[net.micro.mac] Macintosh & Smalltalk-80

brianb@3comvax.UUCP (Brian Bechtel) (07/29/85)

From the 5/85 Macintosh Software Supplement:
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Smalltalk
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We are currently developing a version of Smalltalk tailored to the
Macintosh computer.  In the meantime, in response to requests from
several universities, we have released a "pre-product" version of the
Smalltalk-80(tm)* programming system running on the Macintosh and
Macintosh XL computers.  This is a fairly complete implementation of
the Smalltalk-80 system, which we believe to be suitable for student
projects and other preliminary experiments with Smalltalk.

Our current system is based on version 1 of the Xerox Smalltalk-80
system, and is language-compatible with the current (release 2) Xerox
release.  Our system generally follows the two Smalltalk-80 books by
Goldberg and Robson.  Several features will be found to be different or
missing.  We only provide enough documentation to get you started.  If
you are not already familiar with the Smalltalk-80 system, you will need
further documentation not provided by Apple, such as the Goldberg and
Robson books. 

This pre-product release supplants an earlier March release that only
ran on the Macintosh XL.  Various options support stand-alone operation
on the 512K Macintosh (minimal system), enhanced source-code access with
hard disk or file server, and full system (32K objects) on machines with
1MB or more of memory, such as the Macintosh XL.

If you wish to try out Smalltalk, you may request an order form from the
address below.  We will include a more complete description of the
products, pricing information, and an optional site license which
permits the system to be installed and used throughout (but only within)
your institution.  Apple cannot provide support or documentation for
this pre-product release.  We are charging only enough to cover our
costs of duplication and handling.

Smalltalk Request
c/o Eileen Crombie
Apple Computer, Inc.
20525 Mariani Avenue	CSNet: MacST@Apple.CSNET
Cupertino, CA 95014	UUCP: {dual,nsc,voder,ios}!apple!MacST

* Smalltalk-80 is a trademark of Xerox Corporation.
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Brian Bechtel			{oliveb,desteng,bnrmtv}!3comvax!brianb