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1. WillAd+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-07-11 12:37:08
For the technological context and result:

https://www.folklore.org/Joining_Apple_Computer.html

Still very sad that HyperCard got sidelined and that even its successor, Livecode abandoned the idea of being available to everyone --- though it looks as if folks are still working that:

https://openxtalk.org/

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2. wvlia5+bb[view] [source] 2025-07-11 13:48:18
>>WillAd+(OP)
This is off-topic, we are discussing drugs here.
replies(4): >>LocalH+TX >>phaedr+7Y >>Ylpert+Y21 >>WillAd+uv1
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3. LocalH+TX[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-07-11 17:53:15
>>wvlia5+bb
It's not off-topic, it's the intersection of two things that Bill Atkinson was extremely passionate about.
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4. phaedr+7Y[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-07-11 17:54:22
>>wvlia5+bb
Hypercard was inspired by an LSD trip.
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5. Ylpert+Y21[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-07-11 18:24:57
>>wvlia5+bb
Perhaps the gp's comment was written and posted whilst being smashed, and that's just one of the effects.
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6. WillAd+uv1[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-07-11 22:04:46
>>wvlia5+bb
which the link in question references:

>Inspired by a mind-expanding LSD journey in 1985, I designed the HyperCard authoring system that enabled non-programmers to make their own interactive media.

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