Re: GEOS

["julian814" <julian814@hotmail.com>]

Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> 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

Wow, you get all that from the download at Breadbox? I'm going to have
to see if I can get it on my //c's hard drive.

Ralph