Posted By
mr_zetec
on 2010-05-14
16:38:42
|  Geos
I am looking for the English version of GEOS. Does anyone know where I can find it? The version on Plus/4 World is German. Many thanks people.
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Posted By
Luca
on 2010-05-15
05:27:40
 | Re: Geos
Read this and this.
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Posted By
Patrick
on 2010-05-15
07:08:39
| Re: Geos
btw: what happened with www.cbm264.com?
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Posted By
mr_zetec
on 2010-05-15
14:37:32
| Re: Geos
So with the link dead and the only other one being for 64/128 only is the English version not available?
Does anyone have a link or something they can send me to help me out?
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Posted By
Csabo
on 2010-05-15
15:03:19
| Re: Geos
Well, it's... it's, ah... probably pining for the fjords.
SVS may have it, since he's the one who did the translation.
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Posted By
SVS
on 2010-05-16
07:29:35
 | Re: Geos
GEOS is currently under copyright, at least as I know.
What JamesC with cmb264.com did obtain, was the authorization to supply a copy of Plus/4 GEOS 3.5 (German or English version) to any user owning any original GEOS disk.
The copy of Plus/4 GEOS becomes legal with the serial of GEOS 2.0 (or any other version) boot disk.
Be informed that English version has not the images converted, then some texts embedded inside images are still in German.
I've just sent a message to JamesC in order to know current situation.
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Posted By
mr_zetec
on 2010-05-17
15:33:48
| Re: Geos
So maybe we will get somewhere. I don't suppose owning an original C64 GEOS will count in my favour somehow?
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Posted By
SVS
on 2010-05-18
07:26:57
| Re: Geos
@mr_zetec
I've contacted the maintainer of cbm264.com
be patient a bit and I'll keep you informed. I believe there is a choice 
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Posted By
Csabo
on 2010-05-18
10:04:39
| Re: Geos
SVS mentioned above that any GEOS disk will do, my impression was that C64 GEOS would count. I have one too BTW In fact, my guess is that everyone only has C64 versions. Us not having an original GEOS cover on the site means that no-one in this community actually owns a real Plus/4 version.
I'll be honest and admit that I never looked into it seriously. Why would you even need it? Are you actually going to use it to write documents or something?
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Posted By
mr_zetec
on 2010-05-18
17:22:42
| Re: Geos
Hello Csabo. Of course I am not looking to do any kind of work with GEOS plus/4! I am posting this message on a really serious pc and therefore "don't need" a plus/4. However I have never been able to get rid of my plus/4 as I have had it since 1986 and love it too much! For me the plus/4 is all about fun and nostalgia and no-one here needs me to explain this.
The plus/4 always deserved GEOS.
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Posted By
Csabo
on 2010-05-18
21:22:45
| Re: Geos
I get the nostalgia part big time. It's just that I never owned GEOS and somehow I was satisfied with just looking at the screenshots (I might have loaded it up a few times). So to me the nostalgia is in doing things I used to do. Well, anyway, I get it, you're basically just curious. I was curious about why you were curious
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Posted By
SVS
on 2010-05-19
08:52:27
| Re: Geos
IMO the true value of GEOS is the code. Really genial. I read some documentation (ref. GEOS 2.0 - C64) and my admiration goes to the coders, hat off!
P.S. - There was a sort of porting, because many entry points and jumps are commons between C64 and +4 versions.
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