Quote from: strandedinnzWell isn't Wheels a Desktop replacement ?

Wheels is a different o.s. which uses GEOS applications and their files.

Quote from: strandedinnzWhat additional features or changes do you get over standard GEOS 2.0 ?

Primarily, it gives you great flexibility in your hardware configuration.  No longer are you tied to a Config that you have to put on every device/disk; Wheels will search for the one "Toolbox" file through all the devices/disks until it finds it.  Initially, Wheels is set to load part of its system within the REU.  Dashboard (desktop) operations go much faster.  You can even load Wheels entirely into a REU for more speed, along with applications (of course, dependent on REU ram).  Very nice to have everything going from RAM instead of from mechanical drives!  Wheels also won't forget where the devices are (unlike GEOS which forgets that it has a REU installed and then you have to reboot).

To top it off, Wheels gives you a Dashboard with modern conveniences.  That's for another letter.

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Quote from: strandedinnz1)  What extra does Wheels get you ?

I don't understand.  Extra?

Quote from: strandedinnz2)  Can you get colours in 80 column mode with just GEOS128 ?

I haven't been able to do it.

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Quote from: strandedinnzSo what are the essential applications to have for GEOS 128 2.0 ?  Whats needed for a "useful" experience ?

The standard apps, of course, Geopaint 128 and GeoWrite 128.  You might find that several additional desk accessories are handy, too.  

Quote from: strandedinnzSo far I've got :

C128 with 64K VDC
1084s RGBI
1581 - well the kit, just need a drive mechanism :-)
1571
1541-II
512K REU
MMC64 - really like to use in GEOS
Commodore mouse

Nice set-up.  However, I don't know if the MMC64 will work with GEOS.

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Quote from: adminWanna review it ?
Lance

Give me some time first.  :-)

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Quote from: adminIt's a USB device - there are after-market add-ons for that for Amigas - what model do you have ?
Lance

A500's, A600, A3000's, A4000's, and A1200's (including one in a tower).  However, the 56K modem connection will put a damper on downloading heaps of music.

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Quote from: adminAlso got myself the new Commodore MP3 player - this is *not* on the Commodore site, but you can see a picture of it at http://www.target.com.au/html/catalogue1966/1966e01.htm.

Lance

Cute player!  Too bad I don't have a fast Internet connection nor equipment with which to transfer music into the player.  :-)
Ah, the problems with only having Commodores/Amigas at home with a 56K modem.

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Quote from: OzOneIn one of the other threads there was some talk around games for Basic 8, I tracked down one(!) that I had on an old disk and just uploaded it to the games section of the downloads.

It's called TOWER.SDA & only works on a 64k VDC.

Oz

Ooo, a Basic 8 game!  Never heard of that one;I'll try it out.

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Quote from: xlar54GEOS doesnt automatically detect drives (well, sort of...)

Yeah, one of the bugs of GEOS is that is loses (forgets) what extra active drives it has.  Most annoying when you have Drive 9 disappearing.  Wheels clears up this bug entirely.

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Quote from: xlar54Lets talk this.  Was GEOS 128 too late?

GEOS 128 was not really late, as it came at the same time or soon after GEOS 64.

 

Quote from: xlar54Sad that they didnt include better support for harddrives right off the bat (at least I dont think they did).

Hard drives were very expensive in the mid-1980's.  Back then, an advanced set-up would consist of a second disk drive and a RAM expansion.

Quote from: xlar54Whats your thoughts on GEOS? Some hated it, some loved it.

I never like GEOS until I got Wheels.  Wheels clears up or smooths over many of the bugs of GEOS.

Quote from: xlar54Ive never tried Wheels (Im SuperCPU impaired)...

A common misconception.  The minimum requirements are an original GEOS boot disk (for the key during installation and then the disk is not needed after that), one disk drive, and RAM expansion.  Of course, the more C= goodies, the more Wheels can fly.

Quote from: xlar54...but I hear it's really what GEOS was meant to be.

Consider Wheels to be a really big upgrade to GEOS.  In fact, Wheels is a different o.s. which uses GEOS applications.

Quote from: xlar54> I wonder what would have happened to Commodore in general if they had come up with a harddrive for the 8-bits...

Commodore did have hard drives for their 8-bits; those would be the CBM hard drives for the PET/B128 line of computers.  Those drives were interfaceable to a C64/128 via IEEE adapters such as Quicksilver 128.

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Quote from: xlar54What do you use your 128 for these days?

Mostly for going on-line with Desterm 2.01, a 56K modem, and a Turbo232.  Secondly, for writing C= articles for our newsletter and to be published on-line.

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Quote from: xlar54I dont know if it has any games with the distribution, but I think it does come with Spectrum 128...or else Spectrum 128 was written with it.  Its an 80 column paint program. And I also think there was a front end GUI file manager that was done in B8 that was kind of cool.

I've had Basic 8 since the 1980's, and I've never found a game for it.  Of course, that doesn't prevent anyone for writing one for it.  Paint 128 was the paint program that came with the Basic 8 release.  Sketchpad 128 and Spectrum 128 were two different yet similar paint programs that were commercially released later.  The Basic 8 desktop, though interesting, was slow and didn't do much (again someone could rewrite it to make it more useful).

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Quote from: HidekiAhh, replied there, but I just noticed you mention you're using the C128DCR, it is the standalone 1571 ROM you have and not the one from the drive in the C128DCR aye?

I use a C128DCR on-line, but we have the upgrade ROM for the separate, standalone 1571.

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Well, kind of hard to PM you with my C128DCR and Lynx text browser.
:-)  However, I will send you an e-mail.

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Quote from: HersheyI have Basic 8 on disk as well as sketchpad 128 and the other one (can not think of name right now).

Would that be Spectrum 128?

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Quote from: HidekiHihi

If anyone has a DOS ROM from the old 1571 (or the drive in the plastic 128D) I could do with one since mine thinks it's a 1570 right now

I have the upgrade ROM for the 1571.

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