<div id="_htmlarea_default_style_" style="font:10pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div align="left"><br></div>It is an OS/2 Conference:<div align="left"><br></div><div align="left"><a href="http://warpstock.org/">http://warpstock.org/</a></div><div align="left"><br></div><div align="left">IBM did stop selling OS/2 but believe it or not, it is still out there quite a bit. Mostly in embedded systems such as robotics, ATMs, etc. There is a new company licensed to sell OS/2 under the name ArcaOS:</div><div align="left"><br></div><div align="left"><a href="https://www.arcanoae.com/">https://www.arcanoae.com/</a></div><div align="left"><br></div><div align="left">Robert Kuropkat</div><div align="left"><br></div><div align="left"><br>On Thu, 10 Oct 2019 06:31:46 -0700<br> Steve Quezadas <steveeq1@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> Is the conference on OS/2 or squeak?<br>> <br>> and didn't IBM officially stop selling OS/2?<br>> <br>> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 8:03 PM Ro
bert Kuropkat <br>><robert@kuropkat.com> wrote:<br>> <br>>><br>>> Yep, that's where I got it! :-) I did not realize Cuis <br>>>was his also.<br>>> It is on my long todo list, as is modern Squeak and <br>>>Pharo. The fact<br>>> Squeak ran on OS/2 was my original reason for looking <br>>>into it, so I was<br>>> pretty happy to see those two images would run on the <br>>>OS/2 version.<br>>> I'm not exactly sure what will come of the class I am <br>>>teaching, but I<br>>> hope to take the class onto newer Squeak eventually.<br>>><br>>> Believe it or not, OS/2 is still around. I am going to <br>>>be demoing the<br>>> Squeak book images on OS/2 at a small conference next <br>>>month.<br>>><br>>> Robert<br>>><br>>><br>>> On Wed, 2019-10-09 at 22:48 -0400, David T. Lewis wrote:<br>>> > On Wed, Oct 09,
2019 at 10:10:56PM -0400, Robert <br>>>Kuropkat wrote:<br>>> > ><br>>> > > David,<br>>> > ><br>>> > > Thank-you for the remind. I think you mentioned <br>>>this to me once<br>>> > > before<br>>> > > and I had not yet followed up on it. I'll need to <br>>>give it a try<br>>> > > soon.<br>>> > ><br>>> > > Robert Kuropkat<br>>> > ><br>>> > > P.S. Just for giggles I found a 3.x port of Squeak <br>>>for OS/2 and<br>>> > > was<br>>> > > able to get both images to start up in it also :-)<br>>> > ><br>>> ><br>>> > Oh, that is really great :-) The OS/2 version of the <br>>>Squeak VM<br>>> > was done by Juan Vuletich:<br>>> ><br>>> > <br>>> http://www.jvuletich.org/Squeak/SqueakForOS2/SqueakForOS2
Eng.html<br>>> ><br>>> > Nowadays, Juan is the leader and inspiration behind <br>>>Cuis, which<br>>> > is well worth checking out:<br>>> ><br>>> > https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev<br>>> ><br>>> > And of course, do not forget to look into the latest <br>>>versions<br>>> > of Squeak, which continues to advance at a rapid pace <br>>>:-)<br>>> ><br>>> > Dave<br>>> ><br>>> > ><br>>> > > On Wed, 2019-10-09 at 20:54 -0400, David T. Lewis <br>>>wrote:<br>>> > > > Hi Steve (and Robert),<br>>> > > ><br>>> > > > If the suggestion of using Squeak 3.9 or 3.10 does <br>>>not work, then<br>>> > > > I will mention also that if you are using Linux, <br>>>then you can<br>>> > > > build a new Squeak virtual machine (VM) that will <br
>>>run the old<br>>> > > > SqueakByExample-1.3.image on any modern Linux <br>>>machine.<br>>> > > ><br>>> > > > There is no longer any official support for this, <br>>>but it is<br>>> > > > maintained<br>>> > > > informally for Linux, and an interested Linux user <br>>>can build the<br>>> > > > VM by following the instructions at<br>>> > > > http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6354.<br>>> > > ><br>>> > > > I checked by running the image in <br>>>SqueakByExample-1.3.zip on my<br>>> > > > 64-bit Ubuntu Linux laptop, and it works fine for <br>>>me.<br>>> > > ><br>>> > > > I do not know if this will work on Windows or OS <br>>>X. Probably not,<br>>> > > > but I do not know for sure.<br>>> > > ><br>>> > > > Dave<br>>>
> > ><br>>> > > ><br>>> > > > On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 07:51:26PM -0400, Robert <br>>>Kuropkat wrote:<br>>> > > > ><br>>> > > > > You need to use Squeak 3.9 or 3.10. If you are <br>>>using Linux you<br>>> > > > > will<br>>> > > > > need to install some 32-bit Libraries. If you <br>>>have trouble<br>>> > > > > with<br>>> > > > > that I<br>>> > > > > think I have some notes on what is needed. You <br>>>can also run<br>>> > > > > the<br>>> > > > > ReadyPC image which is the one for "Squeak: <br>>>Learn Programming<br>>> > > > > With<br>>> > > > > Robots" with Squeak 3.8-3.10 but will need the <br>>>V3Sources file<br>>> > > > > as<br>>> > > > >
well.<br>>> > > > > Robert Kuropkat<br>>> > > > ><br>>> > > > > On Wed, 2019-10-09 at 16:21 -0700, Steve <br>>>Quezadas wrote:<br>>> > > > > > Has anyone played around with Squeak by <br>>>Example? The only<br>>> > > > > > place I<br>>> > > > > > can<br>>> > > > > > find the image is here:<br>>> > > > > ><br>>> > ><br>>> > ><br>>> http://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/4624/SqueakByExample-1.3.zip<br>>> > > > > > md5sum is here: <br>>>79b5df8ba51ae1fa3a852048ba8d27d0<br>>> > > > > ><br>>> > > > > > I tried to run it in my Squeak instance. I am <br>>>running 5.2,<br>>> > > > > > but<br>>> > > > > > it's<br>>> > > > > > not loading. Do I need t
o load a previous <br>>>version of squeak?<br>>> > > > > > There is<br>>> > > > > > no readme file.<br>>> > > > > ><br>>> > > > > > <br>>>_______________________________________________Beginners<br>>> > > > > > mailing<br>>> > > > > > listBeginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org<br>>> > > > > > <br>>>http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners<br>>> > > > ><br>>> > > > > _______________________________________________<br>>> > > > > Beginners mailing list<br>>> > > > > Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org<br>>> > > > > <br>>>http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners<br>>> > > ><br>>> > > > _______________________________________________<br>>> > > &
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