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Bill Atkinson, a member of the Apple Lisa and Macintosh teams, created HyperCard, one of the first successful hypermedia systems, after a thought-provoking LSD trip. He died on June 5, 2025. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Ah, this is jogging my memory:

HyperCard 1.x was given away as a standard item with the purchase of a new Mac Plus, SE, or II. This was the key to HyperCard’s early success. HyperCard 2.x had to be purchased separately. However, Apple made and gave out HyperCard Player, a freeware application that allowed one to run HyperCard stacks.

But yeah, HyperStudio was something else entirely (HyperCard-inspired but not compatible).