EDIT: It has found a home!

Free to a good home: An AppleLink floppy, copyright 1989.💾  

#FreeToAGoodHome #Macintosh #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #Apple #HyperCard

DIFfersifier

https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/differsifier

Utility for converting HyperCard stacks into DIF files for import to other applications.

#macgarden #HyperCard #2001 #MarkSchonewille

#HyperCard #HyperTalk blog post.

https://ko-fi.com/post/Automagic-Code-Completion-for-HyperTalk-B0B51RIHFR

Absolutely about to lose it, but am somehow going to write this absent any swears.

None of the following can apparently be made to work using resources available today unless you want to go digging in the brains of the Terminal, using commands—by the way—that no longer work on Apple Silicon because all of the path references have changed:

* Built-in Mac OS File Sharing
* AppleTalk or AFP (including Netatalk)
* SMB
* Even FTP (including via Homebrew options, FileZilla Server, etc.)

I have tried them all. Both Perplexity and ChatGPT have insisted that all of the above can be made to work, then finally admit after lengthy sessions they do not and that they were relying on old information. When confronted with the fact that I provided them with all of the specific details they needed to give accurate responses in my very first query, the “AI” has the gall to apologize but makes it clear that it has not learned anything from the interaction.

For more than three decades, Apple's image has been grounded in “it just works." Well, the simplest thing possible in computer networking—being able to access and edit the same plain text file from two different machines—does not work, and there is no way for an average technophile to make it work.

It's absolutely preposterous, disgusting, and inexcusable.

#retrocomputing #macintosh #classicmac #hypercard

Anyone have a lead on a straightforward resource on networking a Tahoe Mac with my old OS 9.2 PM G4?

I’ve tried setting up both an FTP server and Netatalk on the modern Mac using directions provided by AI and both failed miserably.

There must be a quality video or web page with detailed, failproof step-by-step instructions, but I can’t find one.

#retrocomputing #hypercard #macintosh #classicmac

HyperComposer is a #HyperCard application from 1988.

It is the sound and music toolkit for HyperCard. Designed for enthusiasts at any level, HyperComposer makes HyperCard music mouse-click simple!

https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/hypercomposer