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From: cbcscmst@cs1.UUCP (Michael Steven Temkin)
Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm
Subject: GEOS Comments
Message-ID: <231@cs1.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Jul-86 03:46:30 EDT
Article-I.D.: cs1.231
Posted: Wed Jul 30 03:46:30 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 2-Aug-86 08:49:46 EDT
Organization: Calif State Univ, Northridge, Computer Science Dept
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Keywords: Is it really worth it?


I bought GEOS and was VERY disapppointed.  geoPaint is strictly hi-res not
multi-color, the text option doesn't work and it saves the picture upon exit
whether you want it to or not.  (i.e. if you saved it to disk to keep a
current copy while you play with it some more, then decide you don't want
to save the messed up one but you do want to quit, you must recover the old
one from disk or it will be overwritten by the current mess when you exit.)

geoWrite is a basic type and write word processor.  No frills such as a search
feature or justification.  (If you are looking for an EXCELLENT word processor
with fonts, check out Fontmaster II).  I purchased GEOS for $39.95 ($42.95 
w/shipping) from a software house the name of which escapes me, but they 
advertise in Compute! (Compu-<something>).  Fontmaster can be purchased by
mail for $28.

But if you are hooked on buying GEOS, go to a software store and check it
out first.  It has no mouse driver as yet, but Mighty Mouse will work with
it since it has a box to convert mouse signals to joystick signals, and
can also be used as a mouse.  The 1350 mouse is strictly joystick emulation.
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				Mike Temkin
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Ours is not to question why...Or is it?
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