Ralph.Hyre@IUS2.CS.CMU.EDU (12/06/85)
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 85 13:25 PST From: WATSON#M%SAI@LLL-MFE, "Watson Mark%SAI.MFENET"@LLL-MFE.ARPA Subject: SMALLTALK, LISP, DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING, APPLETALK, MACINTOSH Subject: Lisp and Smalltalk on the Macintosh In response to Fabio Favata's request for a public domain version of the Smalltalk language, I would suggest contacting Apple Computer Inc. Apple has made the original Xerox Smalltalk language available on the Macintosh for $50 (for 7 disks!!). The Smalltalk system runs on a 512K Mac. To order Smalltalk, call 1 408 747-1288 and ask for Paula. I would like to hear from anyone attempting to use the Appletalk network to build testbed distributed computing systems. The Appletalk network has a fairly low bandwidth (.25 megabits/sec), but the availability of two good symbolic programming languages on the Mac (Smalltalk and ExperLisp) would provide a very low cost system for software development. I can be reached at 1 619 456-6816. - Mark Watson