On 9 Jun 99 at 0:00, Tibor Mocsar wrote:
>>Dale Mentzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>On 5 Jun 99 at 0:00, Gunnar Thoele wrote:
>>>
>>>>>Hallo Jerry!
>>>>>
>>>>>I just remember a very good GUI.
>>>>>It was the GEOS operating system for the commodore 64.
>>>>>That was a real operating system that brought graphical elements (menus
>>>>>and buttons and such) and technical improvement to the C64. It could use
>>>>>RAM extensions (that where in a similar technology like EMS boards) as
>>>>>disks, brought event-oriented programming, speedup programs for floppy
>>>>>drives, the concept of printer and input device drivers and the wastebin
>>>>>to such a slow machine.
>>>
>>>Yes, a true operating system with it's own kernal and file format (VLIR). You
>>>may be surprised to know that development continues on several fronts on the
>>>C64 and C128 version. No URLs off the top of my head, but a quick search on
>>>any search engine will lead you to loads of links.
>>
>>About five years ago I got it for my Commodore +4. Unfortunately, this
>>one isn't maintained anymore. It seems to be quite good, useful and
>>sophisticated: you can even create your own printer drivers. Imagine
>>that for Windows!
I never knew that there was a version for the +4. Was this hacked or an
official Berkeley/Geoworks release? I used to use a word processor (The Write
Stuff) on my 64 that would allow you to customize the printer driver. I don't
even think you had to leave the program. The builtin software (ROM) on the +4
was pretty yucky though. A neat machine. I have 2 or 3 in the attic.
>>Tibor Mocsar
>>
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
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