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Why Hypercard Had to Die (2011)
Our seventh-grade class was led into a room full of brand-new Macintosh Performas . The day's lesson was a crash course in the use of an uncomplicated yet marvelous program. With it, one might persuade a computer to do anything and everything - or so it seemed to a child with the attention span to appreciate the…
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History & Retro ComputingSoftware Engineering2019
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2019 | Why Hypercard Had to Die (2011) by tobr | 206 | 202 |
| Nov 30, 2011 | Why Hypercard Had to Die by uros643 | 184 | 140 |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Why Hypercard had to die (2011) by _448 | 158 | 166 |
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