It is an OS/2 Conference:

http://warpstock.org/

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:

https://www.arcanoae.com/

Robert Kuropkat


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