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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.

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  1. Tux touched my junk liberally by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Tux touched my junk liberally. He strapped me in to his Tuxmobile and he couldnt keep his offensive flippers off of me. He was performing many red flag touches. I couldnt believe what the fuck was going on. I told Tux the city would not approve of a penguin touching an underage kid for free.

    Can you believe it? Tux did all this. He picked me off the street, strapped my arms and legs down in the Tuxmobile's passenger seat, and just wouldn't stop fondling my cock'n'balls.

    They definately were red flag touches. The goddamn referee he had in the back seat kept on raising up this red flag every time he touched my junk but did Tux care? NO WAY! He just kept on doing it. I couldn't believe what the fuck was going on, indeed. I pleaded with Tux but to no avail. I told him Linus would not approve of a penguin touching an underage kid like me (at the time I was 13) without at least compensating me for the trauma and the use of my body as his own personal plaything.

    This got to him, worrying about his image. He continued to fondle me, all the while ignoring the referee's red flags. Then he drove the Tuxmobile to my house and *ejected the seat I was in*! It was amazing. But surprisingly, after I woke up the next morning, my bank account had $150k in it! Can you believe it?

    1. Re:Tux touched my junk liberally by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      that's the problem with the NHL; the goddamn refs just can't call a consistent game.

  2. I hope the Japanese don't get hold of this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    They should stick to things they know, like raping schoolgirls and those wierd dancing games

  3. Re:Define Horde by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    anoymous coward MONOBRAIN haha I made the same joke right below you, haha what are the chances OF THAT?

  4. Re:GEOS Nostalgia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    mod parent down, he said a dirty word which, out of repect for the women and chilluns present, I WILL NOT REPEAT.
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    It's an S word, thought.

  5. Re:lemme see if i remember... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    POKE "my cock", "your mom"

  6. Tacosnotting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  7. Cluster by applerules · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sure, GEOS is cool. But imagine a beowulf cluster of Commodores running this...

  8. actually... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    that would be:

    POKE "your mom", "my cock"

  9. Re:Apple II Version was released 6 months ago. by Skyfire · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wait... So something was released for a Mac before it was released for a different brand?

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  10. GEOS games by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Don't shoot the innocents though!"

    WHAT THE FUCK NIGGER
    I'D CUM ON SOME CHICKEN WINGS

    Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
    Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

  11. Call me flamebait... by nsample · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...if you must. Trust me, I don't need the karma. But stories like this are the reason that I don't subscribe to Slashdot.

    This is NOT "news for nerds." Maybe "news for dinosaurs," or perhaps "nerds for antique collectors." But not news for nerds. Hell, my first machine was a C64, and I couldn't care less about this. And this is NOT "stuff that matters."

    What a waste.

  12. Re:Sounds cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hey moderators--put down the crack pipes and the overclocking manuals...
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