Some people used HyperCard as a programming tool for rapid application development of applications and databases, others for building interactive applications with no database requirements, command and control systems, and many examples in the demoscene.
This combination of features – a database with simple form layout, flexible support for graphics, and ease of programming – led many people to use HyperCard for many different projects. HyperCard also included a built-in programming language called HyperTalk for manipulating data and the user interface. HyperCard combined a flat-file database with a graphical, flexible, user-modifiable interface. It was among the first successful hypermedia systems before the World Wide Web.
HyperCard was a piece of application software and a programming tool for Apple Macintosh and Apple IIGS computers. For those of you unfamiliar with HyperCard, Wikipedia to the rescue: There are programs on ‘the mac’ but the emulator centers on HyperCard 2.4. The site is the work of Josh Deprez and is built using the PCE/macplus emulator and the JS port of PCE. If you boot the computer up and look around, you can find out more about this in-browser emulation of an early Macintosh. So begins your adventure when navigating to
