Subj : Re: The Internet that could have been...
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Skylar
Date : Thu Apr 11 2024 04:34 pm

 Re: Re: The Internet that could have been...
 By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sat Apr 06 2024 10:04 am

>  GEOS for the 64 was the basis for QuantumLink, the predecessor to AOL.

Nope. QuantumLink was a "modified version" of PlayNet and was launched in Nov 1985. PlayNet/Q-Link was later ported and became the basis for America Online.

GEOS was developed by Berkley Softworks, no relation to PlayNet, and was released in March 1986. Some releases of GEOS did included a "bundled" copy of the Q-Link software. Although the custom Q-Link client itself was free and easily obtainable.

>  It was an interesting GUI at the time.

It was amazing for what it was capable of doing on a C=64.

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