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From: ross@prls.UUCP (Ross Morley)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: Smalltalk-80 on Apollo's
Message-ID: <32117@prls.UUCP>
Date: 15 Feb 90 21:22:58 GMT
References: <1048@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk> <6029@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Reply-To: ross@prls.UUCP (Ross Morley)
Organization: Philips Research Labs, Sunnyvale, California
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In article <1048@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk>  Ashok Gupta writes:

-- 
-- Does ParcPlace Smalltalk-80 version 2.3, run under
-- Apollo SR10.2 (the Apollo operating system version) ?
-- ... and SR10.1 ?
-- 

I am running ST80 v2.3 under SR10.1 with no problems.

-- Has ParcPlace Smalltalk-80 version 2.5,
-- (ObjectWorks for Smalltalk-80) been ported to the
-- Apollo and if so does it run under SR10.2 ?
-- ... and SR10.1 ?  
-- If it has not been ported to the Apollo, anyone know
-- when it will be; indeed *if* it will be ...

Last July we talked with ParcPlace about this. The verdict then was that 
they have no plans to support ST80 v2.5 on the Apollo. The reason was
insufficient demand to justify the cost.

In article <6029@hydra.gatech.EDU>  Stan Hughes writes:

-- I would like to get in contact with anyone running or interested
-- in running Smalltalk-80 on an Apollo system under OS DOMAIN 10.x.  
-- Perhaps if there is enough interest we could influence either Apollo or
-- ParcPlace to port Smalltalk-80 2.5 to the Apollo workstation.

Yes, we are interested. 

-- 
Ross P. Morley                                  philabs!prls!ross
Philips Research, Sunnyvale                     pyramid!prls!ross
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