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Smalltalk/V is a Smalltalk development system from Digitalk.

History

It was originally introduced in 1984/85 as Methods, a Smalltalk-80 compatible system for PC DOS that supported text windows but not mice or graphics. In 1986 a version that supported graphics was introduced in the form of Smalltalk/V, and that was later updated with "Smalltalk/V 286" that supported the larger memory addressing capabilities of the 286 and then in 1989 with Smalltalk/V PM.

Releases

1.2 (1986)
2.0 (1988)
3.0 (1991)

Add on systems

AM/ST - Configuration management system for Smalltalk/V
Silence - Versioning and source code control system for Smalltalk/V
Synopsis - Automatic document creator
VOSS - Database/transaction/object persistence system
WindowBuilder Pro - Simplifies the creation of user interfaces.

Publications

Dan Shafer; Dean A. Ritz: Practical Smalltalk: Using Smalltalk/V - Springer 1991, ISBN 038797394X
Wilf Lalonde; John Pugh: Smalltalk/V: Practice and Experience - Prentice Hall 1994, ISBN 0-13-814039-1
Michele Marchesi: Object-Oriented Programming with Smalltalk/V · Prentice Hall/Jackson 1994, ISBN 0-13-630294-7

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+[[File:Digitalk-Smalltalk-V-R12.png|thumb|Smalltalk/V R1.2]]
 '''Smalltalk/V''' is a [[Smalltalk]] development system from [[Digitalk]].
 ==History==
-It was originally introduced in 1984/85 as '''Methods''', a Smalltalk-80 compatible system for [[PC-DOS]] that supported text windows but not mice or graphics. In 1986 a version that supported graphics was introduced in the form of '''Smalltalk/V''', and that was later updated with "Smalltalk/V 286" that supported the larger memory addressing capabilities of the 286 and then in 1989 with [[Smalltalk/V PM]].
+It was originally introduced in 1984/85 as [[Methods]], a Smalltalk-80 compatible system for [[PC DOS]] that supported text windows but not mice or graphics. In 1986 a version that supported graphics was introduced in the form of '''Smalltalk/V''', and that was later updated with "Smalltalk/V 286" that supported the larger memory addressing capabilities of the 286 and then in 1989 with [[Smalltalk/V PM]].
-==Versions==
+==Releases==
-*Methods 1.1 (1985)
+*1.2 (1986)
-*Release 1.2 (1986)
+*2.0 (1988)
-*Release 2.0 (1988)
+*3.0 (1991)
 ===Add on systems===
-*[[AM/ST]] - [[Configuration management]] system for Smalltalk/V - Commercial
+*[[AM/ST]] - [[Configuration management]] system for Smalltalk/V
-*Silence - Versioning and source code control system for Smalltalk/V - Commercial
+*Silence - Versioning and source code control system for Smalltalk/V
 *Synopsis - Automatic document creator
-*[[VOSS]] - Database/transaction/object persistence system - Commercial/open source
+*[[VOSS]] - Database/transaction/object persistence system
 *[[WindowBuilder Pro]] - Simplifies the creation of user interfaces.
 ==Publications==
+* Dan Shafer; Dean A. Ritz: ''Practical Smalltalk: Using Smalltalk/V'' - Springer 1991, ISBN 038797394X
 * Wilf Lalonde; John Pugh: ''Smalltalk/V: Practice and Experience'' - Prentice Hall 1994, ISBN 0-13-814039-1
-* Charles A. Rovira: ''Compressing changes in Smalltalk/V Windows'' - Smalltalk Report [http://esug.org/data/HistoricalDocuments/TheSmalltalkReport/91_95/SMAL0101.PDF Vol. 1, No. 1] (Sep 1991)
+* Michele Marchesi: ''Object-Oriented Programming with Smalltalk/V'' · Prentice Hall/Jackson 1994, ISBN 0-13-630294-7
-==Licence and availability==
-Discontinued commercial software
-:1991 price list
-* US$150 Smalltalk/V
-* US$385 Smalltalk/V 286
 [[Category:Smalltalk development environment]]