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March 7, 1988 — "Smalltalk/V 286 is available now and costs $199.95, the company said. Registered users of Digitalk's Smalltalk/V can upgrade for $75 until June
by igouy 5y ago
March 7, 1988 — "Smalltalk/V 286 is available now and costs $199.95, the company said. Registered users of Digitalk's Smalltalk/V can upgrade for $75 until June 1."
https://books.google.com/books?id=CD8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA25&ots=jiXJNN0ii3&dq=digitalk%20v%2F286&pg=PA25#v=onepage&q=digitalk%20v/286&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=CD8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA25&ots=...
- indymike 5y agoI remember this one - they had a neural network add on (all things old are new again). I seem to remember this one having it's own GUI... which was more bad timing. Windows 2.0 came out in 87, and it was pretty clear the future looked a lot like Windows (obtainable) or OS/2. In July of 88 Windows/286 & Windows/386 came out (really Windows 2.0 v2.0) and started carving market away from Desqview and some of the other real mode multitasking shells and being bundled with new PCs. The big advantage of supporting Windows over a bespoke GUI was application integration - things like printer support, a shared clipboard, a unified format for help files... all really made building for Windows attractive.
- igouy 5y ago> Hardware cost + software cost… $100 just for MS Windows/286. May 28, 1991 — "$499.95 Smalltalk/V Windows" https://books.google.com/books?id=hpmavHER2VIC&pg=PP59&lpg=PP59&dq=digitalk+smalltalk+/v+windows+1.0&source=bl&ots=zuFSPd9FwJ&sig=ACfU3U0h7CHPV-Ito6CQj3mJezrXmAiE-w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwin5aGe-rb1AhVOJ0QIHVAuCMEQ6AF6BAgaEAM https://books.google.com/books?id=hpmavHER2VIC&pg=PP59&lpg=P...