IN PRAISE OF HYPERCARD Yes, HyperCard lets a complete BASIC dropout like me write some very nice programs for all sorts of work tasks. It is wonderful on old Macs and I keep my books around because I know when I get an SE with a hard drive one day, I'll basically load HC onto it with a "scriptable" text editor, some DAs like Gopher and WordFinder (if they're still around then) and use it as a writing station. Once you have HyperCard knowledge, you can put together a stack pretty easily in a day to take on basic tasks. If you want to really get into it (like programming it to whistle Dixie as I did one rainy weekend), you can add all sorts of bells and, er, whistles. Without much real programming knowledge. Gives you a wonderful feeling of accomplishment to create a useful program then let it work FOR you, no?
However, HC won't do what C will do and polish off a nice, clean application for you. Stacks have to run from within HyperCard. The stand-alones are not so great. 9-5 Office was the only commercial program I used extensively, and it was super for maintaining contacts, folo letters, report generation, and all the PIM stuff. BUT, the commercial programs often don't let you tinker with the scripts, and programability is where HC shines. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- System6 is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> System 6 Heaven <http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html> System6 info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/system6.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/system6%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
