Re: Ensemble

Patrick Kingsley (kingsley@netnet.net)
Thu, 1 Jun 1995 22:20:46 -0500 (CDT)

> Ensemble is the complete GEOS 2.0 package from Geoworks. It includes
> GeoWrite, GeoDraw, GeoCalc, GeoFile, GeoPlanner, GeoDex, GeoComm, a
> calculator, and a few other applets. It is a complete GUI system, sharing
> libraries and operating in a much more economical means than say, Windows.

Actually, Geoworks Ensemble is the version of GEOS available for PC's and
the accompanying applications, and has been so since the beginning,
regardless of version.

> Which parts will run on the Zoomer I don't know.

I doubt that any will run unless the kernel is somehow replaced. GEOS
2.0 saw major kernel and driver support changes. As I remember, GEOS 1.2
apps ran flakily at best, if at all, under GEOS 2.0. (I don't remember
clearly because, once I finished the 2.0 beta testing, I removed it from my
system and swore never to test for Geoworks again; they simply weren't
as responsive to demands for releasing a good quality product -- which
I believe GEOS 1.0 and 1.2 were -- when they made the change from
Berkeley Systems to Geoworks) Of course, GEOS 2.0 apps ran flakily
under GEOS 2.0. But, anyhow . . .

But, in short, I highly doubt it unless someone comes out with a revised
ROM with the GEOS 2.0 kernel and drivers. And, to be honest, I wouldn't be
rushing to the store to get one if they did.

Patrick