[README.1st for MetaCard 2.4.2 Apr 15, 2002]

This directory contains the MetaCard Starter Kit, a multimedia
authoring and graphical application development system for UNIX/X11
workstations, Windows 3.1/95/98/NT, and MacOS 68K and PPC, and Mac OS
X.  This version of MetaCard is fully functional except that there is
a limit on the length of script that you can create with it.  Complete
on-line documentation with tutorials, and a multimedia demo stack
built with MetaCard are also included in this distribution.  See the
licensing information in the help stacks for more information about
MetaCard (Choose "Licensing" from the MetaCard "Help" menu).

You can get MetaCard from the MetaCard WWW site
http://www.metacard.com/ and with anonymous FTP from
ftp.metacard.com:/MetaCard.  MetaCard Corporation
(support@metacard.com) can also email the files to you (Please specify
which platform you need it for). The distribution can also be sent on
CDROM, DAT or QIC tape, or floppies for a nominal fee.  Simple
installation instructions are included below, but be sure to check the
file README.install for more detailed instructions.

If you are using FTP to get MetaCard, remember to set binary mode
before getting any of the files (e.g. for a command-line FTP client,
type "bin" at the ftp> prompt).

On MacOS systems, the complete distribution for Mac OS 7/8/9 is in
the file MacOS.sit on the FTP sites and the directory "MetaCard 2.4"
on physical media distributions.  To install MetaCard, just unstuff
that file and then move the folder "MetaCard 2.4" to a convenient
place on your hard drive.  To run MetaCard natively on OS X, 
unstuff the MetaCardCarbon engine.

The complete distribution Windows 3.1/95/98/NT/2000/Me/XP is in the
file "mcsetup.exe" which you download and then run to install
MetaCard.  If you've already installed a previous release of MetaCard
and just need to update the engine, tools, and help stacks, or if you
just need a Win32 engine to build Windows standalones on a Mac or
UNIX, get the file Win32.zip.

For UNIX platforms, three files are required: the MetaCard stacks and
on-line documentation (stacks.tgz), the installation script
(install.sh), and one of the following engine files:

bsd.tar	       (FreeBSD and BSDI UNIX)
darwin.tar     (Mac OS X console mode or with X11)
hp9k700.tar    (HPUX 10.20 - 11.X)
iris.tar       (SGI Irix 5.3 - 6.X)
linux.tar      (Linux Intel ELF)
odt.tar        (SCO Open DeskTop 2.0/OpenServer 5 and UnixWare)
rs6000.tar     (AIX 3.2.3 - 4.X)
solintel.tar   (Solaris x86 2.5 - 2.7)
solsparc.tar   (SPARC Solaris 2.3 - 2.7)
sparc.tar      (SPARC SunOS 4.1.X)

The OS versions listed here are minimums: the engines will run with
later OS version in all known cases, though there are minor
incompatibilities on some platforms (see the bug list in the FAQ on
the MetaCard WWW site for the latest information on these problems).

To install MetaCard, create a new directory and put the three files
into it.  Then run "sh install.sh" to unpack the MetaCard files.

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The file gzip124.tar.gz is the complete source code for gzip 1.2.4.
It is not required unless you want to rebuild the gzip binaries for
your system.
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