On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Gil Parrish wrote:
> I have the free downloadable demo of the New Deal software on one of my
> computers; not a bad little package, but I haven't rushed to install it on
> others. And I don't recall anything about Internet access with respect to
> that software.
New Deal now has an integrated web browser called "Skipper". It comes
with the New Deal Office or New Deal School Suite. The last I checked
(about two years ago) you had to buy it to try it. They also have an
email client that was an additional cost on top of what you had to
pay for the suite and browser.
Very functional, but expensive software for free computers.
New Deal (formerly Geoworks) is a really good DTP and word processing
program. Don't know about their other stuff.
The Geos platform was very advanced and far superior to Windows in its
day. It ran on almost anything, was very stable and supported long
file names and advanced printing functions on 286's.
I think the link is www.newdealinc.com
Sam Ewalt
It seems to me Arachne would be the key to keeping some of
> these older units going, since it provides the critical access. Some people
> clearly feel that without full Internet capability, a computer isn't a
> "real" computer, though I don't personally feel that way.
>
