Smalltalk/V

A Smalltalk development system originally introduced in late 1984 or early 1985 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 1988 with Smalltalk/V PM for OS/2 v1.x which was the first version of the system that used the native OS graphic capabilities.

Add on systems

• AM/ST - Configuration management system for Smalltalk/V - Commercial - Discontinued.
• Synopsis - Automatic document creator
• VOSS - Database/transaction/object persistence system - Commercial/open source - Discontinued.
• WindowBuilder Pro - Simplifies the creation of user interfaces.

Versions

• Smalltalk/V PM for OS/2 V2 32bit. Starts to allow you change the "Behaviours" of classes and diverge from the other version of Smalltalk/V, later evolved into the 32bit OS/2 only PARTS Workbench.

1991 price list

• $150 Smalltalk/V DOS
• $385 Smalltalk/V 286 DOS
• $395 Smalltalk/V Mac
• $475 Smalltalk/V PM OS/2
• $475 Smalltalk/V Win Windows 3.0

Publications

• Greg Hendley and Eric Smith: Giving application windows dialog box functionality in Smalltalk/V PM - Published in Smalltalk Report, part one appeared on page nine in Vol 1, Issue 1, September 1991 while part two appeared on page 16 in Vol 1, Issue 2, October 1991.
• Wilf Lalonde and John Pugh: Smalltalk V: Practice and Experience - Paperback + floppy disk - 1994 - ISBN10: 0138140391 - ISBN13: 978-0138140397 - Out of print
• Charles-A. Rovira: Compressing changes in /V Windows - Published in the Smalltalk Report on page twelve in Vol 1, Issue 1, September 1991.