GEOS Available for Download After 18 Years

gp writes "Back in 1986, Berkeley Softworks presented GEOS, the Graphical Environment Operating System for the Commodore 64 (screenshots). GEOS effectively turned the 8-bit Commodore 64 into something very similar to a Macintosh, but for an 8th of the price. In 2004, pushed hard by rivaling C64 open source alternatives such as the Contiki operating system and desktop environment and the LUnix *nix clone, the owners of GEOS have finally decided to release GEOS to the public. Hordes of Commodore 64 users are expected to download the system." Sadly, there's no mention of GEOS for the Apple 2 series of computers, which also enjoyed this fine precursor of GUIs to come.

Comments

How's the bandwidth in Afghanistan these days?

[Netsnipe]

Boy, won't Junis in Kabul be happy.

He won't have to watch his DivXs through aalib anymore.

Re:cool

[pilgrim23]

C=64? HA! a cheap hack! A mere toy! A shadow, an immitation, yes a ner-do-well wannabe system that barely measures up to the REAL 8 bit wonder of the day: Apple ][ FOREVER! So when is the II GEOS source going to be released? Oh and for any Apple II users out there looking for some help or comradeship, might I suggest checking: http://www.syndicomm.com