IBM VisualAge for Smalltalk

FAQs - Commercial Smalltalk Environments

VisualAge ® Smalltalk, IBM's award-winning enterprise application development tool, is an important component of the VisualAge Family. VisualAge Smalltalk enables software developers to create highly portable, scaleable, multi-tier business applications using object-oriented technology. VisualAge Smalltalk also provides tools for integrating existing legacy systems.

Big business...

VisualAge Smalltalk Version 6.0 complements e-business application development with:

 * B2B support through the new HTTPS support
 * Enhanced WebSphere integration through Web services

VisualAge Smalltalk Version 6.0 takes the next step to enable global enterprises to quickly construct line-of-business applications that are portable, highly scaleable, simple to maintain, and fit easily into existing infrastructures.

Big future...

VisualAge Smalltalk Version 6.0 is ideal for developing Web services applications quickly and efficiently. Leverage your Smalltalk investment into the dynamic e-business architecture of the new millennium. Version 6.0 is also newly enabled for use with Microsoft® Windows® XP and Linux.
VisualAge Smalltalk Enterprise V6.0 allows for incremental and rapid development of new Smalltalk applications.

• Developers can build and deploy enterprise Web service solutions for dynamic e-business using VisualAge Smalltalk.
• Communication transactions can be protected with Secure Socket Layer (SSL) support.
• With VisualAge Smalltalk V6.0.1, asynchronous call-out is available on all deployment platform including OS/390, z/OS, HP-UX, and Red Hat Linux
• The powerful tools of Server Workbench are now included in VisualAge Smalltalk Enterprise. Currency for databases, communication protocols and Java integration have been updated.

System Requirements

AIX

RISC System/6000 POWERStation or POWERServer

64 MB installed RAM

Client disk space: 55 MB

Manager Library disk space: 300 MB (with additional disk space for growth)

200 MB free disk space for paging space

Color display supporting X-Window System Version 11 Release 5 and OSF/Motif Version 1.2

HP-UX 

Hewlett Packard PA RISC workstation or server (Series 700)

64 MB installed RAM

Client disk space: 55 MB

Manager Library disk space: 300 MB (with additional disk space for growth)

200 MB free disk space for paging space

Color display supporting X-Window System Version 11 Release 5 and OSF/Motif Version 1.2

Linux

Personal Computer with 200 MHz Intel Pentium II (or equivalent) microprocessor

64 MB installed RAM

Client disk space: 55 MB

Manager Library disk space: 300 MB (with additional disk space for growth)

200 MB free disk space for paging space

Color display supporting X-Window System Version 11 Release 5 and OSF/Motif Version 1.2

OS/2

Personal Computer with 90 MHz Intel Pentium (or equivalent) microprocessor

32 MB installed RAM required for Server

Client disk space: 140 MB

Manager Library disk space: 160 MB (with additional disk space for growth)

Solaris

SUN SPARC workstation or server

64 MB installed RAM

Client disk space: 55 MB

Manager Library disk space: 300 MB (with additional disk space for growth)

200 MB free disk space for paging space

Color display supporting X-Window System Version 11 Release 5 and OSF/Motif Version 1.2

Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows XP, Vista

Personal Computer with 90 MHz Intel Pentium (or equivalent) microprocessor

32 MB installed RAM required for Server

Client disk space: 140 MB

Manager Library disk space: 160 MB (with additional disk space for growth)

Windows 98

Personal Computer with 90 MHz Intel Pentium (or equivalent) microprocessor

32 MB installed RAM required for Server

Client disk space: 140 MB

Manager Library disk space: 160 MB (with additional disk space for growth)

z/OS 

No additional requirements beyond what is specified for the operating system

Documentation

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/smalltalk/library/