Subj : Re: The Internet that could have been...
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Apr 06 2024 10:04:00

-=> 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.




.... Wait, this is a *scene*?
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