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here is my system: a brand new IIsi, 5/80, nubus adaptor, 13" apple
monitor.  the hard drive came with System 7.01 (tuned up) installed,
plus factory-installed software, including HyperCard 2.1, as part of
apple's back-to-school sale.

here is my problem: I got my system set up and running.  I added
nothing (no additional software, no system extensions, control panels,
etc.) so there should have been no software incompatibilities.  I
launched HyperCard and tried to browse through one of the stacks that
comes with the crippled version they distribute for "free."  As soon
as I opened this stack, my machine froze, except for the pointer.  I
could move the pointer around the screen outside of the stack window
(I think the index-finger extended hand icon was showing) but the icon
disappeared whenever I moved it into the stack's window.  I couldn't
get out of Hypercard, couldn't move inside of HyperCard.  So I
rebooted.  When I rebooted, I got the question-mark icon, because the
Mac couldn't find a boot disk.  I booted again off of a floppy and
opened my system folder to find that the system file had a generic
document icon (instead of a suitcase icon).

I reinstalled the system from the system disks that came with my
machine (I think I did easy install, but don't remember).  I tried
Hypercard again, and got the same freeze up, but the system file was
fine.  I then tried to launch the Macintosh Basics program to see if
it worked.  It got as far as showing the Mac Basics logo and an
outline of the guy that is supposed to "guide" me through the tour,
but no dialogue-filled balloon, and the screen froze as with
HyperCard.

Everything else seems to work ok so far.

However, I did try trashing the factory-installed Hypercard, and
bringing over from my old external hard drive the developer's kit
version of HC 2.1, which I had been using on my Plus.  This HC I can
launch, but when I try to use some buttons in some stacks it freezes
as before (ex: a "go back" button to go to the previous card).
Help!!!


brian
bsala@ucsd.edu