tarquin@athena.mit.edu (Robert P Poole) (01/29/91)
Has anyone out there heard of the operating system OS 90? If so, when is the release date and the estimated price? (This is not to be confused with OS9, which is a 6800/68000 operating system based on Unix.) OS 90 has a lot of nice features, such as DOS compatibility, the ability to let you use filenames >8 characters, the ability to allow the user to select one of four graphical interface styles (Motif, Open Look, Deskmate [Tandy], and one other); it has the advantages of OS2 without the memory hogging features. I saw it reviewed in some PC journal along with DR DOS, which is an MS DOS replacement. Any help would be appreciated. -- Robert P. Poole tarquin@athena.mit.edu 46 Massachusetts Avenue MIT Course VIII 311B Bexley Hall "We make Idols of our concepts, but Cambridge, MA 02139 wisdom is born of wonder."
pkraus@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Pamela Joy Kraus) (01/30/91)
In article <1991Jan29.022714.16097@athena.mit.edu> tarquin@athena.mit.edu (Robert P Poole) writes: > >Has anyone out there heard of the operating system OS 90? If so, when is the >-- >Robert P. Poole tarquin@athena.mit.edu OS90 was the pre-release name of Geoworks Ensemble. Geoworks is the company which used to be Berkeley Softworks, which accomplished similar miracles with their GEOS OS for the C-64. It is very cool! I was impressed with the power of the imaging model (full PostScript-like power, outline fonts, etc). And performance was pretty good too.