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From: sentinel@killer.UUCP (The Sentinel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: GEOS 128
Message-ID: <1365@killer.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Aug-87 22:29:06 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 20 22:29:06 1987
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In article <6580003@hplsla.HP.COM>, jamesv@hplsla.HP.COM (James Vasil) writes:
> >I personally can't wait to get mine. If you like GEOS 64 and you own a 128,
> >then upgrade immediately, as you get all of the GEOS 64 benefits (40 column
> >screen, color changing, mouse pointer changing, etc...) plus the added 80
> >column capability which provides an unbelieveably sharp picture!
> 
> I own a C64 and am thinking about upgrading to a c128.  This review makes
> me think that the obvious play for Commadore is to come out with a 
> C128B which includes GEOS in ROM at some nominal price increase over
> the C128.  Has anyone out there heard any rumors to this effect?

    Nope, I haven't.  Back when the C-128 came out, and later when GEOS arrived
in a big way for the 64, somr speculations like this were kicking around.
Some people were saying that that is what the empty ROM socket was for.  But
that was put to rest a long time ago.  I can't speak for Commodore, but I am
99.99% sure that they won't be doing this.
    Of course, that wouldn't prevent BSW (Berkeley Softworks) from coming out
with a GEOS ROM.  But the real question is "why bother"?  GEOS is disk
intensive, and there's no way you could put all of it in ROM.  So you would
have to use the disk anyway.  And the GEOS Kernal must reside at the same
address in memory, to insure compatibility with GEOS 64 programs, so putting
it in ROM wouldn't gain you any free memory.  Also, (I think) it is self-
modifying in a few spots.

   So, I don't think we will be seeing GEOS in ROM for the 128 anytime soon.
It really doesn't seem to be worth the trouble.
 
>                          James Vasil
>                          ihnp4!{hplabs|harpo}!hp-pcd!hplsla!jamesv


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