Re: GEOS

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Don wrote:
> Oh yeah, GEOS was sold for the Apple II.  It was pretty heavily hyped
> and reviewed back in the day with magazines like A+.  However, I don't
> think it ever caught on.  While I think most people liked it,
> Appleworks was king and worked better than the various GEOS apps that
> were sold with it.
>
> I picked up a copy in the late 90's while at a software outlet store in
> the Bay Area (Herb's).  I didn't have a mouse and tried to run it and
> it did not work very well.  I returned it for something else.
>
> It looks like the software is available for free now:
>
> http://www.breadbox.com/dldetails.asp?id=214&category=AppleGEOS&maincategory=AppleGEOS
>
> I don't know what is included in the download, but worth a look for
> anyone that is interested.

Appears to be version 2.1, for 128K //e through the IIgs.

GEOSD1S1.DSK is GEOS boot disk
GEOSD1S2.DSK is GeoCalc, GeoFile, and GeoPublish demos
GEOSD2S1.DSK is Config utility and drivers
GEOSD2S2.DSK is more drivers
GEOSD3S1.DSK is GeoWrite
GEOSD3S2.DSK is GeoPaint
GEOSD4S1.DSK is Spell, Merge, Fonts
GEOSD4S2.DSK is the Dictionary

-michael

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