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I (briefly) had to write code to run on GeoWorks GEOS. The code was written in a dialect of C with object oriented features that was compiled from .goc and .goh
by pacaro 9y ago
I (briefly) had to write code to run on GeoWorks GEOS. The code was written in a dialect of C with object oriented features that was compiled from .goc and .goh files to .c files in a manner similar to cfront. It was not a pleasant experience.
Edit: This was in 1997. We were writing a web browser for the Brother Geobook which was a device with late 90s PDA capabilities in the form factor of a late 90s laptop. I don't think that it was a particularly successful product.
- pjmlp 9y agoI thought it was 100% Assembly, interesting to know it wasn't the case.
- billpg 9y agoIn Cambridge, later moving to Bury StEdmunds? (If you don't know what I'm talking about, I thought you were someone I briefly used to work with. Sorry.)
- pacaro 9y agoI joined STNC in October 97, so moved in the opposite direction, starting in Bury St Edmunds and moving to Cambridge after the acquisition!
- billpg 9y agoAh, you would have joined shortly after I left, so you may have been my replacement. Did they give you the email sending/receiving components too?
- pacaro 9y agoFortunately not, I mostly finished the colour port. And then Brother cancelled the contract (or at least didn't choose us for the colour device). I still see Ran from time to time (we're both at Amazon)