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Re: Possible web browser?

Subject: Re: Possible web browser?
From: "John King" <joki@eskimo.com>
Date: 2000/04/30
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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"Roy and/or Janet Miller" <millers@inetnebr.com> wrote in message
3909D648.CE679106@inetnebr.com">news:3909D648.CE679106@inetnebr.com...
> The GEOS people created an operating system/GUI for the IBM that would
> multitask on the humble 4.77 mhz 8088 (slowly). Currently they offer the
> latest version with a graphical web browser, email, web editor and IRC
> and the whole mess will work on an 80286. www.newdealinc.com if you want
> to look at it. Hmmm, isn't the file://gs about as powerful as an IBM AT??

Little off topic ...
I used Ventura Publisher on a Tandy 1000A (8088 XT class), which used GEM. I
did not multitask, but it never seemed sluggish at all. Postscript printing
via GoScript was really slow of course. Resolution on a CGA screen was bad,
but you could sill function.

References:
- Possible web browser?
  - From: Rob <roblk@[REMOVE]canada.com>
- Re: Possible web browser?
  - From: supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)
- Re: Possible web browser?
  - From: Ron Kneusel <rkneusel@mcw.edu>
- Re: Possible web browser?
  - From: Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>

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