Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

American History

usonian

(19,218 posts)

4. No prob. I do it myself.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 8, 2025, 12:21 PM

Jun 8

If a double post adds to readership, I am OK with it!
(and I too often post late at night)

And it also adds new material.

I just replied to a post on Hacker News about HyperCard. Short answer is that while there have been "clones" of it for years, there's nothing like the real thing. I suggested downloading a MacOS9 emulator and loading up HyperCard 2.4.1 (which I did)

That's the one knock I have on the great Steve Jobs. He killed HyperCard. It was a superb programming environment in both theoretical and practical (kids could program it) ways.

Emulators page with links to versions for MacOS and Windows. (emulate MacOS9)

https://mendelson.org/emulators.html

Hypercard 2.4.1 is available at the Macintosh Repository

https://www.macintoshrepository.org/2632-hypercard-2-4

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

4 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Bill Atkinson, Who Made Computers Easier to Use, Is Dead at 74 [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 OP

Hello, everyone. More on Bill Atkinson is posted here: usonian Jun 8 #1

Whoops, my bad. I had not seen that. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 #3

No prob. I do it myself. usonian Jun 8 #4

Oh, wow. I slightly knew Bill in my Silicon Valley days. hvn_nbr_2 Jun 8 #2