jeff Iverson) writes:
> robertj@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM (Robert Jaquiss) writes:
>
>  Is there a way to convert Hypercard data on a Mac to data for Guide on a PC?

How about converting from Hypercard on a Mac to Guide on a Mac, and then
seeing if Owl has a Guide-Mac to Guide-PC conversion? Either way, I suspect
you'd be in for a lot of cutting and pasting.
If the stack doesn't use graphics (highly unlikely, I know), then HyperPAD
might be a way to go... and if anyone has tried it with more than very
simple stacks, tell us about it...
Bob                                                               B-)=