This is the A2-2000 NOV.97 archive version of the README text file. Because all the stacks from the online WWW version constitute well over 7MB total size and the fact that they are all available for download from the major three Apple II ftp sites - they are not included in the archive. Only the text and graphics are included in this archive. You can download them from any of these ftp sites or from the online November issue of A2-2000 - all note below with their url's. (You will find a few bonus HCGS utility ShrinkIt archives - not found the online issue) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the November Preview of A2-2000 This issue will focus on every aspect of HyperCard IIgs, from it's conception and history to date. That covers a lot of ground with such a diverse, powerful and useful freeware - Apple IIgs FIVE STAR multimedia program. Come back often to watch the preview grow and blossum with everything HyperCard has to offer it's users. Do YOU like to hunt for 'Easter Egg's'? Do you like free prizes? If you do, then - read on , especially the end of this readme file for a listing of just what the prize bundle consist of. :) Somewhere in this Nov.97 online preview of A2-2000 is one 'Easter Egg' for you to hunt for. One GREAT prize bundle will be given to the first person that finds this 'Easter Egg', and is the first person to properly reply to me by email, as instructed in this Easter Egg. Cheers & Best Wishes! Charles T. 'Dr. Tom' Turley Editor - A2-2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Hard to Find' - HyperCard & HyperCard IIgs Specific Book Titles Source, listings and information derived from: http://www.amazon.com/ Books listed can be ordered from the above listed online web site. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hypercard IIGS Script Language Guide : The Hypertalk Language List: $24.95 Our Price: $24.95 Availability: This item usually ships within 4-6 weeks. Please note that items occasionally go out of print or publishers run out of stock. We will notify you within 2-3 weeks if we have trouble obtaining this item. Paperback Published by Addison-Wesley Pub Co Publication date: February 1991 ISBN: 0201577666 Book News, Inc., 05/01/91: The official publication from Apple Computer, Inc. and thus (presumably) the definitive description of the HyperTalk language for those who write HyperCard IIGS scripts for the Apple IIGS computer. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Hypercard : From Home to Hypertalk by Tay Vaughan Availability: This title is out of print, but if you place an order we may be able to find you a used copy within 1-3 months. Published by Que Education & Training Publication date: August 1988 ISBN: 0880223405 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Running Hypercard With Hypertalk by Barry Shell Availability: This title is out of print, but if you place an order we may be able to find you a used copy within 1-3 months. Published by Mis Pr Publication date: August 1988 ISBN: 0943518792 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Power User's Hypertalk Handbook by Paul Goodman Availability: This title is out of print, but if you place an order we may be able to find you a used copy within 1-3 months. Published by Windcrest Publication date: June 1989 ISBN: 083069143X -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hypercard Made Easy by William B. Sanders Availability: This title is out of print, but if you place an order we may be able to find you a used copy within 1-3 months. Published by Scott Foresman Trade Publication date: October 1988 ISBN: 0673385779 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exploring Hypercard by Steven Anzovin Availability: This title is out of print, but if you place an order we may be able to find you a used copy within 1-3 months. Published by Compute Publication date: December 1988 ISBN: 0874551528 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Educator's Guide to Hypercard and Hypertalk/Book and 2 Disks by George H. Culp, G. Morgan Watkins List: $43.50 Our Price: $43.50 Availability: This item is currently on back order. We do not have a reprint date for this item, but we expect to be able to ship it to you within 3-5 weeks. Rev/Bk&dsk Edition Paperback, 372 pages Published by Allyn & Bacon Publication date: March 1995 Dimensions (in inches): 11.07 x 8.87 x 1.28 ISBN: 0205166520 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Compute!'s Quick and Easy Guide to Hypercard Price information not available. You can still order this item, and we will request approval of the price via e-mail prior to shipment. Availability: This item usually ships within 4-6 weeks. Please note that items occasionally go out of print or publishers run out of stock. We will notify you within 2-3 weeks if we have trouble obtaining this item. Revised Paperback Published by Compute Publication date: June 1989 ISBN: 0874551455 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hyperprogramming : Building Interactive Programs With Hypercard/Book and Disk by George Coulouris List: $34.95 Our Price: $34.95 Availability: This item usually ships within 2-3 days. Book&Disk Edition Hardcover Published by Addison-Wesley Pub Co Publication date: March 1, 1993 Dimensions (in inches): 9.21 x 6.76 x .97 ISBN: 0201568861 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Concise Guide to Hypertalk by Barry Shell Availability: This title is out of print, but if you place an order we may be able to find you a used copy within 1-3 months. Published by Mis Pr Publication date: June 1988 ISBN: 0943518849 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Multimedia Design With Hypercard by Stephen Wilson List: $24.95 Our Price: $19.96 You Save: $4.99 (20%) Availability: This item usually ships within 2-3 days. Paperback, 428 pages Published by Prentice Hall Computer Books Publication date: March 1, 1991 Dimensions (in inches): 9.22 x 6.97 x .89 ISBN: 013488891X heavily-illustrated, step-by-step exploration of multimedia programming from a nontechnical perspective, this book considers the basic concepts and hands-on techniques needed to create graphics and sound events using Hypertalk. Synopsis: Assuming no prior computer or technical background, this guide introduces the art and techniques of programming computers to create exciting multimedia graphics and sound events using HyperCard. Heavily illustrated with displays of annotated program scripts along with their output. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hyper Interactive Cai : Using Hypercard to Develop Computer-Assisted Instruction/Book and Disk by Peter Desberg List: $52.50 Our Price: $52.50 Availability: This item usually ships within 4-6 weeks. Please note that items occasionally go out of print or publishers run out of stock. We will notify you within 2-3 weeks if we have trouble obtaining this item. Bk&Disk Edition Paperback Published by Allyn & Bacon Publication date: February 1994 ISBN: 0205151973 Reviews and Commentary for Hyper Interactive Cai : Using Hypercard to Develop Computer-Assisted Instruction/Book and Disk Card catalog description From developing a friendly computer interface to creating animated effects that "make the screen dance," this hands-on guide shows readers how to use HyperCard software to create top-quality instructional programs on the Macintosh. The book describes how to choose subject matter, design a program, and determine the method of presentation - including the type of interaction and guiding metaphors that will be used. It explains how to make programs easy for the user to navigate and control; how to create effective introductions, paths, and transitions; how to create useful feedback and remediation; and how to develop reliable assessment, scoring, and help. To make it easy for readers to learn by doing design theory and practice -| review http://209.100.61.57/HC7, check it now for instructions now on just how to win the prize bundle offered for the EE hunt-| for the twenty-five special HyperCard stacks are used to walk the reader through on-screen demonstration sessions - the stacks are supplied on disk accompanying the book. These modular sessions let readers try their hand at various aspects of CAI before sitting down to create an entire program. Readers will learn how to write scripts, design screens, develop appropriate practice tasks, "bullet-proof" their programs, and integrate graphics, sound, and animation into their lessons. For those with access to videotape and other video sources, a chapter on QuickTime explains how Apple Computer's new system extension can be used to integrate video presentations into computer lessons, creating multi-media instructional programs right on thecomputer screen. Book News, Inc., 11/01/94: This guide is for educators who have some experience with HyperCard and are ready to delve into its intricacies in order to create their own programs for instruction on a Macintosh. The author, coordinator of the computer-based education program at the California State U., Dominguez Hills, instructs readers that their computer should be on and the included disk kept close at hand so they can benefit from the dual nature of the book--part textbook and part manual--and its dual subject matter--computer-assisted instruction and HyperCard. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. Table of Contents Ch. 1. Introduction Ch. 2. User Interface Ch. 3. Authoring Ch. 4. Scripting Ch. 5. Design Phase Ch. 6. Evaluation Ch. 7. Instructional Planning Ch. 8. Writing the Lesson Ch. 9. Management Ch. 10. Speech Ch. 11. Screen Design Ch. 12. Animation Ch. 13. Using Fields Ch. 14. Tools and Functions Ch. 15. QuickTime Ch. 16. Commercial Extensions Index -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hypercard : A Tool for Learning/Book and 3 Disks by Sandra Turner, Michael Land List: $57.95 Our Price: $57.95 Availability: This item usually ships within 4-6 weeks. Please note that items occasionally go out of print or publishers run out of stock. We will notify you within 2-3 weeks if we have trouble obtaining this item. Bk&3 disks Edition Hardcover Published by Wadsworth Pub Co Publication date: January 1994 ISBN: 0534174965 teachjb@aol.com, 05/16/96, rating=10: Excellent hands-on way to learn HyperCard This book was purchased as a text for a class I was taking. It is a very easy to read text and goes into Hypercard quite extensively. I would highly recomend it for anyone wishing to learn HyperCard. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xcmd's for Hypercard by Gary C. Bond Availability: This title is out of print, but if you place an order we may be able to find you a used copy within 1-3 months. Published by Mis Pr Publication date: May 1988 ISBN: 0943518857 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HUNT FOR THE A2-2000 EASTER EGG AND WIN THIS PRIZE BUNDLE - SEE BELOW: If you can find the A2-2000 Easter Egg (available from the Nov.Preview online web site) and are the first to reply - as instructed properly, you win this rare and informative book. Condition of prize - Very Good - used, slightly marked on outside page borders - contents in good condition and unmarked. Original price was $29.95 - new) The Complete HyperCard Handbook by Danny Goodman 1st print - Paperback Edition Availability: This title is out of print, but if you place an order we may be able to find you a used copy within possibly 1-3 months. Very hard to find. Published by Bantam Books ISBN: 0553343912 The Easter Egg has been implimented and is available somewhere from the online Nov. issue of A2-2000 - as of Nov. 4, 1997. DUH, that means it's here to hunt for! As an added prize bunus - I'm including a rare Developer CD Series release for May, 1992, titled: 'Hack to the Future' from Apple Computer, Inc. (IMHO) equal in value content to the Gold Dev. CD (which contains the entire Dev. bundle for HyperCard IIgs v1.1 - with src. codes, plus a multitude of unreleased goodies for use with the IIgs OS v6.0x, such as a postcrsipt Word Processor program :) - a AppleScanGS program - for flatbed scanners, and more rarities - most users might never get the option to see, much less have for their own use. As always, the first person to find the Easter Egg form the Nov.97, A2-2000 Preview online issue and is able to reply first to me, by email, correctly and as instructed, wins the above noted prize package. Good Luck with the Easter Egg Hunt :) Charles T. 'Dr. Tom' Turley Editor - A2-2000 That's all Folks :) -------------------------------------------------------------------- -end of file-