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- From: rayancog@pacific.net.ph (Raymond Ancog)
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- Subject: PC/GEOS OS FAQ, Geos Software Information (part 2/6)
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- The most recent version of this file can be found at any news.answers
- archive site. One such site is rtfm.mit.edu, in the
- /pub/usenet/comp.os.geos.misc subdirectory. The most recent version of the
- FAQ is also available from my home page at
- http://www.geocities.com/originalravinray/geos/faq/ in both HTML and ASCII
- format.
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-
- DISCLAIMER
-
- I make no claims about the accuracy of this information. Use it at your own
- risk. This file is compiled from various sources, including but not limited
- to USENET, the Web, commercial networks, and electronic mail. The FAQ is
- mostly targeted towards desktop Geos users, both Ensemble and NewDeal
- Office. However, there are still many sections devoted to other topics and
- Geos platforms.
-
- This information may be freely distributed, in whole or in part, in any
- form, provided that any distributor:
-
- * Tells me, so that I can inform you of updates to the FAQ and tell the
- USENET community (I will keep the information confidential, if you
- desire)
- * Makes every reasonable effort to keep this information current
- * Releases myself and the rest of USENET from any liability.
-
- If this file leaves the confines of USENET for any BBS's, web pages, user
- groups, commercial networks, or other networks (FidoNet, GeoHolics Net,
- etc.) or vendors, please let me know so that I can pass along the
- information to others.
-
- Please send submissions, comments, suggestions, or corrections to
- rayancog@pacific.net.ph.
-
- CREDITS
-
- I'd like to give the following folks my thanks:
-
- * Steve Main (ndmain@aol.com) former Director of Technical Services,
- NewDeal.
- * John Howard (johnh@breadbox.com) of Breadbox Computers, for giving me
- up-to-date info.
- * Stephen Haffly (hafflys@earthlink.net) for reposting this FAQ to
- FidoNet.
- * Lynn Montelauro (GSMLynn@aol.com) for making this FAQ a part of GSMN.
- * Rose Walton PC Coaches (rwcoaching@aol.com,
- http://users.aol.com/rwcoaching/) for distributing copies of this FAQ
- to its customers.
- * Werni Grieder (BaselBasel@aol.com,
- http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/WerniGrieder) for being a
- Geos deity.
- * Doug Taylor (doug-taylor+@osu.edu) for a lot of the PDA information.
- * All the people who have written great Geos software.
- * All the people who mail me information and follow comp.os.geos.misc.
- * And of course, James Bearden, the original author of this FAQ.
-
- UPDATES
-
- Since the previous update (February 10, 2002), the following sections have
- been updated:
-
- * Credits (John Howard's e-mail address)
- * Section 2.1.1, What desktop products are available for Geos?
- * Section 2.2.1, What development products are available for Geos?
- * Section 2.2.2 How can I order development products?
- * Section 2.2.3 What is IZL?
- * Section 2.2.4 What is Geos programming like?
- * Section 2.2.5 Are there any visual development tools for Geos?
- * Section 2.3.1 What shareware available for Geos?
- * Section 2.3.2 Are there any anonymous FTP sites for Geos
- software?
- * Section 2.4.1 Are there any communications programs available for
- Geos?
-
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- INDEX
-
- * 2 Geos Software Information
- o 2.1 Desktop Software Products
- + 2.1.1 What desktop products are available for Geos?
- o 2.2 Geos Development Products
- + 2.2.1 What development products are available for Geos?
- + 2.2.2 How can I order development products?
- + 2.2.3 What is IZL?
- + 2.2.4 What is Geos programming like?
- + 2.2.5 Are there any visual developement tools for Geos?
- o 2.3 Shareware
- + 2.3.1 What shareware available for Geos?
- + 2.3.2 Are there any anonymous FTP sites for Geos software?
- + 2.3.3 Are there any Geos related BBS's?
- + 2.3.4 Are there any DOS programs written for Geos?
- o 2.4 Communications Software
- + 2.4.1 Are there any communications programs available for
- Geos?
- + 2.4.2 Does Geos do TCP/IP?
-
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- 2 Geos Software Information
-
- 2.1 Desktop Software Products
-
- 2.1.1 What desktop products are available for Geos?
-
- Some companies and individuals that sell Geos desktop software. The most
- notable is Breadbox Computer, but there are others. Not only does this list
- keep changing, but the products offered by these companies and the places
- and means to buy them continue to change.
-
- Breadbox Computer announced in a press release on January 24, 2002 that it
- has signed a worldwide non-exclusive licensing agreement with Geoworks to
- license Geos operating system for use on any and all hardware platforms and
- devices. It also now markets NewDeal Office 2000. It can be reached at:
-
- Breadbox Computer
- PO Box 808
- Port Richey, FL 34673-0808x
- Tel/Fax (813) 847-6996
- E-mail: info@breadbox.com
- Web: http://www.breadbox.com
-
- 2.2 Geos Development Products
-
- 2.2.1 What development products are available for Geos?
-
- Geoworks wrote several SDK's as Geos evolved. Version 2.0 supported the
- desktop, Zoomer, and Sharp PT-9000 (a preview of a pen-based tablet
- PC/PDA). Version 2.1 emulated the HP OmniGo 100/120. With the release of
- the Nokia 9000, Geoworks created three versions of the Communicator SDK: a
- DOS-based 9000 version, a DOS-based 9000i version (for the GSM model), and
- an NT-based 9000i version. The latest version is an NT-based 9110 SDK. The
- SDK's require Borland C/C++ 3.1 or higher (version 4.5 for the 9110 SDK).
- Geoworks transfered the 2.x SDK's to NewDeal, and has discontinued the 9000
- SDK's. The 9000i SDK is included in the 9110 SDK CD-ROM, though. The 9110
- SDK was marketed by Nokia. NewDeal sold off the 2.x SDK's. MyTurn started a
- developer's program for those who wished to code applications for its
- GlobalPC, which is now closed.
-
- Geoworks Bindery is an application for creating electronic "books" that can
- be read by a Book Reader on NDO or the OmniGo. It functions very much like
- Adobe Acrobat or Corel (formerly WordPerfect, then Novell) Envoy, only it
- is available exclusively on the Geos platform. As with the 2.x SDK's,
- Geoworks has transfered the Bindery to NewDeal.
-
- * Geoworks Bindery - Electronic publishing tool
- (http://www.newdealinc.com/devrel/)
-
- 2.2.2 How can I order development products?
-
- The NDO 2000 / GPC SDK is available for download at Gene Anderson's
- website, www.tvakatter.org.
-
- 2.2.3 What is IZL?
-
- John Feras' (jferas@netaxs.com) Feras Information Technologies has written
- an easy to use, powerful Geos scripting language with which you can write
- entire Geos applications. IZL is available in the desktop version, Zoomer,
- and OmniGo flavors. The files and documents, including an OmniGo IZL FAQ,
- can be found at Geos maven Holger Laux's website,
- http://my.genie.co.uk/holger.laux/izl/.
-
- 2.2.4 What is Geos programming like?
-
- While this topic is broad, this section will be brief since there is
- another entire FAQ devoted to it available elsewhere. For serious Geos
- programming you need to get a Geos SDK that is tailored to the Geos
- platform that you want to write software for. However, you can probably get
- by with one SDK, hopefully the latest, as long as you don't try to take
- advantage of any unique features of your platform. The main point to using
- the 2.x SDK is that it is DOS-based, although a multitasking environment is
- recommended for task switching. A second computer is required to use the
- debugger, and unless you like programming in assembly, you have to use a
- Borland compiler. However, an NT-based SDK for available for the Nokia
- 9000i & 9110 and the GlobalPC, allows for single-machine debugging. The
- main support for Geos development is the usenet newsgroup
- comp.os.geos.programmer.
-
- 2.2.5 Are there any visual development tools for Geos?
-
- Yes. NewDeal released NewBASIC over three years ago. It has an easy-to-use
- syntax, and is marketed much as Visual Basic is for Windows. Gene Anderson
- also makes this available at www.tvakatter.org.
-
- 2.3 Shareware
-
- 2.3.1 Is there any shareware available for Geos?
-
- The list of Geos shareware is large and growing. Go to www.tvakatter.org to
- get an idea of what is available.
-
- 2.3.2 Are there any anonymous FTP sites for Geos software?
-
- For a more complete listing of Geos related FTP sites, check out
- http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jbearden/gfiles.htm.
-
- 2.3.3 Are there any Geos related BBS's?
-
- The following BBS's are the only ones I know that have Geos related
- content:
-
- * The Police Academy (49-611-1860516) in Germany
- * G-OS BBS ((03) 9803 6498) in Australia
- * GeoZ Online Services - Home of GeoNet (03)9803-6498 (222:222/0)
- * Ground Zero BBS, Ipswich, Queenslamd, Australia (07) 3812-0812
- Fidonet: 3:640/812.4 Sysop: Frank Moran.
- Current GeoNet main hub. Has Fidonet Geoworks echo, selection
- of Geoworks files for versions 1.x.x and 2.xx.
- * Past the Black Stump, Laidley, Queensland, Australia (074) 65-6667
- Fidonet: 3:640/404 Sysop: Rhondda Cook.
- Member GeoNet. Geoworks echo and selection of Geoworks files.
- * Lake Cathie BBS, Lake Cathie, New South Wales, Australia (065) 86-3067
-
- Fidonet: 3:711/475 Sysop: Glenn Pickford.
- Member GeoNet. Geoworks echo and selection of Geoworks files.
- Glenn is an Ensemble 2.01 user.
-
- 2.3.4 Are there any DOS programs written for Geos?
-
- Here's a list of DOS apps for Geos.
-
- * PicLab V1.83 - Excellent for converting graphics to 16 color. Later
- versions aren't as good at this
- * BKGD2PCX - Converts PCX files to Geos backgrounds
- * IconMake - Converts PCX files and Windows icons to Geos icons
- * GeoDir - Lists the full Geos filenames at the DOS prompt
- * EdFolder - Allows you to change the folder icons
- * GeoKermit - An excellent general communications package
-
- 2.4 Communications Software
-
- 2.4.1 Are there any communications programs available for Geos?
-
- For the desktop version there is GeoComm (aka NewComm), AOL, and CompuServe
- software. Hwoever, AOL can no longer be accessed from a Geos client, since
- AOL is no longer available from Sprint dial-up's. For the Zoomer there is
- ZCommLite, AOL, and CompuServe software. For the OmniGo there is CompuServe
- and OmniCom. The CompuServe software, CIM4GEOS, requires a patch for it to
- work correctly for the desktop and the OmniGo. There are also several more
- shareware Zoomer and OmniGo communications programs and connectivity packs
- that work more or less on all Geos platforms. A variety of file transfer
- software is available for a variety of platforms (including UNIX and
- Macintosh), and there are also several communications programs under
- development. As far as the Internet is concerned, two browsers are
- available. GeoBrowser is included in the GeoBook and BrotherWorks for the
- desktop. A version named NewBrowser was available as part of a beta testing
- program of NDOr3. Breadbox developed Skipper and Skipper Pro for NDOr3.
- Future versions will support SSL and cookies. Breadbox also wrote the
- Meeting Room IRC client software for the GeoBook and NDO. A more advanced
- IRC app, WebChat, has been released, along with a newsreader and NewMail.
-
- Breadbox Ensemble has a full set of internet apps including: WebMagick
- (browser), IRC Chat, Email, FTP, Instant Messenger (compatible with AIM)
- and NewsReader.
-
- The Nokia 9000 and 9110 Communicators were originally bundled with
- Windows-based software that allowed them to synch with PC's via cable or
- infrared, The synchronization software is called Nokia Communicator Server.
- Breadbox wrote a similar, Geos-based software called Geoserver.
-
- 2.4.2 Does Geos do TCP/IP?
-
- With version 3.x, it does. A BYTE article (1995) reported that the TCP/IP
- stack is derived from BSD Unix. Version 3.x includes much better
- communications support, bug fixes, and new features like the system
- mailbox.
-
- End of the PC/GEOS FAQ Part 2
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- Copyright =A9 199?-1999 James Bearden. All rights reserved.
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- Copyright =A9 1999-2003 Raymond Thaddeus C. Ancog. All rights reserved.=
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