[HECnet] VAX/Smalltalk-80

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 4/7/2020 7:45 AM, Nigel Williams wrote:
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> See below for a link to a g-drive file containing a ZIP archive of the DEC research group implementation of Smalltalk for the VAX.
>
> If someone has a VT125 to try it on I would appreciate seeing an image of the screen with Smalltalk running.
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> *From:* Nigel Williams <nw at retroComputingTasmania.com>
>> *Date:* 7 April 2020 at 10:33:55 pm AEST
>> *To:* John Ames <commodorejohn at gmail.com>
>> *Subject:* *Re:  VAX/Smalltalk-80?*
>>
>> 
>>>> On 2 Apr 2020, at 10:08 am, John Ames via cctech <cctech at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>> I know from the book "Smalltalk-80: Bits of History, Words of Advice"
>>
>> Thanks for the reminder about the VMS version, as you likely know
>> their paper about VAX Smalltalk was in an early DEC Technical Journal
>> too.
>>
>>> ...while the second ran under VMS and was actually developed
>>> within DEC. This version - VAX/Smalltalk-80 - was headed up by Stoney
>>> Ballard and Stephen Shirron; anybody know if there's a surviving copy
>>> out there, if it was ever available outside DEC to begin with?
>>
>> I contacted Stephen and he kindly provided a ZIP
>>
>> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NvO-ULropJ9xyT-WFqalXY79FBt6tdfB
>>
>> I had a quick look and it will need an early VMS I suspect, around
>> version 4.x (might work on a later version).
>>
>> cheers,
>> nigel.

Very cool.  I have the three (?) popular books about smalltalk-80 from the 80's. I'll have to dig them out along with the DEC Tech Journal (If I have it).

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John H. Reinhardt