Pen Windows 2.0

From: Josh Spatz <ampage_at_geocities.com>
Date: Wed Jun 17 21:45:04 1998

Geoworks is no longer developing PC-GEOS, but it was licensed by a
company called New Deal, which has a downloadable version of New Deal
Office (the new name for PC-Geos) on their website at
http://www.newdealinc.com

John Higginbotham wrote:
>
> At 01:41 PM 6/15/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, John Higginbotham wrote:
> >
> >> Computer: GRiDPad 1912 (V20/2mb/20mb HD/640x400x2 6300 CGA mode
> >
> >CGA is 640x200. If you install GEOS, for example, you'll want to use the
> >AT&T graphics driver.
>
> Right. The manual states that 640x400x2 is a "tweaked" CGA mode.
>
> >IIRC, Pen Windows 1.0 was for Windows 3.x, and Pen Windows 2.0 was for
> >Windows 95. GEOS is by far your best bet if you want to burden the thing
> >with a GUI.
>
> I just tried to run it on my desktop. First question it askes was "What
> 22xx series of GRiDPad are you installing to?" Back to the drawing board. I
> doubt it'll work with the old 1912. If I could find GEOS, I'd install it.
> Only version I have is for the C-64.
>
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