🚀 go-pugleaf

I finally called the 24-hour info line, and listened to the info on Pen/GEOS
and developer stuff.

The pleasant female voice said that GEOS stood for "Graphical Environment
Object System."  Last time I checked the O stood for "Operating."  Has this
been changed?

The Pen/GEOS info said that the release date would be first or second quarter,
'93.  Brian was quoted, as were people from Palm, Grid, and Poquet.  The 
Tandy/Casio "Zoomer" was not mentioned, but I'm sure they'll update the
recording soon to include it.  The best quote was something to the effect of
"Windows for Pen Computing will run on our high-end systems, but PC/GEOS is
better for our current product line."

The developer info didn't say much I didn't already know, except that the
Systems Software Overview is 50 pages, costs $15 plus $2 shipping/handling
(considering that one of the AOL geos info files I uploaded to the net was
197 pages, I _really_ think this document, particularly if it's already in
GeoWrite form, should be made electronically available.  Seriously.) and
that the SDK Technical Documentation is 3,000 pages (no, DON'T ask me to 
upload it! :) and costs $200 for the initial draft, but if we buy it now,
we get all future revisions (of the documentation) for free!  If I had
$200, I'd get it without a second thought.

-Shag

(has anyone considered tying the SDK tech docs to Bill Gates and throwing him
into Puget Sound? ;)


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