Re: C64 os

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