nymetropolitans
Experienced Member
Anybody have experience with this product? I was shocked to find out the PC-GEOS "operating system" is still kicking out there. The screen shot from Wikipedia looks fantastic...check it out:
GEOS (16-bit operating system) - Wikipedia
When I had my Tandy 286 I always wanted to try this out, as Windows 3.1 never worked out for me, but could never locate a copy of GeoWorks. I downloaded the "Ensemble Lite" demo from the Breadbox site and ran it in DOSbox and it seems to be a great, feature packed UI that unfortunately nothing will ever be developed for -- much like past GEOS incarnations.
One puzzling fact about Ensemble, however, is that it no longer will run on anything less than a 386. It seems to me like that is cutting out a large portion of their potential clientèle. Most people who have a 386+ are going to want to run Windows at the very least for compatibility's sake. Apparently the NewDeal Office software (which Ensemble replaced) did run on everything down to XTs and isn't that much older, don't know how available it is anymore though...
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GEOS (16-bit operating system) - Wikipedia
When I had my Tandy 286 I always wanted to try this out, as Windows 3.1 never worked out for me, but could never locate a copy of GeoWorks. I downloaded the "Ensemble Lite" demo from the Breadbox site and ran it in DOSbox and it seems to be a great, feature packed UI that unfortunately nothing will ever be developed for -- much like past GEOS incarnations.
One puzzling fact about Ensemble, however, is that it no longer will run on anything less than a 386. It seems to me like that is cutting out a large portion of their potential clientèle. Most people who have a 386+ are going to want to run Windows at the very least for compatibility's sake. Apparently the NewDeal Office software (which Ensemble replaced) did run on everything down to XTs and isn't that much older, don't know how available it is anymore though...
Welcome to Breadbox