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#UltraCard

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#19050From: Michael St. LaurentJul 5, 1989 2:54 AM

I can't find the UltraCard demo that was supposed to be uploaded last week. Am I looking in the wrong place or has it not been uploaded yet? Michael St. Laurent

#19053From: Thomas HoladayJul 5, 1989 7:17 AM

It hasn't been uploaded yet. I ordered mine C.O.D. last week and expect it by next Monday. I imagine the Browser will be a little later version than what I get :-). The author's intent is that the Browser be a freelyredistributable Ultrastack reader, and that it be sufficiently evocative that all who use it will long to stack their own applications (and thus buy the Maker). One difficulty is that the true power of hypermedia is realized when the hyper-reader can modify the stack as s/he reads (like writing notes in the margins of papermedia) so the program has some of the feel of an outline processor; this means the author has to be very careful that the freely-redistributable code is not so powerful that no-one will buy the the primary.

#19076From: Betty Clay/SYSOPJul 5, 1989 8:23 PM

UltraCard demo has not been uploaded yet, Michael. LOTS of people are eager to see it. Maybe soon? Betty

#19133From: Mike LehmanJul 7, 1989 1:28 PM

Its HERE! I just uploaded the UltraCard demo to the AMIGATECH section. Thanks for waiting. Mike Lehman Intuitive Technologies

#19152From: Betty Clay/SYSOPJul 7, 1989 11:02 PM

Mike, Thanks for the upload. I have downloaded the file from the preview area, and will make it public as soon as I have time to check it out. I think it will be VERY popular! Betty

#19153From: Mike LehmanJul 8, 1989 12:23 AM

Thank you. We are quite happy with the product and expect that it will continue to improve (almost daily) but we will upload weekly. Thanks Mike Lehman

#19161From: Steve PietrowiczJul 8, 1989 8:33 AM

Mike, I downloaded it played around with it for a while yesterday. Very interesting program! I look forward to seeing what people do with UltraCard! It seems to have a lot of potential. Steve

#19165From: Mike LehmanJul 8, 1989 10:23 AM

Thanks. We are quite excited and expect performance to improve substantially as we switch from Manx to Lattice with register parameters. We just couldn't justify making the compiler switch until we shipped the first version.

#19226From: Michael St. LaurentJul 9, 1989 10:56 PM

A wise decision. Never switch compilers/word processors/etc. in the middle of a project. Michael St. Laurent

#19225From: Michael St. LaurentJul 9, 1989 10:56 PM

Thanks for the reply Betty. Just logged on today for the first time since posting the message asking about UltraCard and found out that it had been uploaded. Michael St. Laurent