From: dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk
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To: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject: Re: GEM is not much, how about GEOS? 
In-Reply-To: brickman@cjnetworks.com's message of Tue, 18 Mar 97 10:14:21 
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Date: Tue, 18 Mar 97 17:31:14 +0000

>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?

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