Reading old Hyperstack data

Hi all

I have some 1990 vintage hypercard data (.sta extensions) that I used to
read with Plusrt.exe on a Windows machine (I assume they worked on the then
current Hypercard on the Mac too.) I've been trying to find a way to read
them using OSX, Classic or Windows XP. The last Hypercard reader wont open
them or Winpluse.exe and I can't find the 'old' windows program I used to
use.

Any ideas greatfully received.

Regards

Stephen Bennett

Hi,

Stephen Bennett <s.bennett@uea.ac.uk> wrote:

> I have some 1990 vintage hypercard data (.sta extensions) that I used to
> read with Plusrt.exe on a Windows machine (I assume they worked on the then
> current Hypercard on the Mac too.) I've been trying to find a way to read
> them using OSX, Classic or Windows XP. The last Hypercard reader wont open
> them or Winpluse.exe and I can't find the 'old' windows program I used to
> use.

an awkward way to read contents (script of object and datas of
containers) of a stack is to open it as "text only" with a text editor,
like Word.
Object Script and text of static field are generally well saved as a
whole and so easy to catch,
but retrieving text of an editable field, many times can be almost
impossible, because of the way of hyperCard to parcel out its internal
datas when orverwriting in a field...

Good luck ;-)



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In article <e0u2en$pqo$1@cpca14.uea.ac.uk>, Stephen Bennett
<s.bennett@uea.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I have some 1990 vintage hypercard data (.sta extensions) that I used to
> read with Plusrt.exe on a Windows machine (I assume they worked on the then
> current Hypercard on the Mac too.) I've been trying to find a way to read
> them using OSX, Classic or Windows XP. The last Hypercard reader wont open
> them or Winpluse.exe and I can't find the 'old' windows program I used to
> use.
>
> Any ideas greatfully received.

Revolution will open HyperCard stacks directly on almost any OS,
including Windows. You can download the free trial which is good for 30
days:

<http://www.runrev.com>

Download the Windows version, and install. Then just choose "Open
stack" from the File menu and choose a HyperCard stack. You may get
some script errors when the stack opens, which is normal. If all you
want is access to the data, just dismiss the errors. Or if you know
enough about HyperCard scripting, you can fix them.

Hi Stephen,

I don't think that PlusRT is compatible with HyperCard. I
suggest you find someone who still has a copy of PlusRT. In the
mean time, I don't mind if you send me a small stack to see
whether I can do something with it. See my homepage for contact
info.

Best,

Mark

Stephen Bennett wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have some 1990 vintage hypercard data (.sta extensions) that I used to
> read with Plusrt.exe on a Windows machine (I assume they worked on the then
> current Hypercard on the Mac too.) I've been trying to find a way to read
> them using OSX, Classic or Windows XP. The last Hypercard reader wont open
> them or Winpluse.exe and I can't find the 'old' windows program I used to
> use.
>
> Any ideas greatfully received.
>
> Regards
>
> Stephen Bennett
>
>

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