Indeed.[1]
An interesting factoid is that GEOS actually started out as an embedded OS targeted for an airline passenger "seatback console" that was based on the 6502 series chipset. When that fell through, Berkeley Softworks finally ended up re-purposing their kernel by adding all of the necessary doodads to make it a general-purpose OS and releasing it for the C=64. In addition to the GeoProgrammer reference Guide, did anybody ever get the "Hitchhikers Guide to GEOS"? It was the internal Berkeley Softworks documentation on the kernel routines that eventually got published. It's got hand written notes and corrections that would eventually have been prettied up for publication... but the product never made it that far... I have it as a PDF around somewhere... -sc [1] ((c)ASB). From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 7:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant GEOS -- pure, assembler awesomeness. Sigh. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> wrote: I bought the "Schnedler Systems" 4Mhz turbo accelerator for mine (http://vintagetech.netii.net/DRIVERS/TURBO-MASTER-CPU.jpg) and the Berkely Softworks 512K RAM expansion unit to run GEOS. Was big pimpin' for the 8bit days. -sc From: James Hill [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 5:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant I sold my C64 so I could use the cash towards buying my Amiga. I loved that Amiga. From: Guyer, Donald [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2012 4:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant LOL I sold my C64 years ago to a guy who had plans to make it into a HAM radio of some sort. Regards, Don Guyer Directory and Messaging Services Catholic Health East, ITSS From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant Even nostalgia has limits... On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Guyer, Donald <[email protected]> wrote: Makes me want to start loading a game, using the cassette player.... Go eat dinner.... Then, go back and still have to wait for it to finish loading.......... :-) Regards, Don Guyer Directory and Messaging Services Catholic Health East, ITSS From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant Makes me want to go play Bard's Tale I-III or Ultima II-V (never played Ultima). On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Bill Humphries <[email protected]> wrote: Mine too. I have my Vic-20 and C=64 in the attic. Erik Goldoff wrote: :( Vic-20 and C=64 were my first two personal computers On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Commodore founder Jack Tramiel dead at 83 http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225995/Commodore_founder_Jack_Tr amiel_dead_at_83 Pet Vic20 C64 C128 Amiga Landmarks, each of them, and though he didn't have a hand in all of them, he pushed the personal computer industry forward in a big way. 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