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My favorite DOS GUI was PC/GEOS / GeoWorks[1]. It was the GUI behind the interface on the original AOL CDs. It had a nice office suite that ran very well on eve

My favorite DOS GUI was PC/GEOS / GeoWorks[1]. It was the GUI behind the interface on the original AOL CDs. It had a nice office suite that ran very well on even low end hardware of the day. I thought it was far superior to Windows at the time, and never understood why it wasn't more popular. It too has been open-sourced and is actively maintained[2]. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEOS_(16-bit_operating_system) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEOS_(16-bit_operating_syste... [2] https://github.com/bluewaysw/pcgeos https://github.com/bluewaysw/pcgeos

FiddlerClamp 4y ago
I loved GeoWorks at the time, too. From what I remember, the dev tools were very difficult to use, and apps had to be coded in assembly language, so third-party apps never really took off.
jaclaz 4y ago
>It had a nice office suite that ran very well on even low end hardware of the day. Yep, that was called first "newdeal office" and later "breadbox Ensemble", it wasn't shabby at all (but that had not any diffusion/success): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEOS_(16-bit_operating_system)#NDO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEOS_(16-bit_operating_system)... There are some screenshots on toastytech: http://toastytech.com/guis/nd32.html http://toastytech.com/guis/nd32.html http://toastytech.com/guis/bbe.html http://toastytech.com/guis/bbe.html