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Hypermedia system for Apple Macintosh and Apple IIGS computers
HyperCard is a software application and development kit for Apple Macintosh and Apple IIGS computers. It is among the first successful hypermedia systems predating the World Wide Web. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: HyperCardA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: HyperCard: The hypertext for the rest of us. An evolutionary analysis of its life cycle and influenceInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The analytical engineThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: EMP-AMPH—A hypercard program to determine the name of an amphibole from electron microprobe analysis according to the International Mineralogical Association schemeCited 34 times
- Go sideways: ClarisA closely related topic
- Go sideways: WinPlusA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A shape, used in magic tricks, made by cutting and folding a playing card.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
EMP-AMPH—A hypercard program to determine the name of an amphibole from electron microprobe analysis according to the International Mineralogical Association scheme
Hypercard automata simulation
AMPH-IMA04: a revised Hypercard program to determine the name of an amphibole from chemical analyses according to the 2004 International Mineralogical Association scheme
AMPH-IMA97: a hypercard program to determine the name of an amphibole from electron microprobe and wet chemical analyses
HYPER-FORM—A Hypercard® program for Macintosh® microcomputers to calculate mineral formulae from electron microprobe and wet chemical analysis
The DIAGNOSER: A HyperCard tool for building theoretically based tutorials
Linnaeus: Interactive Taxonomy Using the Macintosh Computer and HyperCard
The potential of HyperCard for psychological research and instruction: A general discussion and description of two research applications
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
The analytical engineRick Decker, Stuart Hirshfield · 1990
Hypercard 2.3 in a HurryGeorge Beekman · 1994
The educator's guide to HyperCard and HyperTalkGeorge H. Culp, G. Morgan Watkins · 1992
Hypercard Script Language GuideApple Computer Inc. · 1988
HyperTalk programmingDan Shafer · 1988- 📕Cool Mac StacksDavid Drucker · 1992
The complete HyperCard 2.0 handbookDanny Goodman · 1990
Understanding HyperCardGreg Harvey · 1988
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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