Multimedia/hypertext tools for Sun Sparcstation wanted

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3 total messages Started by Rob Tillotson Thu, 09 May 1991 11:02

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Author: Rob Tillotson
Date: Thu, 09 May 1991 11:02

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I am working on a project which will eventually include the conversion of
existing HyperCard stackware to a form that will run on Sun Sparcstations,
as well as writing new applications to run on the Sun platform.  Right now,
I am attempting to evaluate as many software products which will help
accomplish this as possible.

My question is this:  what multimedia/hypertext systems are available which
will run on Suns?  I already know about Viola and HyperNeWS, but are there
any others?  For financial reasons I am most interested in ones that are
free or available on some sort of inexpensive license to educational
institutions, but I would still appreciate information on any commercial
products which exist in this area as well.  (Specifically, anything that
allows easy conversion of HyperCard stacks, or better yet reads them
directly, would be *extremely* useful, because we have a fair amount of
pre-existing HyperCard stuff we would like to convert.)

Please respond by e-mail, and I will post a summary.

Thanks!
--Rob Tillotson  (Purdue University, Freshman Engineering)
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Re: Multimedia/hypertext tools for Sun Sparcstation wanted

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Author: David S. Masterson
Date: Sun, 12 May 1991 20:29

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>>>>> On 9 May 91 11:02:06 GMT, akl@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Rob Tillotson) said:

Rob> I am working on a project which will eventually include the conversion of
Rob> existing HyperCard stackware to a form that will run on Sun
Rob> Sparcstations, ...

Interesting, but isn't this something Apple would frown upon?  (Otherwise,
wouldn't there be other conversion systems for Hypercard stacks?)
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Re: Multimedia/hypertext tools for Sun Sparcstation wanted

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Author: Pei Y. Wei
Date: Wed, 22 May 1991 02:00

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Organization: UC Berkeley Experimental Computing Facility (XCF)
Keywords: HyperCard Viola stack file format


--- message regarding ---
 > From: akl@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Rob Tillotson)
 >
 > I am working on a project which will eventually include the conversion of
 > existing HyperCard stackware to a form that will run on Sun Sparcstations,
 > as well as writing new applications to run on the Sun platform. 
 [ ... ]
 > (Specifically, anything that
 > allows easy conversion of HyperCard stacks, or better yet reads them
 > directly, would be *extremely* useful, because we have a fair amount of
 > pre-existing HyperCard stuff we would like to convert.)

I recall reading people asking about the specifications of HyperCard's
file format, but I seem to have missed the response(s) to those queries.
So, is HyperCard's file format publically available? Or do I have to deal
with Apple to get it?
I'm asking this to determine the feasibility of writing a HyperCard-to-Viola
stack converter.

Thanks in advance for your responses.

Pei Y. Wei
wei@scam.Berkeley.EDU

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