Post AlGsO2it59fu04gAYi by ozone89@techhub.social
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(DIR) Post #AlGmnUUoMPoHeQqXc8 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T20:31:15Z
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Laptops from System76 and Framework are always advertising that they work well with Linux, but that's NOTHING compared to this.
(DIR) Post #AlGnPkrrwFefQpsRs0 by soviut@hachyderm.io
2024-08-23T20:37:10Z
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@foone They went hard on that Serpentine font!Babylon 5, eat your heart out!
(DIR) Post #AlGnaTvlFctq5ToRlI by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T20:39:01Z
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the funny thing about this computer? it's one of the first ones I've seen at ewaste that has CLEARLY been opened up to take the hard drive out.why is that funny? it doesn't have a hard drive. This is a solid state/floppy PC, no hard drive included.
(DIR) Post #AlGoVrrsvNtspnMah6 by moira@mastodon.murkworks.net
2024-08-23T20:50:54Z
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@foone ...will you be showing us this beautiful beast?Does it still boot?
(DIR) Post #AlGobpQ0wdSCyVAYca by equeroot@hachyderm.io
2024-08-23T20:52:22Z
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@foone Full computing functionality <3
(DIR) Post #AlGovgOUCwfcmEvDe4 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T20:56:18Z
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they still left personal info on it, though.I KNOW ABOUT YOUR SPANISH BAND'S CD RELEASE!
(DIR) Post #AlGp3J3arG0SiPmiFU by xyhhx@nso.group
2024-08-23T20:57:55Z
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@foone it's bandcamp friday
(DIR) Post #AlGpMMZg0KOp7usVii by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T20:58:14Z
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This is a brother Personal Digital Notebook. A very dirty one that's missing most of the screws.
(DIR) Post #AlGpdnKTmdYR1p58c4 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:00:42Z
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Inside.It's a GeoBook 10.4" Color!
(DIR) Post #AlGpuYQmQcwxkF1LBQ by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:03:44Z
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So this was a computer designed for people who just needed something cheap to do word processing and the like. The details on the specs are rare, but apparently it has 5 megabyte of ROM, 4 megabyte of RAM, and 1 megabyte of flash storage. Since this is the NB-80C, it's got a 10.4" 640x480 color LCD. (the NB-60 has a 9.4" 640x480 greyscale LCD)
(DIR) Post #AlGpuaobZ1CD8iBOb2 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:05:16Z
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IT LIVES!
(DIR) Post #AlGq9uc2ExcAspbltg by the_turtle@mastodon.sdf.org
2024-08-23T21:03:45Z
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@foone Picturing this:
(DIR) Post #AlGqbIt65sBVzSeNEW by nblr@chaos.social
2024-08-23T21:05:59Z
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@foone With the colorful stickers intact no less :D
(DIR) Post #AlGqudMcBjcuzvfrZA by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:06:29Z
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Yeah here's our main menu. The obvious office stuff, internet, file manager, preferences, calculator.
(DIR) Post #AlGquflVGAiuRhKldY by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:07:36Z
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hey look, the file manager says there's a command.com on the F:\Does that mean this is just running on top of DOS?
(DIR) Post #AlGquhC7wfc8sYnXm4 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:08:25Z
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Yep it sure is.
(DIR) Post #AlGquiTBCkqgpjmfzc by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:11:50Z
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made a DOS 6.22 bootdisk. Let's see if it'll boot that.
(DIR) Post #AlGrO66UPfIcWzBHaC by vga256@dialup.cafe
2024-08-23T21:09:59Z
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@foone ripe for geoworks ensemble
(DIR) Post #AlGrWfOb58IKIujk1o by GuyLateur@mastodon-belgium.be
2024-08-23T21:10:18Z
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@foone You're clearly not from Barcelona then
(DIR) Post #AlGrdD1Ez4qkK2vozQ by EndlessMason@hachyderm.io
2024-08-23T21:10:50Z
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@fooneI'm waiting!
(DIR) Post #AlGrvFNYwr08r1yR04 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:20:23Z
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nope. it doesn't seem to boot off floppies. But I was able to use the command.com from it to finally check the memory. Yep, 4mb.
(DIR) Post #AlGs4jXUBQJn058f6O by MishaVanMollusq@sfba.social
2024-08-23T21:24:57Z
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@foone weird
(DIR) Post #AlGsO2it59fu04gAYi by ozone89@techhub.social
2024-08-23T21:31:50Z
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@foone ante-literam eeePC
(DIR) Post #AlGsWNA0ynyLhdL7Ts by gewt@san-junipero.gimme-sympathy.org
2024-08-23T21:32:31Z
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@foone of COURSE it’s ROM-DOS
(DIR) Post #AlGsWOFiv48J5d1C1A by gewt@san-junipero.gimme-sympathy.org
2024-08-23T21:33:09Z
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@foone i own far too many rom-dos devices
(DIR) Post #AlGsl8tMJQv7nEakgy by Christopher@mastodon.coffee
2024-08-23T21:35:05Z
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@fooneI vaguely remember seeing these in stores like Staples years ago. I think even Epson produced one, but I might be misremembering that one. I think they were targeted towards parents who wanted a computer for their kids or soon to be collage kids, that also couldn't play games.
(DIR) Post #AlGsxAlLBPlb4OZslU by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:35:52Z
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I ran some tests. System Information says it's a 33mhz 386SX.
(DIR) Post #AlGtMA5QpjE6DGtIdU by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:38:49Z
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GEOS's mouse config says you can switch to an external serial mouse. also look at these lovely GUI markers. vaguely CDE?
(DIR) Post #AlGtMCgNBLxqGQBpUe by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:42:12Z
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the first serial mouse I plug in appears to have dead horizontal tracking. god damn it.
(DIR) Post #AlGu0YEYTSMCggPwUy by jordan@sometimes.social
2024-08-23T21:44:41Z
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@foone oh, bother
(DIR) Post #AlGu83H7SfhezIC3YO by TritTriton@shelter.moe
2024-08-23T21:45:01Z
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@foone EeePC before the EeePC and its clones just before the 2010’s! °0°Or a giant PDA?
(DIR) Post #AlGuRmyflUE8EWybjc by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:46:28Z
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@kbkarma it's very uncomfortable to use! and the buttons are his eyebrows
(DIR) Post #AlGuoRf5BQNomdcIlM by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:46:39Z
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@jordan no, brother. brother made this laptop!
(DIR) Post #AlGvZvDZ6ze43pNtbM by thejpster@hachyderm.io
2024-08-23T21:49:46Z
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@foone how does a PS/2 mouse know a Serial adapter has been plugged in? Do they put a Serial signal into an otherwise unused pin?
(DIR) Post #AlGvfthpe5hf6qOI9A by crobbler@mastodon.social
2024-08-23T21:50:41Z
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@foone I think it might just barely be able to run Doom. Minimum requirements are 4mb 386
(DIR) Post #AlGwFGB25hVcwAuYzI by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:52:05Z
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okay I got it working with a much more boring mouse.once @gewt gets out of her meeting I'll try doing dialup with it.
(DIR) Post #AlGwFIVfPxCeAka4Qa by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:52:20Z
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oh hey it still has credentials saved for the previous user's ISP
(DIR) Post #AlGwFJdrCzLfgRQ7pg by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:54:37Z
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it's also got a PCMCIA port. so maybe I could shove an ethernet card in there
(DIR) Post #AlGwFKriew1zTiui4u by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:54:46Z
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or a hard drive card big enough to let me run DOOM
(DIR) Post #AlGwFLy8YYl6tuvLii by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T22:02:20Z
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OKAY I dug through my PCMCIA box a little.We've got some storage adapters, some storage cards, and some ethernets.
(DIR) Post #AlGwFN38XSLuFiGr9U by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T22:08:07Z
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the manual implies that the PCMCIA slot is only for storage. So far it hasn't liked any of the cards I've put in it.
(DIR) Post #AlGwFOAcN7vljCmLS4 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T22:10:41Z
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and that they'll sell you 4mb or 10mb cards.those fuckers better not have stuck some kind of crappy DRM on this thing to make them only work with their own cards
(DIR) Post #AlGwdCQbgFjYGDbxIG by dalias@hachyderm.io
2024-08-23T21:53:33Z
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@foone Motif?
(DIR) Post #AlGwltcywutgYgXwum by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:53:46Z
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@thejpster Something like that, yeah. Or they wire it so that if they're plugged into PS/2 they get power on a different pin, so they can tell which one is plugged in
(DIR) Post #AlGwtv47UIuhKm48iO by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T21:54:19Z
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@crobbler the fun part is that the main reason it can't run doom is a lack of HARD DRIVE space! there's nowhere you could install Doom to!
(DIR) Post #AlGx0rgcRvCwshNxQG by ericgus@mastodon.social
2024-08-23T21:54:27Z
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@foone If memory serves me, PC GEOS UI was based (if not ported) from MOTIF for unix workstations.
(DIR) Post #AlGxkbvvLqYHLQME0u by jaykass@mastodon.online
2024-08-23T21:54:45Z
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@foone seems like it's ergonomically designed.
(DIR) Post #AlGyBCpCoNz7I6tdyq by andypiper@macaw.social
2024-08-23T21:58:38Z
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@foone INTERNET? OMG WHAT IS THAT
(DIR) Post #AlGyXb934SaB5ar5c0 by gabriel@col.social
2024-08-23T22:02:34Z
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@foone and the "Internet" works ?
(DIR) Post #AlGyn9OzzA8JgDjRJI by mgleadow@mastodon.green
2024-08-23T22:04:38Z
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@foone I just spent far too long reading https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2023/06/o-brother-geobook-lets-get-thou-back-on.html?m=1 thanks to you 🤣
(DIR) Post #AlGyvuzGwun1ZxsZjk by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T22:05:15Z
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@gabriel good question!
(DIR) Post #AlGzH6Z95ye9ZRlGRU by pixel@social.pixels.pizza
2024-08-23T22:08:56Z
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@foone Maybe they opened it to harvest all of the solid states.
(DIR) Post #AlGzgSEFgpzLzs4m7k by the_turtle@mastodon.sdf.org
2024-08-23T22:14:20Z
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@foone they know the existence of the Pentium/66 so... 1996 or 1997?
(DIR) Post #AlH09WIpceMv1u4sRU by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T22:15:03Z
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okay I got a 10mb drive to work. now to install Doom on it
(DIR) Post #AlH09aSYASWFvCeh96 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T22:21:23Z
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WHAT? 10mb isn't enough for Doom?!
(DIR) Post #AlH09bg3diuzhNyzq4 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T22:27:45Z
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I tried to put disk #2 of Doom onto a spare floppy labeled "BIBLE" for some kind of irony, but the irony was on me: this disk is corrupt
(DIR) Post #AlH09cllZz4x5Nf4NM by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T22:50:30Z
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HOLY FLORKING SCHNIT THE WEB BROWSER WORKS
(DIR) Post #AlH09e9CSLPxMLdIXY by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T22:51:54Z
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has anyone made a GEOS mastodon client yet?
(DIR) Post #AlH1GVBcGsupY4b0Ua by darkling@mstdn.social
2024-08-23T22:23:58Z
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@foone If they did, it's probably the sort that you can defeat with a paperclip and a tube of wood glue.
(DIR) Post #AlH1PPHNbRVxpnXP72 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T22:24:19Z
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@the_turtle This program might be newer than the computer
(DIR) Post #AlH1Zhvr6gyoa5NjmK by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T22:24:45Z
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@markemer heh. these are just the ones I pulled out of the box.I have way, way more
(DIR) Post #AlH1vtpjXTg5rZ6HGy by gsuberland@chaos.social
2024-08-23T22:36:32Z
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@foone took me a moment to remember why you can't show this in china lol
(DIR) Post #AlH2ChY2T8f6gQprMG by indigoparadox@mastodon.social
2024-08-23T22:45:20Z
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@foone @gewt Can't do direct PPP over serial with a serial mouse connected. 😩 Never enough serial ports!
(DIR) Post #AlH2tLnNDjwlfeLRL6 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T23:11:28Z
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okay I finally got a copy of Doom on there.and it doesn't work! it hangs after the DOS/4GW banner.
(DIR) Post #AlH2tOa0rs2gJ57JQm by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T23:26:56Z
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I think I accidentally deleted the browser
(DIR) Post #AlH33qAv7l06muMQHg by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T23:16:54Z
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@rezmason I'm not sure yet. I'm trying to figure it out.
(DIR) Post #AlH3FZWgqlNwcx8ZeK by the_turtle@mastodon.sdf.org
2024-08-23T23:24:02Z
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@foone aha. DOS 6.22 was summer of 1994...
(DIR) Post #AlH3bqorEfU2dDG5CK by vfig@mastodon.gamedev.place
2024-08-23T23:29:43Z
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@foone ah, memories! GEOS was my the first gui environment i had much exposure to. i liked that mouse pointer so much i later recreated it when running windows 3.1 so i wouldnt have to use its one with the wonky shaft.i also fondly remember the tear-off menus in GeoWorks apps: i loved how i could bring tools of submenus out of the menu bar for convenience when using them a bunch, and then dismiss them when no longer useful. i _still_ miss that flexibility when using modern windows and macos.
(DIR) Post #AlH3kEjWCyBh7ElA4O by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T23:30:27Z
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okay I found an article about this thing which includes some disk images:https://www.pilothobbies.com/geobook/
(DIR) Post #AlH3xapVMgxXPZvdM8 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-23T23:35:58Z
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some interesting hacking of it here:https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2023/06/o-brother-geobook-lets-get-thou-back-on.html
(DIR) Post #AlH4noNoDelgVLsEjY by shtrom@piaille.fr
2024-08-23T23:53:48Z
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@foone oh yeah! Duke.grp is 25MiB. Learnt from many times transferring it over null-modem cables.
(DIR) Post #AlH4wh8GXwjIchq6VM by vandorb12@infosec.exchange
2024-08-23T23:56:00Z
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@foone I had one of those! It required a separate driver in order to run on Windows... I think...Don't trust me too much it's been MULTIPLE decades since I last used it.
(DIR) Post #AlH5ngPXxVRTjaBn0q by JohnLAlford@mstdn.social
2024-08-24T00:05:20Z
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@foone Thanks for introducing me to <www.tim.org>!
(DIR) Post #AlH72wlTXR7KkhHwDA by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-24T00:16:03Z
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@Runner yes
(DIR) Post #AlH7DCXHkxfOYrXaOO by MishaVanMollusq@sfba.social
2024-08-24T00:21:13Z
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@foone Sweet Simian Zaius!
(DIR) Post #AlH8QigNeAu7ytnxaq by nf3xn@mastodon.social
2024-08-24T00:34:39Z
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@foone TFW you are so old but you remember &HB800 and how to do the box shadows when the menu 'covered' some other text.
(DIR) Post #AlHFbCJt0jOOTTE7Xc by RueNahcMohr@infosec.exchange
2024-08-24T01:55:07Z
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@foone clean the ball?...
(DIR) Post #AlHH3HjWZpPTKJAxOa by yuubi@furry.engineer
2024-08-24T02:11:44Z
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@foone @thejpster according to us patent 5920734, a prior art system has power come from 232 rts or ps/2 power, gnd from the obvious, and the adapter loops ps/2 clk back to ps/2 data so the mouse knows what to do; in the novel system, part of the power comes from txd (negative) or one of the ps/2 pins (positive), and the improvement is that the 232 adapter doesn't need to short any lines together
(DIR) Post #AlHJEaXXC7PqkR5KtM by bk1e@mastodon.social
2024-08-24T02:35:57Z
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@foone If “geoduck” is pronounced “gooey-duck” then “GeoBook” must be pronounced “gooey-book”.
(DIR) Post #AlHRkWZkGhxxLvrHg8 by lasombra_br@mas.to
2024-08-24T04:11:15Z
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@foone Still one of my favourite expansion option for laptops
(DIR) Post #AlHXgsmUMm6EmxSwFc by enno@mastodon.gamedev.place
2024-08-24T05:17:46Z
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@foone what is this GEOS 3.0? I still remember GeoWorks Ensemble being heralded by some people as a Windows competitor, but this looks like it must have predated it. Wikipedia speaks of 16-bit PC/GEOS as if it started with Ensemble, and doesn't mention this.
(DIR) Post #AlHeXaUtfu2d9hkhd2 by redfish@emacs.ch
2024-08-24T06:34:45Z
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@foone There's a lot of Motif tribute in that window.
(DIR) Post #AlHglr5oyAuSaWxEH2 by LainTrain@infosec.exchange
2024-08-24T06:59:31Z
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@foone I'm not sure if I want to know why that's the "first" serial mouse that you tried 😂
(DIR) Post #AlHgvhMvyh39KFeVdY by LainTrain@infosec.exchange
2024-08-24T07:01:32Z
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@foone I've used GEOS on the C64 a lot back in the day (2020)!
(DIR) Post #AlHhTltDfzmxBz07BA by apicultor@hachyderm.io
2024-08-24T07:08:01Z
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@foone That CW tho 😂
(DIR) Post #AlI84cyYNXjp4KjMw4 by montar@infosec.exchange
2024-08-24T12:05:48Z
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@foone Now it's time for telnet client
(DIR) Post #AlJ5KTieSMJWI07SIi by apzpins@mstdn.games
2024-08-24T23:03:25Z
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@foone Nokia used Geos on their early Communicator phones too. I think until 9210. It was neat to break one into command.com too. Also managed to get a Linux kernel running, but the keyboard had something funky in those and it only worked over serial connection.
(DIR) Post #AlJ8D1vVgqCRvZH2FE by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-24T23:41:25Z
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@apzpins yeah, I've got some of those! And an HP omniGo which also uses it