Smalltalk 80 For The Macintosh Aug85

.0 ~ .- ... • ••• • • Smalltalk-80'" for the Macintosh tN TM Th(l Sm~~~~Il~k...e©} IPrr©~rr~mm~rtil~ Sys~(lm f©rr ~lhl(l fMll©~rtil~©SIhl™ August 1,1985 About this Release page 1 Installing with or without a Hard Disk page 3 Getting Started in Smalltalk-80 page 4 Differences from Other Smalltalk-80s page 5 System Sources and FileOut page 6 Tracking and Saving Changes page 7 Memory Space page 8 File System page 9 ToolBox page 10 About this Version of Smalltalk-80 page 10 Sample Smalltalk File Descriptions page 11 References page 13 APPLE MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THIS SOFTWARE, OR THE ACCOMPANYING MANUAL, THEIR QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, COMPLETENESS OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THIS IS A PRE-RELEASE VERSION OF THE PRODUCT. AS A RESULT, THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE SOLD TO YOU "AS IS" AND YOU, THE PURCHASER, ARE ASSUMING THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO ITS QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE. IN NO EVENT WILL APPLE BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECT IN THE SOFTWARE OR MANUAL. THE WARRANTY AND REMEDIES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHERS, ORAL OR WRITTEN, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. Smalltalk-80 is a trademark of the Xerox Corporation. Macintosh and Macintosh XL are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. The Macintosh man and his Smalltalk balloon are copyright «> 1985 Apple Computer, Inc. all right reserved. The Smalltalk-80 Programming System for the Macintosh About this Release In response to requests from several universities, we have put together this "pre-product" release (0.2) of the Smalltalk-80 programming system which runs on the Macintosh XL and Macintosh 512K computers. We hope that this will enable more hands-on experience with Smalltalk in the universities, and that it will give other interested parties a chance to experiment with the system. Release 0.2 supplants an earlier release (March 1985) that ran only on the Macintosh XL. Two images are supplied with the new release: level 0 and level 1. Both images incorporate the following improvements: • Improved volume management capable of supporting file server access • Automatic spelling correction for variable and message names • Ability to handle multiple images on the same disk • A single interpreter works on all machines and expands to use extra memory Level 1 requires 1 MB or more of memory, and incorporates further improvements: • Total object capacity has been raised from 24K to 32K • Can expand to take advantage of 2MB memory on the XL (available from AST Research, Inc.) • Able to run on some Macintosh cC?mputers with 1MB or more of memory (available from various manufacturers, but must be contiguous and must follow ToolBox memory organization) Level 0 is a stripped-down image which will run on the Macintosh 512K. It is missing many of the classes in level 1, but it retains full support for browsing, editing, compiling …