Mail Archives: opendos/1997/03/20/08:44:11
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997 dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk wrote:
> >OK, it sounds like GEM is a bunch of
> >code that someone conceivably might want
> >to build something out of if nothing
> >better were around. What is GEOS?
>
> I think, failing a better description, GEM could could be quite adequately
> described like that.
>
> GEOS is a multithreaded, preemptive, graphical object oriented GUI/OS that
> uses virtual memory and demand paging. It's CDE compliant, but the modular
> design means you can replace the entire UI module with one you like better. It
> uses minimal resources (a 286 with 640kB memory; it will run on an XT if
> you're patient). You can fit a *good* word processor/DTP package/paint
> program/vector drawing program into an 80kB executable. It's amazingly fast,
> due to efficient coding. It even supports long filenames. Try:
>
> http://www.newdealinc.com
>
> ...or comp.os.geos for more info. There's a shareware version you can download.
>
> BTW, has the mailing list server stopped adding [OpenDOS] on the subject line
> or has mh learnt?
Very regretfully it seems as though the powers that be have
removed the [opendos] from the subject line. My INBOX is now
filling up again and procmail isn't splitting things up. I guess
we'll have to scan for mail coming from opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
or pray that the [opendos] thingie is put back.
votes_for_opendos_in_subject_line++;
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