Subj : Re: The Internet that could have been...
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Apr 06 2024 10:04 am

-=> Nightfox wrote to Skylar <=-

Ni> I'd heard about GeOS, but I never used it.  I think I first heard about
Ni> GeOS around 1995 or 1996, and by then I'm not sure if it was actively
Ni> developed anymore..?

GEOS for the 64 was the basis for QuantumLink, the predecessor to AOL.
It was an interesting GUI at the time.

Ni> From what I heard, it sounded like GeOS performed better than Windows
Ni> at the time.  I often thought it was a bummer that Windows became the
Ni> dominant computer platform when there were better alternatives
Ni> available.  I thought OS/2 was good too..

I had a 386SX/16 with 4 mb of RAM that mostly ran Windows 3.1, but I
spent most of my time in DOS or GeoWorks on it. Geoworks came with a
bunch of apps, looked like the UNIX systems I used (Motif WM on
UNIXWare) and ran well on my system.

I bought a copy that came with Borland Quattro for DOS, which was why I
bought it - I couldn't afford 1-2-3 and all of the pirate boards I
frequented were focused more on games than business apps.




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