And the speed bottleneck for GEOS on the C64 was not really the computer itself but rather the super-slow disc-drive interface. I understand that if you got the 512KB ram expansion unit to minimize disc usage, GEOS was 10-100 times as fast. Our son briefly used GEOS from Berkeley Softworks on the C64 for doing reports in grade school & jr hi.
@GarthW2 I'm surprised they didn't make some kind of ROM cartridge based version. Putting the OS into ROM worked wonders for boot time on, e.g. my old Atari (loading a slightly less sophisticated GeOS-a-like in the form of GEM) without affecting the RAM use at all, and can't have been THAT expensive.
Granted the ST had 512kb right out of the gate, but the ROMs were only 192k and not RAM-shadowed - the code ran direct. They trialed a 256k machine with Disc OS but it could only run tiny programs!
summer20105707 tiene razon yo lo tengo en cartucho rom y en español, que tal! pronto voy a subir un video pa`que la gilada vea.
MOTOR4T 5 months ago
You know there may be a method of burning the GEOS os to a cartridge rom. You could probably load it ten times faster. Although this is just an idea.
summer20105707 7 months ago
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ScaryBlackSpider 7 months ago
Ah, simpler times..
ManFuYi 1 year ago
And the speed bottleneck for GEOS on the C64 was not really the computer itself but rather the super-slow disc-drive interface. I understand that if you got the 512KB ram expansion unit to minimize disc usage, GEOS was 10-100 times as fast. Our son briefly used GEOS from Berkeley Softworks on the C64 for doing reports in grade school & jr hi.
GarthW2 1 year ago
@GarthW2 I'm surprised they didn't make some kind of ROM cartridge based version. Putting the OS into ROM worked wonders for boot time on, e.g. my old Atari (loading a slightly less sophisticated GeOS-a-like in the form of GEM) without affecting the RAM use at all, and can't have been THAT expensive.
Granted the ST had 512kb right out of the gate, but the ROMs were only 192k and not RAM-shadowed - the code ran direct. They trialed a 256k machine with Disc OS but it could only run tiny programs!
TahreyUK 10 months ago
I use to have Geos for my C64, I used it mostly for word processing and print operations.
lordpoee 1 year ago
@lordpoee it has nice printing tool...*drag the file on the pronter icon*
mspeter97 10 months ago
DONT COPY THAT FLOPPY :P
16mmDJ 2 years ago 2
It's a backup copy... honest! :o)
virtualskysk 2 years ago
@virtualskysk well backup is fine......I'll make a backup of my Windows 7 install DVD now!
mspeter97 10 months ago