PC/GEOS is a DOS-Based graphical user interface first created by Berkeley Softworks, later known as Geoworks by Geoworks Corporation, for the IBM PC and similar systems. It should not be confused with another GEOS platform made by the same company, which ran on the MOS Technologies 6502 microprocessor. PC/GEOS 4.0 (2001) and later is called "Breadbox Ensemble" from Breadbox Computer Company, LLC.

PC/GEOS (DOS GUI)

BREADBOX ENSEMBLE - PC/GEOS V4.x

Infos about BREADBOX ENSEMBLE

The newest PC/GEOS V4.x with bundled Office-Software "Breadbox Ensemble" comes from Breadbox Computer Company LLC., Florida It´s a full productivity and Internet suite, including Web Browser and Email. Other essential programs such as word processing, spreadsheet, flat file database and graphics applications are integrated into this package.

After "New Deal Inc." went out of business, Breadbox Computer Company LLC., Florida NEWS purchased all of the rights, title and interest in the patented GEOS operating system from Geoworks in 2003.

For more information and an independent review of the GEOS Operating System, click here: PENCOMPUTING GEOS INTRODUCTION

BREADBOX ENSEMBLE Timeline, Versions & free Downloads

• 2003.05.08: Breadbox Ensemble (TM) *DEMO* Version 4.0.2.1

(Free Download: Copyright 2002 Breadbox Computer Company LLC. You must have DOS version 3.0 or newer, OS/2 version 2.0 or newer, or Windows 95/98 or newer - 9.872 KB: ENSEMBLE 4.0.2.1 DEMO ;-)

• 2003.03.19: Breadbox Ensemble (TM) *Floppy DEMO* Version 4.0.2.1

(Free Download: Copyright 2002 Breadbox Computer Company LLC. You must have DOS version 3.0 or newer, OS/2 version 2.0 or newer, or Windows 95/98 or newer - 9.236 KB: ENSEMBLE 4.0.2.1 DEMO to install from Floppy ;-)

• 2003.01.22: Breadbox Ensemble (TM) *Lite* Version 4.0.2.0

(Free Download: Copyright 2002 Breadbox Computer Company LLC. You must have DOS version 3.0 or newer, OS/2 version 2.0 or newer, or Windows 95/98 or newer - 5.750 KB: ENSEMBLE 4.0.2.0 LITE ;-)

• 2002.12.04: Breadbox Ensemble (TM) *DEMO* Version 4.0.2.1

(Free Download: Copyright 2002 Breadbox Computer Company LLC. You must have DOS version 3.0 or newer, OS/2 version 2.0 or newer, or Windows 95/98 or newer - 9.232 KB: ENSEMBLE 4.0.2.1 DEMO ;-)

• 2002: Breadbox Ensemble (TM) *Full* Version 4.0.2.0
• 2001: BreadBox Ensemble (TM) Beta Versions 4.0.1.x
• 2001: BreadBox Ensemble (TM) Beta Version 4.0.1.1

NEWDEAL OFFICE - PC/GEOS 3.x

A older version of PC/GEOS was also marketed in the late 1990s as New Deal Office from NewDealInc. in hopes of creating a market among owners of 386, 486 and Pentium-1 PCs that could not run Windows 95 or Windows 98 effectively.

NEWDEAL OFFICE Timeline & Versions

• 2000: NewDeal Office 2000 for GlobalPC (for a Surf´n´Office PC from Teddy Turner (myTurn Inc) with help from CNN)
• 2000: NewDeal Office 2000 (new Kernel PC/GEOS 3.0)
• 2000: NewDeal Office 3.2d (German Patch)
• 1999: NewDeal Office 3.2
• 1999: NewDeal Office Release 3 Evaluation
• 1999: NewDeal Office Release 3
• 1998: NewDeal Office 98
• 1997: NewDeal Office 97
• 1996: NewDeal Publish 2.5 (Shareware-Version)
• 1996: NewDeal Office 2.5
• 1996: NewDeal Office 2.2

GEOWORKS ENSEMBLE - PC/GEOS 2.x

In 1990, GeoWorks released GEOS for IBM PC compatible systems, PC/GEOS. Sometimes also called GeoWorks Ensemble, it was incompatible with the Commodore and Apple versions but provided numerous enhancements, including scalable fonts and multitasking even on XT and AT-class PC clones and better performance than Microsoft Windows 3.0 on 386 and 486 PCs. GEOS was bundled with numerous PCs at the time, but like other GUI environments for the PC platform, such as GEM, it ultimately proved less successful in the marketplace than Windows.

The subsystem of GeoWorks was used by America Online for their DOS-based AOL connection and browsing software from the time of introduction on IBM compatible PCs until the late 1990s when America Online dropped development for graphical DOS in lieu of Microsoft Windows. During that time, the popular single 3.5" disk that AOL was distributed on could be hacked to boot the GeoWorks graphical operating environment.

GEOWORKS ENSEMBLE Timeline & Versions

• 1994: Geoworks Ensemble 2.01
• 1993: Geopublish 2.0
• 1993: GeoWorks Ensemble 2.0 (new Kernel PC/GEOS 2.0)
• 1992: GeoWorks DTP
• 1992: GeoWorks 1.2 Pro (with Borland QuattroPro for DOS with PC/GEOS "Look and Feel")
• 1991: GeoWorks 1.2
• 1990: GeoWorks 1.0
• 1990: OS/90 (Beta Version)

PEN/GEOS

GEOS was used in a low-end laptop from Brother International and in the Nokia Communicator (GEOS V3.0 in Nokia Communicator 9000 and 9110). In 1995, GEOS appeared (running on top of DOS) on the HP OmniGo 100, a flip-around clamshell handheld computer powered by a Vadem VG230, which is a highly integrated PC-on-a-chip that includes an 80186-compatible core. It was soon followed by the OmniGo 120 which featured a backlit screen.

PEN/GEOS Timeline & Versions

• 1995: PEN/GEOS 3.0
• 1992: PEN/GEOS 2.0

External links

German Language: "GEOS-Infobase Forum" and "NewGEOS Forum" (GUC).

English Language: "TvaKatter" Forums and Usenet "comp.os.geos.misc" und "comp.os.geos.programmer". Other: "GEOS-TALK"

General:

• An Introduction to the GEOS Operating System – By Steve Mann, Pen Computing, February 1996
• PC/GEOS, GeoBook, Nokia Communicator, and HP OmniGo GEOS information – By Marcus Gröber
• Två Katter: The GEOS Software Library – By Gene Anderson

GEOS-SC (Smartphone GUI)

GEOS-SC is a Smartphone GUI from Geoworks.