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From: khaw@parcplace.com (Mike Khaw)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: Smalltalk-80 on Apollo's
Message-ID: <669@parcplace.com>
Date: 14 Feb 90 20:52:11 GMT
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gupta@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 ?

Version 2.3 runs under SR 10.1 and SR 10.2, but because Apollo
redesigned the implementation of ttys, serial i/o will not work; also,
because the object-code format changed between SR 9.x and SR 10.x, you
cannot link user-defined primitives to produce a new virtual machine.

>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 ...

There are no plans at present to port 2.5 to the Apollo. ParcPlace is
currently beta testing 2.5 on the HP9000 series 300. Given that HP has
announced eventual binary compatibility between HP workstations and
Apollo workstations using the same CPU, when that comes to pass it
might not be unreasonable to expect that the version of Smalltalk-80
that runs on the HP9000 series 300 would also run on a MC680x0-based
Apollo. Disclaimer:  ParcPlace does not necessarily endorse this
statement.
-- 
Mike Khaw
ParcPlace Systems, Inc., 1550 Plymouth St., Mountain View, CA 94043
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