use-revolution Digest, Vol 9, Issue 45

[Robert Brenstein]

>>MetaCard always claimed (and it is still on their web site): 
>>"Object architecture, scripting language, and external procedure 
>>call interface are source compatible with Apple Corporation's 
>>HyperCard." The external in question works under HyperCard, which 
>>indeed puts shadow of doubt on Rev's engine.
>
>The above statement is probably a bit of a stretch. Metacard has 
>_never_ supported the full Hypercard interface, but that's probably 
>not even relevant here are there's no way Rinaldi's GetFInfo is 
>using any of the weird windowing stuff. Plus none of this will work 
>under OS X.
>
>Have you tried downloading an older version of Metacard, something 
>released pre-OSX? It's possible that those work better with old 
>XCMDs...
>
>- Brian

Brian, you are right that for OSX a macho version of the external 
will be needed. However, I am trying under OS9 using Classic builds. 
Other externals from Rinaldi, like GetDir or GetDInfo, behave fine.

I have just retested:

2.6 -- crash
2.5 -- crash
2.4.1 (pre-macho version) -- crash
2.3.2 (that's old) -- no crash but I get error "Handler: Running low 
on memory, script aborted" regardless how much memory I allocate.

HyperCard 2.4.1 -- still no problems.

When I say crash, it is a total freeze. Even Macsbug won't show.

Robert