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June 28, 1993
The Star Trek:TNG Episode Guide Stack
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Version 2.0
Created by David R. Landis
Copyright Oak Mountain Software 1991-1993
Special thanks to Timothy Lynch, Mike Brown, and Mike Holtz
Star Trek is a registered trademark of Paramount Pictures Inc.
INTRODUCTION
This HyperCard stack is designed to simulate the interface of the
Enterprise's computer screens while displaying information on all the
episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It allows you to scan the
episodes and read the detailed plot descriptions (courtesy of Timothy
Lynch), read the Episode Notes (collected by Mark Holtz) check out the
writers, directors, and guests, and store the information on your video
tape collection (if you have one).
There are two other HyperCard stacks now available, one for the
original Star Trek series (Kirk & Co.), and one for Deep Space Nine.
All of these stacks have been designed to work together, so rush out
and get all three. Simply place them all in the same folder and they
will recognize each other.
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
This stack can operate on any Apple Macintosh computer with at least
2.5 megs of RAM.
SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
This stack requires HyperCard 2.1 or higher and System 6.0.5 or higher
to operate correctly.
SPECIAL FEATURES
The stack will always remember which show you were looking at last and
open the stack to that show.
There is now an "Episode Notes" field that holds information about the
actors in the show, plot lines altered or dropped, mistakes and inside
jokes, and opinions (usually by me). There are also references to other
episodes of Star Trek that are related. These are all linked by
hypertext links. Simply click on any underlined episode name, one
followed by a number such as "Klingons in My Dryer" [#123], and the
stack will take you to that show's card. A button labelled "Old Links"
will show you a list of all the shows you have accessed using these
hypertext links. These links operate between all three Star Trek
stacks as well, allowing you to follow references back to their origin.
You can "mark" shows using the Mark Shows window. Once a group of shows
are marked, you can print out various reports for these shows. For
example, you could mark all the shows which feature Worf to find out if
the same set of authors have been writing for him. You can view only the
marked shows by using the "Marked" arrows on the screen. You can also go
directly to any marked show by clicking on the title in the list.
You can generate reports in three styles (Full, Short, and One Line)
for all the shows, the marked shows, or just the one you are looking at.
These reports can be sent to your printer or saved in a text file (flat
ASCII). The creator of the files can set as well; you can select from
MacWrite, MacWrite II, TeachText, Word, Word Perfect, or WriteNow. This
is the default word-processor which will open if you double-click on the
file's icon.
You can print reports in large or small fonts. The large fonts are for
people using ImageWriters, and the small fonts are for people with
StyleWriters or LaserWriters.
You can store information on your video tape collections of Star Trek
episodes. You can then use the stack to find which tape a specific
episode is on, so you need not physically search the tapes to find it.
This information can be exported to a file, then imported into newer
versions of this stack.
You can add shows to the stack. Use the "New Card" menu item, or
type Apple-N. The new cards will always be placed at the end of the
stack. When you enter the name of the episode, that name will be updated
in the title lists so you can view it with the "Go To" button. Make sure
you spell the title of the show correctly, otherwise updating to the
next version of the stack may have some problems.
The Help Mode causes small windows to pop up next to objects when you
place the cursor on them. If you are running System 7.0 or higher,
turning on Help Mode will activate Balloon Help.
You can use the FIND command to find any information in the stack, the
by holding down the Option key and clicking on the FIND button, you can
find the same string again.
The GO TO button brings up an alphabetic list of all the episodes. By
pressing a letter, you can move to that part of the list. You can also
view the lists in seasonal order by pressing one of the "season #"
buttons (1 to 7).
UPDATING FROM VERSION 1.0, 1.1, or 1.2
If you have entered information on your video collection into an
earlier version of the stack, you will want to transfer that information
into version 2.0. Use the following steps to accomplish this:
1) Start the old version of the stack.
2) Select "Export Video Info╔" from the menu.
This creates a file containing your video information.
3) Open version 2.0 of the stack.
4) Select "Import Video Info╔" from the menu.
5) Open the file you created in step 2.
This will start the importing process. When it is done,
all of the video information from the original stack will
be a part of the new stack.
6) Make sure all of your video tape information transferred
correctly before you delete the old version of the stack.
HOW TO GET UPDATES TO THIS STACK
Updated version of this stack will be available by anonymous FTP from
mac.archive.umich.edu (141.211.182.23) and sumex-aim.stanford.edu
(36.44.0.6) as they are produced. Any new stacks will be announced in
the following Usenet newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard,
rec.arts.startrek.current, and rec.arts.startrek.info.
COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
You can direct comments and suggestions on this stack to David Landis at
landis@ltpsun.gsfc.nasa.gov (128.183.10.30), or write them to the
following address. Remember, work on this stack is continuing. If you
have any special features you would like included in an upcoming
version, send in your suggestions. They will all be considered.
Oak Mountain Software
12414 Starlight Lane
Bowie, MD 20715
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
This stack was created by David R. Landis and is copyrighted by Oak
Mountain Software 1991 - 1993. This stack is freeware and should not be
sold. You are free to distribute this stack as you like, as long as you
do not alter it.