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Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<p>Some of My History of Hypertext</p><p><a href="https://mdhughes.tech/2025/04/22/some-of-my-history-of-hypertext/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mdhughes.tech/2025/04/22/some-</span><span class="invisible">of-my-history-of-hypertext/</span></a></p><p>So in 1979, young Digital Mark is shown a computer, a TRS-80 Model I, by 4th-grade teacher. Other kids play Snake, I hit break and type LIST, seeing BASIC code, because I've been reading the instruction card. "I can read and learn this!" Nothing else now matters to Mark.</p><p>That summer, I take an </p><p><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BASIC</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/Hypercard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hypercard</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/LispyGopherClimate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LispyGopherClimate</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/Xanadu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xanadu</span></a></p>
Artyom Bologov<p>Next project I'm equally afraid and hyped about: re-implementing most of <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/HyperCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyperCard</span></a> as <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HTML</span></a> form-based app. Requires:<br>- A working <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/HyperTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyperTalk</span></a> (or the like) interpreter<br>- Card editing form that's flexible enough to build e.g. a calculator<br>- Script editing UI<br>- Smart evaluation that works well with old-school HTML-first UIs<br>- Server setup to handle all of these</p><p>Some of these are entirely new to me, and some don't have reasonable libs for in <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/CommonLisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommonLisp</span></a>, so I'm quite floored with the amount of work. But if I manage to make this thing, I'll have a reliable note-taking tool and a simple programming system!</p><p>(Now that I think about it, I don't really need a note-taking tool, because I use <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/hpda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hpda</span></a>. And the simple programming system might as well be a headless HyperTalk interpreter...)</p><p><a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/theWorkshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theWorkshop</span></a></p>
Dan Morgan :ksu:<p>I have found that it is really hard to get pixel perfect results when trying to create classic System 6/HyperCard windows using html/css when working with Safari. It is SO OPINIONATED about dithering certain things that are pixel perfect 1-bit pngs and about rounding the corners of form fields. </p><p>I switched to using svgs to make a fill for my pinstripe title bars because of the dithering and inserting <br>-webkit-appearance: none; into CSS to strip out styling of the form fields. <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/hypercard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypercard</span></a></p>
Eric's Edge<p>Let's try using <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/HyperCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyperCard</span></a> on an Apple IIGS for <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/AprilApples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AprilApples</span></a><br>Wednesday, April 9 @ 9pm EDT. </p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/live/WMYTot7XS0k?feature=share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/live/WMYTot7XS0k?f</span><span class="invisible">eature=share</span></a></p>
Dan Morgan :ksu:<p>I’m a <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/GenX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenX</span></a> year old who took enough compsci classes in the ‘90s that I know the fundamentals. I took Pascal, C, Fortran, and knew BASIC &amp; HyperCard’s scripting language. </p><p>But in the folllowing 30 years I was not a programmer, but tinkered along the way. I fell backwards into graphic design and some prototype front end designs in html/css.</p><p>I’m having regular “conversations” with ChatGTP while playing around with my Classic Mac CSS ideas.</p><p>ChatGTP messes a lot of things up, but it gets damn close that if one has a little knowledge like I do you can progress right along. <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/hypercard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypercard</span></a></p>
dan 💾<p>Hi. So, it's a couple of days too late for <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/MARCHintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MARCHintosh</span></a>, but I've got <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/HyperCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyperCard</span></a> busy controlling the QuickCam now. And that's also how we can tell that midnight is quickly approaching.</p>
Karl Baron<p>I don't think I've ever seen a <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/HyperCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyperCard</span></a> stack with nearly 4000 cards in it before! Amazing that it works as well as it does!</p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/VintageApple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageApple</span></a></p>
Dan Morgan :ksu:<p>I'm sure there's hundreds of CSS files floating around that mimic classic Mac OS and HyperCard buttons, but I'm trying to redouble my efforts to teach myself frontend development—at least for giggles—and need to do it myself.</p><p>I imagine there's better tools than me pasting screenshots into Figma to measure my attempts. (I actually have xScope installed but never played with it yet. Sorry IconFactory folks, I guess I need to purchase a license, huh?)</p><p>At any rate, I'm very pleased with my css buttons (on the right). <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/hypercard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypercard</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/html" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>html</span></a></p>
Dr. Juande Santander-Vela<p>If you’re at the intersection (maybe not total) of interactive fiction, game exploration, HyperCard/HyperTalk, and graph theory, and have some fondness for Myst, this is clearly the article series for you.</p><p><a href="https://glthr.com/myst-graph-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">glthr.com/myst-graph-1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>/via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@zarfeblong" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zarfeblong</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Myst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Myst</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/graph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graph</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/HyperCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyperCard</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/HyperTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyperTalk</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/GameAnalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameAnalysis</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/InteractiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InteractiveFiction</span></a></p>
Dan Morgan :ksu:<p>HyperCard: I remember being disappointed when it didn’t get the attention it deserved when color became so important in Mac OS 7.x. I don’t know why I quit creating stacks but I did. <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/marchintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marchintosh</span></a><br><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/hypercard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypercard</span></a></p><p>I’m playing with it a lot in fully booted OS 9 (not emulated or in Classic mode on OS X). OS 9 screams on both my low end G3 and G4s and so does HyperCard. And now in 2025, the 1-bit icons and dithered images are delightful. Yes, I’ve reach the “vinyl” stage of my computing life. </p><p>(Remember when computers sounded so much warmer when we we used punch cards?)</p>
vga256<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@tomjennings" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tomjennings</span></a></span> i had no idea he wrote this manual. it is one of the best technical manuals i’ve ever used - and recently! </p><p>rest in peace scot. your contributions won’t be forgotten in this house. </p><p><a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/hypercard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypercard</span></a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macintosh</span></a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/vintageApple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintageApple</span></a></p>
dan 💾<p>A true classic! 🔊 <br><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/HyperCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyperCard</span></a><br><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/MARCHintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MARCHintosh</span></a></p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://merveilles.town/@neauoire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neauoire</span></a></span></p><p>If you recreate <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/hypercard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyperCard</span></a> in <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/uxn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uxn</span></a>, I'm seriously going to flip my lid. XD</p>
Working Class Games<p>New version of Decker, the Hypercard-like, with much improved non-English language support:</p><p><a href="https://internet-janitor.itch.io/decker/devlog/909655/decker-154" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">internet-janitor.itch.io/decke</span><span class="invisible">r/devlog/909655/decker-154</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/decker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decker</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/hypercard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypercard</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/fonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fonts</span></a></p>
Haderach C. Kwisatch<p>"Decker is command-line friendly: when built from source, it comes with Lilt, a standalone Lil interpreter which can (among other things) read, write, manipulate, and even execute Decker documents "headlessly". Lilt has even fewer dependencies than Decker itself, so it can also be compiled as a cross-platform APE executable, ready for writing run-anywhere shell scripts. Would you believe there's a Lil interpreter that runs on POSIX AWK? Decks are stored in a line-oriented text format which interoperates well with existing source control tools like Git and SVN.</p><p>"Decker includes no advertising, telemetry, gamification, or other intrusions on user privacy and autonomy. If you like <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Decker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decker</span></a>, please share it with other people who might enjoy it. Build something that makes you happy." <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hypercard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypercard</span></a></p>
Archimage<p>Cool! HyperCard running on basically a Raspberry PICO.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/aLXmpF1u9GA?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/aLXmpF1u9GA?feature=s</span><span class="invisible">hared</span></a></p><p>Once they get everything figured out, I want to build this.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/hypercard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypercard</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ladyada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ladyada</span></a></p>
Eric’s Edge<p>If you are participating in <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23marchintosh" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#marchintosh</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23globaltalk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#globaltalk</a> and like text adventure games, the demo release of Adventure! my mostly text <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23hypercard" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hypercard</a> adventure game is available for download from my Eric’s Edge zone. Including a PDF draft of the game manual.</p>
Eric's Edge<p>If you are participating in <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/marchintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marchintosh</span></a> and <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/globaltalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globaltalk</span></a> and like text adventure games, the demo release of Adventure! my mostly text <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/hypercard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypercard</span></a> adventure game is available for download from my Eric’s Edge zone. Including a PDF draft of the game manual.</p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://bitbang.social/@likesoldmacs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>likesoldmacs</span></a></span></p><p>Whoa, is that a <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/hypercard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyperCard</span></a> stack? XD</p>
Steven G. Harms<p>I got some great <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/retroprogramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retroprogramming</span></a> books: Essential <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a>, <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hypercard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypercard</span></a> , and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/latex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latex</span></a>.</p><p> Is there a good <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hypercard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypercard</span></a> emulation environment? Honestly, the pictures of gorgeous system 7 (I think) menus will be more than worth that books’s price. Excited!</p>
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