• over_clox@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    Interesting. I only recall 2 programs when I took the HyperStudio class, where the HyperCard Player was free for all to use, but couldn’t make projects.

    HyperStudio was the paid program that the school had paid licensing fees to use, and as such we weren’t allowed to copy that software.

    Maybe I missed the original HyperCard itself, we were only allowed to copy and share HyperCard Player, which most definitely could not create projects, only play them.

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      24 days ago

      Ah, this is jogging my memory:

      HyperCard 1.x was given away as a standard item with the purchase of a new Mac Plus, SE, or II. This was the key to HyperCard’s early success. HyperCard 2.x had to be purchased separately. However, Apple made and gave out HyperCard Player, a freeware application that allowed one to run HyperCard stacks.

      But yeah, HyperStudio was something else entirely (HyperCard-inspired but not compatible).