Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!bbn!oberon!nunki.usc.edu!sal42.usc.edu!jjung From: jjung@sal42.usc.edu (John Jung) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: New Software..? Message-ID: <1644@nunki.usc.edu> Date: 14 Oct 88 16:47:50 GMT References: <10015@cup.portal.com> Sender: news@nunki.usc.edu Reply-To: jjung@sal42.usc.edu (John Jung) Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 40 In article <10015@cup.portal.com> BobR@cup.portal.com writes: >Ray Wilmott asks: > >>Has anybody here actually seen this GEOS desktop DOS I've been hearing >>about lately? Is it really as good as what I've been hearing? (and who >>sells it and for how much?) It should cost about $70 from TCS. At the Glendale Faire, David Sullivan (author) was taking advanced orders for $50. >The menus "drop down", and you can do many of the ST desktop functions >from them... the demo we saw even had "desk accessories" like a system >Control Panel and a Calculator! (The calculator works because I told him there was a bug with it! :-) >The cartridge itself will allow 40, 64 or 80 column displays, and there will >soon be a "Developers' Kit" to allow GOE features to be used within your >own programs. Actually, GOE v. 0.9 (the one at the Glendale Show again) only had 40 and 64 columns. The author might have changed something since... >Future products include Desktop Publishing, Communications Terminals and David told me that he was going to write the Desktop Publishing program himself. >For more info on GOE, contact: Total Control Systems, 4156 Tolowa St., >San Diego, CA 92119 (619) 270-0111 (Ask them about the special >user group purchase plan!) Yes, call this place and order. When I saw it, I liked it very much. >Disclaimer: I've got no connection with TCS, other than being an Atari >8-bit computer owner who's excited about this great new program..! Me too. John