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Thanks Douglas...
On Tue, 26 Jan 1993, Douglas A Taylor wrote:
> I think the question you're asking is this:  Will I someday be able to run
> PC/GEOS on my PC without booting DOS first?  The answer (according to
> Brian Dougherty, GeoWorks CEO) is yes -- eventually.  Not in v2.0, but
> eventually.
> The only DOS system calls that PC/GEOS uses involve the file system
> (locating files, deleting files, formatting disks, etc.).  PC/GEOS
> handles all other normal functions of a "real operating system" itself
> (and much better than DOS does, IMHO).
That PC/GEOS does all of the other functions is why it is so frustrating
that I cannot dispense with DOS altogether.  I had not heard that B. D.
had said that, but it would be nice if GW replaced DOS and just offered
a shell in which to run DOS programs.

> Version 1.2 and above include a utility for converting from the URW
> font format to PC/GEOS format.  There are commercial font-conversion
> utilities you can use (sorry, I can't remember any titles.  Allfonts,
> maybe?) to convert from various other formats to one of these.
I was aware of this; unfortunately, I'm not always sure which fonts are URW.

> As soon as I can find a couple hours I'll update the FAQ to reflect
> the latest GEOS 2 info that I've heard on this group.  The current
> version of the FAQ has some info on new features.  You can get a copy
> of it by anonymous ftp to pit-manager.mit.edu, in the
> /pub/usenet/news.answers subdirectory, using the archive name
> pcgeos-faq.
Great, the biggest problem of the Internet is knowing where to find
information.

> No.  Most word processors, including GeoWrite, can import/export plain
> ASCII text, but I don't know of any that handle GeoWrite files.  In
> version 2 GeoWrite should have the capability to import/export a
> number of different WP formats.  WordPerfect is the only one I've
> heard mentioned specifically, but I'm hoping for MS-Word support as
> well.
The arrogant...
Anyway, thanks again. 
Lee Mohon.
MSU