Geoworks

In 1990, GeoWorks released GEOS for IBM PC compatible systems, PC/GEOS (Also called GeoWorks Ensemble). Provided numerous enhancements, including scalable fonts and multitasking even on XT and AT-class PC clones. Being written directly in assembly language, it also provided much better performance than the relatively sluggish Microsoft Windows 3.0 on 386 and 486 PCs. GEOS was packaged with a suite of productivity applications. Each had a name pre... More

In 1990, GeoWorks released GEOS for IBM PC compatible systems, PC/GEOS (Also called GeoWorks Ensemble). Provided numerous enhancements, including scalable fonts and multitasking even on XT and AT-class PC clones. Being written directly in assembly language, it also provided much better performance than the relatively sluggish Microsoft Windows 3.0 on 386 and 486 PCs. GEOS was packaged with a suite of productivity applications. Each had a name prefixed by "Geo": GeoWrite, GeoDraw; GeoManager; GeoPlanner; GeoDex, and GeoComm. It was also 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.

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