GEOS is much better than Linux!!!

"ray" wrote ...
>
> I would imagine that web browsing on a C64 would be pure delight!!

As a matter of fact, there is a web browser available for the C64. You can
download it here. :-)

http://www.armory.com/~spectre/cwi/hl/

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Best regards,

Sam Gillett

Change is inevitable,
except from vending machines!

On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:14:55 +0100, ArameFarpado wrote:

> Em Sexta, 12 de Outubro de 2007 23:22, Unruh escreveu:
>
>> ArameFarpado writes:
>>
>>>Em Quinta, 11 de Outubro de 2007 00:53, Victor Smootbank escreveu:
>>
>>>> Linux is just another monster OS just as Windows. Millions of files
>>>> taking gigabytes of RAM for nothing, you don't really know what it's
>>>> doing right now, a single virus can destroy it all.
>>
>> Funny that no such virus has been found.
>
> It has, look at the mirror... if you want it, you can "destroy it all".

Don't you have to be root for that? Unless you are talking about hardware
sabotage by someone in the same physical space as the system.

I think poster Unruh's point was that GNU/Linux virus only exist as proof
of concept items, not running around in the wild infecting systems.

On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:54:48 +0000, Sam Gillett wrote:

>
> "ray" wrote ...
>>
>> I would imagine that web browsing on a C64 would be pure delight!!
>
> As a matter of fact, there is a web browser available for the C64. You can
> download it here. :-)
>
> http://www.armory.com/~spectre/cwi/hl/

Possbly, but GEOS was a total dog. Slowest thing in creation. I was much
happier with the COMAL environment, and CP/M on the 128.

"ray" wrote ...
> On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:54:48 +0000, Sam Gillett wrote:
>
>> "ray" wrote ...
>>>
>>> I would imagine that web browsing on a C64 would be pure delight!!
>>
>> As a matter of fact, there is a web browser available for the C64. You
>> can download it here. :-)
>>
>> http://www.armory.com/~spectre/cwi/hl/
>
> Possbly, but GEOS was a total dog. Slowest thing in creation. I was much
> happier with the COMAL environment, and CP/M on the 128.

Never used GEOS personally, But there were enough people who did use it and
liked it that it must have been good for something. I would imagine that
like other OS replacements or add-ons it would have both it's strengths and
it's weaknesses. I played with CP/M a little on my C128. However, most of
the time my 128 was in native C128 mode.

I ran a BBS back in "the day" and occasionally had requests for GEOS printer
drivers. Seems that some college students were using a GEOS word processor
to do their term papers and needed to get a driver that would work with the
printer that they had in order to print it out.

I think GEOS did have its good points, but would not go so far as agreeing
with the troll that started this thread. :-)
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Best regards,

Sam Gillett

Change is inevitable,
except from vending machines!