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Article #969Re: 24-hour info line notes
From: John D. Mitchell
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 19:05
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 19:05
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In article <Jan.8.12.42.50.1993.7667@pilot.njin.net> birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag) writes: [...] >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? GEOS is the name of the system and does *NOT* stand for anything. [...] >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." But why would anyone want to run much slower on much more expensive hardware and that has a shorter battery life? :-? :-) >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 [...] The System Software Overview has been completely rewritten and was not done in GeoWrite (I don't know why not either). And no it won't be posted electronically. Thanks, John johnm@cory.Berkeley.EDU P.S. Apply employee disclaimers.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!pasteur!cory.Berkeley.EDU!johnm From: johnm@cory.Berkeley.EDU (John D. Mitchell) Subject: Re: 24-hour info line notes Message-ID: <1993Jan8.190503.3893@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: nntp@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU (NNTP Poster) Nntp-Posting-Host: cory.berkeley.edu Organization: University of California, at Berkeley References: <Jan.8.12.42.50.1993.7667@pilot.njin.net> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:05:03 GMT Lines: 33