Re: Re: The Internet that could have been...
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sat Apr 06 2024 10:04 am
> GEOS for the 64 was the basis for QuantumLink, the predecessor to AOL.
Nope. QuantumLink was a "modified version" of PlayNet and was launched in Nov 19
85. PlayNet/Q-Link was later ported and became the basis for America Online.
GEOS was developed by Berkley Softworks, no relation to PlayNet, and was release
d in March 1986. Some releases of GEOS did included a "bundled" copy of the Q-Li
nk software. Although the custom Q-Link client itself was free and easily obtain
able.
> It was an interesting GUI at the time.
It was amazing for what it was capable of doing on a C=64.
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