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I wasn't paying attention to when 30 years ago actually was... So disappointing to expect a GUI Smalltalk System Browser and seeing DOS TUIs. And then delight

I wasn't paying attention to when 30 years ago actually was... So disappointing to expect a GUI Smalltalk System Browser and seeing DOS TUIs. And then delight recalling Turbo C/Pascal and MS C 4.0 with CodeView that even worked in 43 or 50 line modes.

jll29 1y ago
Yes, me too, I was expecting either Smalltalk or LISP machine GUIs. Having said that, some old TUIs were clearer and faster even on weaker hardware. This should be a lesson for us today. Color transitions and animated icons flying over the desktop are NOT what I need, but speed, clarity, and discoverability of more rarely used functionality are vital.
- igouy 1y ago
  May 1988 -- Smalltalk/V 286 -- on IBM-PC, PS/2 or compatible, with an 80286 or 80386 "INTRODUCTION TO THE SMALLTALK/V 286 ENVIRONMENT" http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks/SmalltalkVTutorial/SmalltalkVTutorial.pdf http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks/SmalltalkVTutorial...
  - pjmlp 1y ago
    That was my introduction to Smalltalk.
    - igouy 1y ago
      ditto So much better than the TUI Smalltalk/V
      - NetMageSCW 1y ago
        Methods.
        igouy 1y ago
        Yes. I'd seen Methods a year earlier and chose to make a prototype with Lotus 123 instead. Then Smalltalk/V 286 became available.
bryantnyc 1y ago
Anyone else on here recall IBM VisualAge for Smalltalk -> VAST, or Cincom Smalltalk?