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HyperCard 1.0
HyperCard 1.0 · Classic Mac OS
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Identifiers
| Order number | HyperCard 1.0 |
Reference
| Announced | 1987-08-11 |
| Discontinued | 1991-01-01 |
| Design era | Classic Mac OS |
Configurations
| Colors | — |
| Publisher | Apple Computer, Inc. |
| Release version | 1.0 |
| Media | 1× 800 KB floppy |
| Copy protection | None (bundled free on new Macs) |
| Target OS / hardware | System 6.0, System 6.0.1, System 6.0.2, System 6.0.3, System 6.0.4, System 6.0.5, System 6.0.7, System 6.0.8 |
| Removable media | 3.5″ 800 KB floppy |
Known quirks
- Bill Atkinson's proto-hypertext stack-based programming environment
- Bundled free on every new Mac 1987–1991 — launched a generation of hobbyist programmers
- Myst was originally built entirely in HyperCard
- Sealed Apple-branded retail boxes still occasionally surface; prized by programming historians