blob@Apple.COM (Brian Bechtel) (12/07/90)
MOVED OVER BUSINESS WIRE AT 8:30 AM, EDT, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1990. For more information please contact: Sandra Bateman Apple Computer, Inc. (408) 974-5460 APPLE INTRODUCES HYPERCARD FOR THE APPLE IIGS Long Beach, California -- December 7, 1990 -- Apple Computer, Inc. introduced today HyperCard IIGS, a user-focused toolkit of information management software for the Apple IIGS personal computer. The new product will allow Apple IIGS users to create their own custom software and personalize the way they store, explore and present information. The announcement was made at the AppleFest Conference and Exposition being held today and tomorrow at the Long Beach Convention Center. "We're very excited about HyperCard IIGS," said Ralph Russo, director of the Apple II Business Unit at Apple. "Because our Apple II customers are extremely important to us, we continue to look for ways to provide product enhancements that increase the value of their investment in our technology. We believe HyperCard IIGS does just that". Features and Benefits Like the original HyperCard for the Macintosh personal computer, HyperCard IIGS functions much like set of index cards. Users store information in documents called stacks, which are made up of individual units called cards. Cards can contain text, graphics, scanned images, and even sound. Buttons on the cards can be used to link cards and stacks, and much more. HyperCard IIGS supports multiple media by letting users work with information in virtually any form, including text, graphics, video, sound and animation. It also takes full advantage of the advanced 16-color graphics capabilities of the Apple IIGS. To allow customers to begin immediately using the software, the program comes with a large collection of ready-to-use stacks -- plus templates and card designs to help individuals create their own stacks. The program's scripting language, HyperTalk, provides buttons, cards, stacks and utilities such as debugging tools to facilitate creation of sophisticated programs and speed the preparation and performance of user-designed HyperCard stacks. With HyperCard IIGS, Apple IIGS customers have the full functionality of Macintosh HyperCard version 1.2.5 -- plus specific enhancements to improve performance and take advantage of the color capabilities built into the Apple IIGS. They can also enjoy the additional benefit of accessing the many stacks that already exist for the Macintosh once developers convert them for the Apple IIGS. "Now Apple IIGS users and third-party developers can enjoy the same power, graphic tools, text editing and scripting abilities that Macintosh HyperCard users have had -- but with the added advantage of color," said Tom Weishaar, editor of the A2-Central and board member of the Apple II Developer Association. "With HyperCard IIGS, Apple is delivering in a big way on its promise to continue supporting the installed base of Apple II customers and developers". Configuration, Price and Availability HyperCard IIGS will be sold only as a stand-alone kit, with six program disks and three manuals. Included will be nine ready-made stacks (programs) for productivity, learning/games and inspirational/creative applications. To use HyperCard IIGS, customers will need an Apple IIGS with at least 1.5MB of RAM (2 MB are recommended), system software 5.0.4 or subsequent version, one 800K disk drive and a hard disk drive or connection to a network environment. The program will be widely available through authorized Apple dealers at a suggested retail price of $99 in mid-February 1991. -30- Apple, the Apple Logo, Macintosh, IIGS, HyperCard, and HyperTalk are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. END
fadden@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Andy McFadden) (12/08/90)
In article <47182@apple.Apple.COM> blob@Apple.COM (Brian Bechtel) writes: >"We're very excited about HyperCard IIGS," said Ralph Russo, director >of the Apple II Business Unit at Apple. "Because our Apple II >customers are extremely important to us, we continue to look for ways >to provide product enhancements that increase the value of their >investment in our technology. We believe HyperCard IIGS does just >that". Incredible. A high-ranking Apple executive spoke an entire *paragraph* about the Apple II without using the words "commitment" or "empower." I am impressed. > It also takes full >advantage of the advanced 16-color graphics capabilities of the Apple >IIGS. Well, they couldn't get it *all* right. Funny. The original Apple II also had 16 color graphics... lo-res of course... >To use HyperCard IIGS, customers will need an Apple IIGS with at least >1.5MB of RAM (2 MB are recommended), system software 5.0.4 or >subsequent version, one 800K disk drive and a hard disk drive or >connection to a network environment. This is supposed to be a big win for schools? How many schools with 1.128 meg ROM 03 systems or 1.25 meg ROM 01 systems are going to go out and buy half a meg of extended memory on a new card for $150 to get enough memory to run this dinosaur?!? Anybody in Apple Marketing know what a "White Elephant" is? And, of course, no mention of a ProDOS FST. But I guess I should just be happy that Apple finally released this monster. -- fadden@cory.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden) ..!ucbvax!cory!fadden fadden@hermes.berkeley.edu (when cory throws up)
unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) (12/08/90)
In article <47182@apple.Apple.COM> blob@Apple.COM (Brian Bechtel) writes: >MOVED OVER BUSINESS WIRE AT 8:30 AM, EDT, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1990. >APPLE INTRODUCES HYPERCARD FOR THE APPLE IIGS Maybe I should wait ~15 minutes, but I won't... Yesterday, December 7, 1990, a day which will live in infamy... (I can just imagine the booooos and hisses...) I will explain why it's infamy and not in fame... (What's the opposite of infamy?!) >Configuration, Price and Availability >HyperCard IIGS will be sold only as a stand-alone kit, with six program >disks and three manuals. Included will be nine ready-made stacks >(programs) for productivity, learning/games and inspirational/creative >applications. >To use HyperCard IIGS, customers will need an Apple IIGS with at least >1.5MB of RAM (2 MB are recommended), system software 5.0.4 or >subsequent version, one 800K disk drive and a hard disk drive or >connection to a network environment. The program will be widely >available through authorized Apple dealers at a suggested retail price >of $99 in mid-February 1991. I think that the idea of HyperCard GS is GREAT. When even non Apple // magazines imply that the GS version of Hypercard is much better than the Mac version (at lesat in an instance or two), that's a time to rejoice.. I'm referring to the most recent Vaporware column by Murph Sewall which said Claris says the next version of Mac HyperCard (which will be out next year) will --not-- support color, and the GS's version DOES... But a couple of things are a hell of a damn shame.... (1) It's NOT BEING given FREE with every GS sold from now on, apparently. This is true with the Macintosh version and I would presume that's a VERY big reason for it getting so big. Not that I even pretend that lots of new GSes --are-- sold, but it would at least be a nice "gesture" (not quite the right word). (2) It requires 1.5 megs of RAM and 2.0 are recommended. That -SUCKS-. Unless Apple now upgrades the GS to 1.5 or 2 megs on board, that makes people not able to run HyperCard GS with a GS out of the box. Hey, I just thought about something. I was going to just mention here how my college (residential college of UCSC) has about 6-8 GSes that are used by education students to use educational software, from what I've been told.. I tried to VOLUNTEER my own time in networking all of these things and setting up any software/hardware or whatever else necessary to network these with the Macs in the same room and to their LaserWriter and Imagewriters... if only they'd get the free ROM upgrade and buy some more RAM. They said they thought my "proposal" was interesting, but they couldn't do it... I just thought about sending the person I was talking to about it another letter telling how useful HyperCard can be for education, and being able to run HyperCard GS on those machines would possibly make it worthwhile (for them) to upgrade them. I'd just basically rather use the GSes and especially show off the awesome demos to people (the GSs don't have enough RAM nor ROM 01 now)... Also, the program for the GS, similar to NTSC Telnet for the Mac, that's being written, would be fun to use. (3) Apparently no Mac FST. This would've been the -PERFECT- time to release a Mac FST and advertize the hell out of it...(the FST I mean) Now that means you have to have a Mac to do part of the converting (right?) and copying it to a ProDOS disk with Apple File Exchange.. God, enough rambling from someone who has gotten 3 hours of sleep in the last 40 hours... (working on programs and a major hardware project for another class).. and I -should- have only gotten either 0 or 1 hours of sleep! (overslept! heh) -- /Apple II(GS) Forever! unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu MAIL ME FOR INFO ABOUT CHEAP CDs\ |WRITE TO ORIGIN ABOUT ULTIMA VI //e and IIGS! Mail me for addresses, & info. | \ "Dammit Bev, is it you inside or is it the clown?" -IT by Stephen King /
scotth@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Henderson) (12/09/90)
I had heard rumors that a stack had been developed to convert Mac Hypercard stacks to GS Hypercard (provided that the stack did not contain any XCMD's). I know that a program exists for the IBM (Convert It) to convert Hypercard stacks to Toolbook stacks. Is the Mac-GS version even at "vaporware" status? Is it possible that the conversion will be on the developers version of Hypercard GS? -- ============================================================================== = R. Scott Henderson = "Some people claim that there's a = = University of Illinois = woman to blame, but I know it's = = = my own damned fault." =
gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) (12/09/90)
In article <9876@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes: > (2) It requires 1.5 megs of RAM and 2.0 are recommended. That >-SUCKS-. Unless Apple now upgrades the GS to 1.5 or 2 megs on board, >that makes people not able to run HyperCard GS with a GS out of the box. Yeah, but since a full-featured HyperCard implementation is naturally that big, what choice was there? (a) release HyperCard GS and require users to have enough RAM (b) don't release HyperCard GS (c) produce a "crippled" version of HyperCard GS that would hobble along, doing not much, in 1.125MB RAM machines Since any serious use of the IIGS requires a large amount of RAM anyway, alternative (a) seems reasonable enough to me. Wishful thinking gets you nowhere.
scottg@gnh-starport.cts.com (Scott Gentry) (12/11/90)
The Unknown User said this in a message that was posted earlier,"
(2) It requires 1.5 megs of RAM and 2.0 are recommended. That
-SUCKS-. Unless Apple now upgrades the GS to 1.5 or 2 megs on board,
that makes people not able to run HyperCard GS with a GS out of the box.
"
Welp, I've run it in 1.25 megs with NO DA's other than the control panel... No
prob (I'm not saying the final version will do the same, though).
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|_____________________________________________________________________________|awillis@pro-angmar.UUCP (Albert Willis) (12/14/90)
In-Reply-To: message from scotth@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Right now, there is going to be one version of HyperCard IIgs. It'll cost $99. Currently, there are _two_ stacks called HyperMover--one for the IIgs and one for the Mac. Mac HyperMover decompiles a stack and IIgs HyperMover recompiles the stack. While IIgs HyperMover is on the latest developer CD "Night of the Living Disk", Mac HyperMover is nowhere to be seen. Apple employees have said that it will appear on the next developer CD; it'll also be on the CD that comes with Apple's develop magazine. Probably a good time to subscribe. BTW: The developer version of HyperCard 2.0 for the Mac will cost $199, so lets not start complaining about price here. I understand that the documentation for HyperCard IIgs is outstanding. So, it should be worth the wait until mid-February. Albert Willis INET: pro-angmar!awillis@alphalpha.com | America Online: BCS Al UUCP:..!uunet!alphalpha!pro-angmar!awillis | GEnie: A.Willis
stadler@Apple.COM (Andy Stadler) (12/15/90)
In article <11082.apple.net@pro-angmar> awillis@pro-angmar.UUCP (Albert Willis) writes: > >While IIgs HyperMover is on the latest developer CD "Night of the Living >Disk", Mac HyperMover is nowhere to be seen. Apple employees have said that it >will appear on the next developer CD; it'll also be on the CD that comes with >Apple's develop magazine. Probably a good time to subscribe. The reason? Pure and simple - we made a mistake. There is only one HyperMover - a single product consisting of two stacks - and in all the effort to make the GS half available (it's in the ProDOS partition AND in a disk image on the Mac side) we simply OOPS forgot to put the Mac stack in there too. It will be on the next CD, several DTS engineers have staked their reputations on that! --Andy stadler@apple.com