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FAQs & Tutorials

The HyperCard FAQ compiled by Peter Fleck

Available on the Web or for anonymous FTP

Teach Yourself HyperCard

A thorough introduction to HyperCard development, available on the Web.

Discussions

The newsgroup comp.sys.mac.hypercard

The HyperCard mailing list, lair of scripters

To subscribe, visit Yahoo Groups or send email to HyperCard-subscribe@yahoogroups.com .

The Macintosh Scripting mailing list

To subscribe, send a message to LISTSERV@dartmouth.edu with subscribe in the Subject line and subscribe macscrpt [your name] in the message body. The list covers all Macintosh script languages: HyperTalk, AppleScript, Frontier, etc. Most of the traffic is about AppleScript.

Web Sites

HyperCard Heaven

HyperCard news and announcements, interviews, a beginner's intro, and a very complete links page.

The HyperCard Resource Page

Lots of information, including back issues of Windoid, the newsletter of the Apple HyperCard User's Group, and a random HyperCard link feature.

The Rinaldi Collection

The premier collection of useful XCMDs and XFCNs by Frederic Rinaldi.

Official Apple Propaganda & Resources

Apple's official HyperCard web site

Includes information on the HyperCard 2.3.5 value bundle and a variety of useful links, as well as marketing information.

Technical informtion

HyperCard technical notes.

Software Updates

HyperCard updater (2.9M) to update HyperCard and all its stacks from 2.3.x to 2.3.5, and an application-only updater (426K) to bring the application up to date (does not include stack updates).

Jeanne A. E. DeVoto jaed@jaedworks.com