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From: bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: Smalltalk/V286 vs Smalltalk-80?
Summary: V/286 is good for DOS environments.
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Date: 27 Sep 89 15:31:47 GMT
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In article <208700003@s.cs.uiuc.edu> haskins@s.cs.uiuc.edu asks
about Smalltalk-80 vs. Digitalk Smalltalk V/286.

I have used ParcPlace Smalltalk-80 on the Sun and on the Mac.
I have used Digitalk Smalltalk V/286 on DOS machines and
Digitalk Smalltalk V/Mac.

I found I could convert from V/286 to Smalltalk-80 or
to V/Mac with a day or two of editing the file-ins.

The biggest problem was with Forms, Character Scanners,
and Menus.  These tend to differ in substantial ways
across dialects and platforms.  But the problems are
not insurmountable.

One problem with V/286 is that it does not run on my
AT&T PC 6300 Plus.  I like Smalltalk V/Mac on my Mac II.
I think it is the best implementation of the ones I
have used.  The only shortcoming which has been a
problem is the limited support for color.  V/286
has a nice support for EGA color.

--Barry Kort