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HyperCard is a useful tool available to teachers and researchers who have access to Macintosh computers. Version 2.1 of HyperCard, in conjunction with the Macintosh Operating System 7, includes some significant new capabilities for users with multiple computers in a network, as is common in many teaching laboratories. This paper describes a HyperCard stack that allows users who wish to run HyperCard-based experiments on several computers simultaneously to conveniently retrieve experimental data from those remote computers onto one program, and to perform several other useful tasks in a computer network.
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The authors wish to thank Fionnuala Murphy, Michael Antle, Imogen Fox, Janice McPhee, and Graham Schmidt for their assistance in testing this software.
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Hoffman, R., MacDonald, J. Using HyperCard and Apple events in a network environment: Collecting data from simultaneous experimental sessions. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 25, 114–126 (1993). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03204484
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