[HECnet] VAX/Smalltalk-80

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. Begin forwarded message: > *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.