Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!rayssd!trr
From: trr@rayssd.ray.com (Terry R. Raymond)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: Diff between st/V and st/V 286
Keywords: smalltalk digitalk 286
Message-ID: <8498@rayssd.ray.com>
Date: 3 Jul 89 16:03:33 GMT
References: <596@swbatl.UUCP> <2331@pur-phy> <4832@ficc.uu.net>
Sender: trr@rayssd.ray.com (Terry R. Raymond @ Raytheon Company, Portsmouth RI)
Organization: Raytheon Company, Portsmouth RI
Lines: 39

In article <4832@ficc.uu.net>, cliff@ficc.uu.net (cliff click) writes:
> 
> Why???  Why NO OBJECT SWAPPING in Smalltalk/V 286???  I bought it for 
> my 1 Meg machine, only to discover that I couldn't run the bit editor
> or clone my system because 1 Meg was not enough!  
  
You really need at least 1.5 meg, too bad Digitalk does not make this
clearer.

> Actually I assumed Smalltalk/V did NOT object-swap since V 286 did not.
> Because of that lack I decided to do a product (I write games) in C
> instead; overlays are painful but I can run in 512K.
> 
> Now I have to go re-think my choices...  
> 
> Digitalk, are you listening???  Object-swapping gives Smalltalk/V 286
> the equivalent of Virtual Memory!  Applications of *any* size can run
> on a lowly PC (or even AT!).  This is a big deal; you should install
> it *right away* on the 286 version.

Cliff, Digitalk is well aware  of the ramifications.  They made the 
tradeoff.  Smalltalk/V 286 is faster and more flexible than Smalltalk/V.
If you do not have enough memory then use Smalltalk/V.  Although there
are some improvements they included in V 286 which could be incorporated
into Smalltalk/V and make a nicer product.

> 
> -- 
> Cliff Click, Software Contractor at Large
> Business: uunet.uu.net!ficc!cliff, cliff@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5368 (w).
> Disclaimer: lost in the vortices of nilspace...       +1 713 568 3460 (h).


-- 
Terry Raymond
Raytheon Submarine Signal Division; Portsmouth RI; (401)-847-8000 x5597
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Internet: trr@rayssd.ray.com    (trr%rayssd.ray.com@a.cs.uiuc.edu)
UUCP: {decuac,gatech,mimsy,mirror,necntc,sun,uiucdcs,ukma}!rayssd!trr