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humphrey@castor.usc.edu(Steve Humphrey) writes:
>> The only reason I have not rushed out to purchase it locally is that I
>> figured I would download it locally and buy the Hypercard Scripting
>> Manual.  If I'm gonna have to buy it, I want to do it now.

jcc@ut-ngp.UUCP (j. chris cooley) writes:
>Remember that "HyperCard" is 9 disks of approximately 5.5 Megabytes.
>Downloading it over the standard phone lines would be quite a task.

Actually, HyperCard is on 4 disks.  The first disk is a boot disk that
contains no files not on the other 3 disks.  The total amount of information
that you would have to download is closer to 2 Meg.  Thats still 5 or 6
hours at 1200 baud.

>If Apple does indeed allow HyperCard to be "freely distributable,"
>(shareware?  <snicker/heehee>), it would be best if they sold the
>manual and documentation alone, say, for $30 at Waldenbooks or 
>B. Dalton (book stores) or something. 

Actually, there is no real need.  The online documentation is more complete
than the printed documentation, which doesn't document HyperTalk.  Also,
the online documentation is *better*, because it is interactive (you can
try things out as you read about them), and fully cross-linked (you can
point at an asterisk, or an entry in the index, and jump to the referenced
section).  You can also make printouts of the online documentation.

I understand that old fashioned printed books documenting hypercard
will soon be available from third parties, so it really doesn't matter
if Apple publishes the user manual or not.
-- 
Doug Moen
University of Waterloo Computer Graphics Lab
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