Friday, March 6, 2026

The HyperMover Background Stack

HyperMover.BGs HyperCard IIGS stack

Apple's HyperMover stack used a background of alternating images of Mac and Apple IIGS computers. The image in the stack was incomplete however, so I have created HyperMover.BGs - a HCGS stack that allows the HyperMover background to rebuilt a stage at a time. Each card in the stack shows the progression and can be captured as an SHR that can be used as a IIGS 640 mode desktop background (I use the Backdrop NDA).

IIGS desktop using the completed image and my icons

Update v2 released March 8, 2026 includes 4 additional background variants manually edited by Brendan Bellina to be a little more subdued so that they may be more suitable for use as a GSOS desktop background.

HMBG.640.X has a more 3D cross-line effect

HMBG.640.XG is the HMGG.640.X with a gray overlay

HMBG.640.L is HMBG.640.X with redrawn lighter images

HMBG.640.LG is HMBG.640.L with a gray overlay

Update v3 released March 12, 2026 includes 4 additional background variants - 2 based on the original Apple multi-colored logo, and 2 with colors removed.

HMBG.640.A is HMBG.640.L with Apple logo based fill coloring

HMBG.640.AG is HMBG.640.A with a gray overlay

HMBG.640.W is HMBG.640.L with fill coloring removed

HMBG.640.WG is HMBG.640.W with a gray overlay

Update v4 also released March 12, 2026 includes 4 additional background variants based on the Apple logo.

HMBG.640.2 based on the Apple logo against white

HMBG.640.2G is HMBG.640.2 with a gray overlay

HMBG.640.2B based on Apple logo against black

HMBG.640.2P based on Apple logo against Periwinkle Blue

HyperMover.BGs is compressed with ShrinkIt and includes both the stack and 13 already completed 640 mode SHR backgrounds. It is available for download from the Apple II section of the Silverwand Software site.