[X4U] Hypercard and Intel Mac

Zane H. Healy healyzh at aracnet.com
Mon Jun 26 17:55:59 PDT 2006


At 4:27 PM -0400 6/26/06, jwarms at mac.com wrote:
>Long ago I stopped using my Hypercard address book, except that now 
>and then I've needed to refer back to that old stack. This wasn't 
>any problem with my Powerbook, but the MacBook doesn't give me that 
>option.
>
>I'm looking for a way to convert the stack into a searchable file 
>that can be read by AppleWorks, an Office app, Text Edit, or another 
>app on my MacBook.
>
>Since there will be a Powerbook around, I have a fall-back, so the 
>cost-benefit of any possible solution would have to be compared to 
>that.
>
>Any solutions?

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned emulation.  There are a 
couple of classic mac emulators that will be capable of running 
Hypercard.  I still expect someone to offer a commercial solution for 
this, and am surprised that no one has yet.

		Zane


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