Subject: Re: GEOS Info Needed
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"Thom Pumphrey" <luxapan@mpinet.net> wrote:

>>Were/are there any other GUI that are compatible with the Apple //c?
>>BrianD
>
>019- Is a graphical user interface (GUI) available for 8-bit Apple II's?
>
>     For the 128k Enhanced //e and //c series, the ones which come to
>mind are GEOS, Quark's Catalyst, and MouseDesk (aka Apple II Desktop).
>
>     GEOS was probably the most popular of the three although it never
>reached the popularity it gained on the C64 platform. The downside with
>GEOS is that it isn't ProDOS compatible. So, you are stuck with only
>using the GEOS compatible programs (GeoPublish, GeoCalc, GeoWrite,....)

Actually, GEOS is ProDOS compatible, at least in the sense that
Catalyst, MouseDesk, and Apple II Desktop are.  GEOS can
act as a program launcher for ProDOS programs.  Obviously,
for GEOS programs, GEOS acts like the full OS (much like
GS/OS on the IIGS and MacOS on the Mac, actually), but it can
do everything MouseDesk can do in regards to launching ProDOS
programs.

I hope this info makes it into the FAQ.