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From: mcintyre@turing.cs.rpi.edu (David McIntyre)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: what is smalltalk/V
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Date: 31 Aug 90 16:24:21 GMT
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Reply-To: mcintyre@turing.cs.rpi.edu (David McIntyre)
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bruno@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bruno Melli) writes:
>Excuse a newcomer ignorance, but what is smalltalk/V (as opposed
>to smalltalk 80) ?
>

Smalltalk/V is a PC-based Smalltalk sold by Digitalk.  They also have
versions for the Mac (Smalltalk/V Mac), OS/2 (Smalltalk/V PM), and
286 and higher PCs (Smalltalk/V 286).

You can buy Smalltalk/V for around $80, and Smalltalk/V 286 for around
$130 (it retails for $199).

They come with their own windowing system, include all the normal browsers,
etc, and have many built in classes.  I think they're pretty neat
products.

Smalltalk/V 286 seems to occasionally hang my PC up, though.  Haven't
quite figured out why/when yet.

					-Dave

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