Speaking Clock

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A HyperCard stack that generates poetry (from an existing list of terms) based on the computer's internal time.  In addition to a static text around the edges of the clock (which can cycle with clicking), a dynamically-generated text appears in the center.

For more technical and literary information, please see Christopher Funkhouser's analysis at: arts.brunel.ac.uk/gate/entertext/5_3/ET53FunkhouserEd.doc

 

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Speaking Clock, John Cayley, 1995
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The contributor was not able to run the stack on BasiliskII (System 7.5.x), but had success on SheepShaver (OS 8).