Re: Apple II GUI (was Re: Windows 95, what a joke. really?

[mlamorte@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Mike LaMorte)]

Matthew Pearce (mpearce@crl.com) wrote:


: : >No, Geos for the C64 came out after the Mac came out. I had both. The
: : >AppleII never had a GUI.
: [snip]
: : Rrrr. Back around 1982 or 1983 I owned an Apple //c. I remember DOS 3.3
: : and ProDOS vividly, of course, but towards the end of my relationship with
: : that platform I also remember a GUI-of-sorts that ran on top of ProDOS,
: : just like Windows 3.1 ran on top of MS-DOS.

: : What I _can't_ remember is what that was called or whether it was an Apple
: : product. I just remember thinking it was really cool. ;)

: There was a version of GEOS for the Apple //e and //c.
: Of course there is also GS/OS -GUI on the Apple ][.

Correct indeedie. I still use it. Matter of fact, it generates really nice
PostScript text to a LaserWriter! :) Not bad for "old" technology, eh?
I'll get people all the time saying, "Oh, didja print this out on your
Mac?" To which I HAVE to respond, "No. My Apple II." Some people think I
mean a Mac II or LCII and I have to correct them, but they're amazed
nonetheless.

BTW - GEOS is a really great GUI for those II users that don't have a gs.
I recommend at LEAST 2 5.25" drives, but prefer 2 3.5" drives and a meg of
memory. :)

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