Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 01:30:16 -0500 (EST) From: "Mike A. Harris" Reply-To: "Mike A. Harris" To: dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: GEM is not much, how about GEOS? In-Reply-To: <6607.9703181731@pulteney.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk> Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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++; Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | Coming soon: dynamic-IP-freedom... My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca URL of the day: http://www.digital.com