Re: GEOS on a GS

[magnusfalkirk <dean.phares@gmail.com>]

On May 4, 12:42 pm, Mike Maginnis <magin...@computist-project.net>
wrote:
> On Sat, 3 May 2008 21:40:48 -0700 (PDT), Sheppy <the.she...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >On May 4, 12:10 am, magnusfalkirk <dean.pha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Just wondering what people here think of GEOS and whether or not it is
> >> worth messing with. I downloaded the images from Asimov, transferred
> >> them to 5.25 disks and then set up a 3.5 on my real GS with GEOS. Am I
> >> wasting my time or is it worth it?
>
> >GEOS is kind of interesting but I don't think it's really worth a
> >significant time investment on the Apple II.
>
> >Eric Shepherd
> >Owner
> >Syndicomm
> >http://www.syndicomm.com/
>
> I'd have to agree with Sheppy.  Unfortunately, GEOS development didn't
> really continue on the Apple II like it did for the Commodore.  A
> shame really, because they did some neat stuff with GEOS on the
> Commodore.
>
> Mike Maginnis
> magin...@computist-project.net
>
> The Computist Projecthttp://computist-project.net

Thanks for all the input about GEOS. One thing I've already discovered
about it that is annoying is copying files from one disk to another.
Instead of being able to drag the file you want onto the disk you want
to move it to you have to go through a series of steps:

1. open disk you want to copy file from.
2. highlight file you want to copy by clicking on it.
3. click a second time on the file and drag it to the desktop.
4. open disk you want to move file to.
5. highlight file you want to move by clicking on it.
6. click a second time on the file and drag into the new disk.

That's a real pain. Another thing I read was to be able to run PRODOS
programs under GEOS you need to install a file called GEOLOAD.System
as the first file on the PRODOS disk and then any PRODOS programs you
want to run under GEOS. That's not that much of a problem but just a
little inconvenient.

 I was curious about GEOS because  of reading comments here, and in
other Apple II forums, complaining about how slow GS/OS is on a stock
GS, which is what I have. But since it appears that GEOS is more of a
hassle I'll stick with GS/OS and just hope to pick up an accelerator
some time.

Thanks again,
Dean