You should make sure you have a copy of the full developer version of hypercard version 2.x (preferably 2.4). Apple bundled a hypercard reader with the operating system, but to make new stacks you had to buy the developer version.
There were a lot of books written, but this was mostly before the era of pdfs. But to get started, the regular Apple hypercard manual is pretty helpful. Do a google search for 0340617Ahypercardi.pdf. This will get you the manual and a lot of other useful stuff.
There were a lot of books written, but this was mostly before the era of pdfs. But to get started, the regular Apple hypercard manual is pretty helpful. Do a google search for 0340617Ahypercardi.pdf. This will get you the manual and a lot of other useful stuff.