e4 – Merryxmas

In a stocking-stuffer-sized holiday special we remember Merryxmas and other HyperCard viruses. Happy holidays!

Links for this episode:

• HyperCard
• "HyperCard was introduced by Apple in 1987. It shipped for free on all Macs. HyperCard was difficult to explain then, and -- to some degree -- remains so today." from Apple's Lost Decade on ZDNet
• Myst (made with HyperCard)
  • wiki entry
  • official site (iOS and Steam ports available!)
  • Riven (the epic 5CD or 1 DVD sequel)
• HyperTalk scripting language
  • XCMDs (external commands) allowed extra features
  • Color Tools – became standard in HyperCard 2.2
• @hypercard unofficial twitter account

I would wish you Merry XMas, but then everybody would think I had a virus again …

— HyperCard (@HyperCard) December 26, 2010

• SIMM Stack – vector for Merryxmas
• other HyperCard viruses
  • descriptions [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
  • HC 9507
  • Dukakis
    • 1988 US presidential election
  • MacMag
  • ThreeTunes
    • "Muss i denn" [YouTube]
    • "Behind the Blue Mountains"? [YouTube]
• Douglas Adams on HyperCard
• Disinfectant (retired in 1998)