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From: uucigj@swbatl.UUCP (3531)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Diff between st/V and st/V 286
Keywords: smalltalk digitalk 286
Message-ID: <596@swbatl.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jun 89 20:23:51 GMT
Organization: Southwestern Bell Tele. Co. - Advanced Technology Lab - St. Louis
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I have heard that the two versions of smalltalk from digitalk (V and V/286)
are essentially the same.  One difference is the pc version (V) doesn't
have the support for the EGA and VGA, but you can get it via the goodies
package.  Are there any functional differences.  For example the V/286
needs one meg of memory where V needs only 640k, what is the major reason
here.  I have a 386 machine with 1 meg of memory (but I can only use 640 k
the other is wasted), and would like to use the smalltalk from digitalk but
I do not want to buy the extra memory (right now the funds would only allow
one of the purchases not V/286 and the memory both).  Will there be
anything I will not be able to do with the V and the goodies package to
enhance to VGA that I can do with the V/286?  Also, another thought is that
if I run Unix on the 386 box latter and have a dos session running I
theoretically can use the stV rather than the V/286, right?  Any help would
be appreciated.
Gregg Jensen