GEOS Revisited

Long before everyone had a windowing desktop, GEOS delivered one on a 1 MHz, 64 KB machine — with a mouse pointer, icons, and bundled apps like geoWrite and geoPaint.

Holding up

It's slow by modern standards, but the ambition is remarkable. GEOS is a reminder that clever software can push modest hardware much further than you'd expect. Details in the info box.