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From: warner@s3snorkel.ARPA (Ken Warner)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Smalltalk-80 for '286
Keywords: Softsmarts, 286
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Date: 18 Dec 88 16:23:03 GMT
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Reply-To: warner@s3snorkel.UUCP (Ken Warner)
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Softsmarts had a version of Smalltalk-80 which would run on an AT.  They went
belly-up.  Who got their kernel?  Did it revert somehow to ParcPlace?  

What is ParcPlace going to do about a '286 version of PPS-80...anything?

We (S-Cubed) have potential customers for an application written in
Smalltalk-80 but they have '286 boxes of various kinds.  Their procurement-cycle
will guarantee that it will be years before they move to '386 boxes, for which
there is already a PPS-80 version.  

The reason we don't want to use V/286 is because we want to remain portable to
other workstations, like Sun's and/or Mac II's, for development purposes.

ParcPlace...are you listening?  You have said that your stuff won't run on
'286 boxes--how did Softsmarts do it?  I had a demo copy of Softsmarts
Smalltalk-80 and it ran OK.  Not blazing fast, but acceptable.

I'll bet there are a lot of people that would really like a '286 version of
PPS-80.  I know I would.

Ken Warner