--- Forwarded Message from Frank Keller <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 14:15:48 -0400
>From: Frank Keller <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7541 Problems running HyperCard-based "French    Pronunciation
Tutor" on new Macs
>To: [log in to unmask]

We havent been able to get our old hypercard applications to run with
any consistency at all in classic mode on 0S X. We have given the Mac
centric instructors a year in which to choose new apps for Mac OS X, as
OS X doesnt support hypercard, and we have decided to get away from
legacy apps. We decided to continue support on 8 OS 9 Imacs for one more
year.
If you absolutely feel the need to support these apps in OS X,
http://www.runrev.com/ is a possible solution if you are willing to do
some work on the Hypercard stacks.

Frank Keller
Microcomputer Support Specialist II
Language Lab, SAIS QT Streaming
and Political Science Dept.
506 Krieger Hall
Johns Hopkins University
410-516-6767
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>Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 10:39:05 -0500
>From: "David Pankratz" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Problems running HyperCard-based "French Pronunciation Tutor"
on new
Macs

We are still using a few ancient but pretty decent programs developed
back in the 90's by HyperGlot Software Co.(no longer in existence)
released on a CD-ROM called "LinguaRom-IV." For example, there is
"French Pronunciation Tutor," "Spanish Pronunciation Tutor," "Spanish
Verb Tutor", etc.

These are HyperCard-based. They run fine on older Macs running System 9,
but on new eMacs they no longer run properly in the Classic mode. The
audio is choppy, and the pacing is off. When you listen to a list of
words, for example, the intervals are irregular, and sometimes the
sounds seem truncated.

Does anyone have a fix or an explanation for this? Classic seems to be
running the old Hypercard programs in a different way than System 9 did.
Some old-timers (including yours truly) still like providing a few of
these programs, but the new machines really diminish the learning
experience.

David Pankratz
Loyola University Chicago