vga256, 25 days ago (edited 25 days ago) to Fonts oh hell yes. i think i just found the original typeface used: it was LTC Spire by the Lanston Type Company edit: it led to a fascinating web preservation backstory about the origins of the font itself: https://dialup.cafe/@vga256/112460660100094359 #fonts
oh hell yes. i think i just found the original typeface used: it was LTC Spire by the Lanston Type Company
edit: it led to a fascinating web preservation backstory about the origins of the font itself: https://dialup.cafe/@vga256/112460660100094359
#fonts
vga256, 25 days ago yep, that's the font alright. 😎 dare to dream #geoworks #fonts
yep, that's the font alright.
😎 dare to dream
#geoworks #fonts
vga256, 25 days ago to random fellow geoworks lovers and related operating system outcasts: does anyone know how/where the GeoWorks 1.x/2.x system bitmap fonts are stored? i'm speaking specifically about the fonts used throughout the UI, and the one used on the splash screen for "Ensemble 2.0" i've spent hours trying to figure this out, and i'm not much closer #geoworks
fellow geoworks lovers and related operating system outcasts:
does anyone know how/where the GeoWorks 1.x/2.x system bitmap fonts are stored?
i'm speaking specifically about the fonts used throughout the UI, and the one used on the splash screen for "Ensemble 2.0"
i've spent hours trying to figure this out, and i'm not much closer
#geoworks
vwbusguy, 8 months ago to linux No #Linux desktop environment has ever captured the magic of #Microsoft Bob.
No #Linux desktop environment has ever captured the magic of #Microsoft Bob.
vwbusguy, 8 months ago Nor the glory of #Geoworks PC-GEOS for that matter.
Nor the glory of #Geoworks PC-GEOS for that matter.
amcewen, 10 months ago to retrocomputing Dug out this late-90s-vintage Brother GeoBook from my work archive, after reading https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2023/06/o-brother-geobook-lets-get-thou-back-on.html?lr=1 We (at STNC) wrote the IP stack and web browser libraries (maybe email too?). There's only the tiniest bit, if any, of my code on this - I did a few weeks on it when I started at STNC but then switched to the Psion Series 5 web browser. #Brother #GeoBook #STNC #retrocomputing #Geoworks #GEOS Close-up of the BIOS message when booting up, including the text "FOR DEVELOPMENT TEST ONLY. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION" Photo of the serial number sticker on the underside of the Geobook. Alongside the usual information is also printed: "PREPRODUCTION SAMPLE. NOT FOR RESALE"
Dug out this late-90s-vintage Brother GeoBook from my work archive, after reading https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2023/06/o-brother-geobook-lets-get-thou-back-on.html?lr=1
We (at STNC) wrote the IP stack and web browser libraries (maybe email too?).
There's only the tiniest bit, if any, of my code on this - I did a few weeks on it when I started at STNC but then switched to the Psion Series 5 web browser.
#Brother #GeoBook #STNC #retrocomputing #Geoworks #GEOS
Close-up of the BIOS message when booting up, including the text "FOR DEVELOPMENT TEST ONLY. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION" Photo of the serial number sticker on the underside of the Geobook. Alongside the usual information is also printed: "PREPRODUCTION SAMPLE. NOT FOR RESALE"
ernie, 11 months ago to random Everyone, please follow @GeoworksFan—it’s the fediverse’s second #GeoWorks fan account, after me.
Everyone, please follow @GeoworksFan—it’s the fediverse’s second #GeoWorks fan account, after me.