Gone but not forgotten: 10 operating systems the world left behind

dirkies · 26 March 2009, 09:49

of course Amiga makes it into this list of pure nostalgia!

http://www.computerworld.com/action/...&taxonomyId=89

Seeing back the GEOS128 screenshot brought back those good memories...

seuden · 26 March 2009, 10:29

Nice article thanks dirkies.

killergorilla · 26 March 2009, 11:55

Yeah quite a nice article, and to be honest I've never used most of the others (except dos/win95/macOS).

Cheers!

cane · 26 March 2009, 12:07

Quite a nice article, thanks for link dirkies.

Predabot · 26 March 2009, 12:08

Wow! I just learned quite a bit about the history of OS's there...! 0_o Especially about DOS! I had no idea what a varied and diverse beast it was.

PWLM · 26 March 2009, 12:16

Wow I forgot I had GEOS for my old C64, that really was quite workable but also reasonably useless in reality. Great article!

Amiga1992 · 26 March 2009, 13:23

What!?

No OS/2!!!!

GEOS was just a GUI, not an OS, and sorry, it was FAR from useless, it was very cool.

T_hairy_bootson · 26 March 2009, 13:51

OS/2 was in there.

Charlie · 26 March 2009, 18:30

Interesting article - thanks

paranoid · 26 March 2009, 19:50

Ah.. CP/M... That brings back memories. And I remember telling a friend to pip a file and I think he thought I was having a small seizure.

As for GEOS.. Having become so accustomed to the 64's "OS" (or more like its disk drives) I found GEOS insufferably slow, both loading and using, when I could just lO"*",8,1 (I also had no need at the time for word processing or any of that)..

Amiga1992 · 27 March 2009, 02:07

pip a file xD
I love CP/M!
Using it in my C128 was a bit magic... I felt I had some extra power under my hands, unlike with the stupid BASIC interpreter.

kriz · 27 March 2009, 03:18

Nice article

cosmicfrog · 27 March 2009, 12:57

asm1 · 02 April 2009, 15:46

nice article... but no RISC OS

How they could put Amiga OS in and miss out ROS is beyond me... well it isn't but it should be there.

Photon · 02 April 2009, 23:05

Agreed. But it's a hit-and-miss article, so...

Also, GeoWorks was light years ahead of Windows 3.11 and OS/2, I guess it wasn't marketed properly (and / or sheep flocked to lesses OSes). It really was well planned, fast and enjoyable.

OS/2 was quite stable and worked well, but occupied 20 floppy disks or so, for some strange reason.

Unknown_K · 03 April 2009, 09:41

Interesting article. If I can find a cheap Commodore 1351 mouse for my C128 I will try GEOS 128 V2. I have a boxed set of manuals, added the 2nd 1571 drive, and I have a RAM expansion unit (128K going to upgrade to 512K) and the mouse is the last thing I need.

The only stuff I havn't tried is NEXTstep and BEOS, both of which are interesting OS's but have few apps making them boring.

Unknown_K · 03 April 2009, 09:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Photon

Agreed. But it's a hit-and-miss article, so...

Also, GeoWorks was light years ahead of Windows 3.11 and OS/2, I guess it wasn't marketed properly (and / or sheep flocked to lesses OSes). It really was well planned, fast and enjoyable.

OS/2 was quite stable and worked well, but occupied 20 floppy disks or so, for some strange reason.

OS/2 was a RAM hog, and there were tons of hardware with no OS/2 drivers. I purchased OS/2 2.1 when it was current and took it back because of driver issues. I then figured I would try WARP 3 when it came out but Win95 was more usefull and I put Warp away untill a few years ago (started collecting OS/2 then).

I worked with a guy who had GEOWorks on his computer in the early 90's. We all went to Windows 3.1 by then.

LotusWorks was kind of neat when I was in college, I got a copy with my new Packard Bell 286/12 and it worked great (DOS based).

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26 March 2009, 10:29	#2
seuden uber cool demi god Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent/England Posts: 2,073	Nice article thanks dirkies.

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killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	Yeah quite a nice article, and to be honest I've never used most of the others (except dos/win95/macOS). Cheers!

26 March 2009, 12:07	#4
cane Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: .hr Age: 45 Posts: 540	Quite a nice article, thanks for link dirkies.

26 March 2009, 12:08	#5
Predabot Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Swedun' Posts: 397	Wow! I just learned quite a bit about the history of OS's there...! 0_o Especially about DOS! I had no idea what a varied and diverse beast it was.

26 March 2009, 12:16	#6
PWLM He found it at the zoo.. Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Townsville / Australia Posts: 151	Wow I forgot I had GEOS for my old C64, that really was quite workable but also reasonably useless in reality. Great article!

26 March 2009, 13:23	#7
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,654	What!? No OS/2!!!! GEOS was just a GUI, not an OS, and sorry, it was FAR from useless, it was very cool.

26 March 2009, 13:51	#8
T_hairy_bootson Workbitch 1.3 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 47 Posts: 2,084	OS/2 was in there.

26 March 2009, 18:30	#9
Charlie . . Mouse . . Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nowhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,792	Interesting article - thanks

26 March 2009, 19:50	#10
paranoid Phone Zen Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Banned Age: 52 Posts: 234	Ah.. CP/M... That brings back memories. And I remember telling a friend to pip a file and I think he thought I was having a small seizure. As for GEOS.. Having become so accustomed to the 64's "OS" (or more like its disk drives) I found GEOS insufferably slow, both loading and using, when I could just lO"*",8,1 (I also had no need at the time for word processing or any of that)..

27 March 2009, 02:07	#11
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,654	pip a file xD I love CP/M! Using it in my C128 was a bit magic... I felt I had some extra power under my hands, unlike with the stupid BASIC interpreter.

27 March 2009, 03:18	#12
kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 42 Posts: 3,222	Nice article

27 March 2009, 12:57	#13
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02 April 2009, 15:46	#14
asm1 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Age: 44 Posts: 637	nice article... but no RISC OS How they could put Amiga OS in and miss out ROS is beyond me... well it isn't but it should be there.

02 April 2009, 23:05	#15
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,655	Agreed. But it's a hit-and-miss article, so... Also, GeoWorks was light years ahead of Windows 3.11 and OS/2, I guess it wasn't marketed properly (and / or sheep flocked to lesses OSes). It really was well planned, fast and enjoyable. OS/2 was quite stable and worked well, but occupied 20 floppy disks or so, for some strange reason.

03 April 2009, 09:41	#16
Unknown_K Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio/USA Age: 55 Posts: 1,380	Interesting article. If I can find a cheap Commodore 1351 mouse for my C128 I will try GEOS 128 V2. I have a boxed set of manuals, added the 2nd 1571 drive, and I have a RAM expansion unit (128K going to upgrade to 512K) and the mouse is the last thing I need. The only stuff I havn't tried is NEXTstep and BEOS, both of which are interesting OS's but have few apps making them boring.

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