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   Bobbie Sellers to Your Name   
   Re: C64 os   
   23 Sep 25 21:18:04   
   
   From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 4/18/25 01:08, Your Name wrote:   
   > On 2025-04-18 06:36:57 +0000, phigan said:   
   >>>   
   >>> I kind want to use it but my c64 is sitting on a shelf because I dont   
   >>> have anywhere to put it at the moment   
   >>   
   >> Coincidentally, I'm typing on a C64 at the moment, using StrikeTerm2014.   
   >> That C64OS looks cool from the videos and I'd really like to try it out.   
   >>   
   >> Wooo, software 80 columns!   
   >   
   > It looks okay, BUT the video I watch seemed to show it running on an   
   > Apple Mac (you could see the MacOS traffic light window gadgets in the   
   > top-left corner) emulating a C64, which *could* be kind of misleading   
   > about the speed.   
   >   
   > GEOS is a much better looking GUI OS for the C64, although potentially   
   > slower due to the more graphical nature.   
   >   
   	GEOS was slower due to disk access time on a 1 MHz computer.   
      
   	bliss   
      
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