>Subj: Re: Ensemble
>Date: 95-06-01 23:48:36 EDT
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>From: kingsley@netnet.net (Patrick Kingsley)
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>> 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
>
>
As for Ensemble, it IS COMPATIBLE with the Zoomer! I've run very app except
Geodex on the Zoomer. It does require a ram card in order to do so.
Chris De Herrera