The Future of LiveCode in Education

[RM]

On 1.03.2016 07:01, Colin Holgate wrote:
> I’m trying to figure out which bit of information you mistyped. 1983 would be fairly late for getting an Apple II, but 1983 was before the Mac was released, and the Mac II didn’t come out until early 1987 I think.
>
> Your remembered date is also four years before HyperCard was released. It could be that you meant 1993, and it was one of the last Macintosh LC II machines that you got. That would certainly have come with HyperCard.
>
> http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_lc/specs/mac_lc_ii.html

Frankly I wouldn't get picky with Brahmanathaswami about dates: the 
important point about his message has got absolutely nothing to do with 
whether it was 1983, 1993 or, for that matter, 1724!

In 1993 I ended up in a married student "cave" at Southern Illinois 
University with an LC 475 on the desk in front of me and a screaming 7 
month year old next to me (my wife had a Fulbright scholarship);
Hypercard probably prevented me from battering the baby to death!!!!!

Richmond.

>
>
>> On Feb 29, 2016, at 11:52 PM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami <brahma at hindu.org> wrote:
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>> I think it was circa 1983, I was in San Franscisco...  our spiritual master, Gurudeva, called from Hawaii saying "Your Apple II is coming any day. You need to sign up for some classes right away... this it the future."
>>
>> When it came... I think the 3rd thing I did after booting up was start Hypercard  and made a button
>>
>> on mouseup
>>     beep 3 times
>> end mouse
>>
>> That was it! I created my first primitive PIM (TO DO list thingy) the next week and never looked back!
>>
>> Time passes (Supercard...Richard Gaskin's pointing the way... Metacard, need for URL stuff, windows standalone for volunteers on PC's)  later, the idea of paying for the Indy was a "no brainer" and we've bought into every advance payment  plan pitch Kevin has proferred since 1997 or so when Scott Raney turned it over...
>>
>> But it all started with the first button on software pre-loaded with the machine.
>>
>> BR
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>> On February 29, 2016 at 6:07:12 PM, J. Landman Gay (jacque at hyperactivesw.com<mailto:jacque at hyperactivesw.com>) wrote:
>>
>> I don't suppose you still have any contacts over at Apple, do you? I
>> would love to see LC ship with Macs.
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