Gallery of operating system user interfaces over the years

by Jason Clarke Sep 20th 2006

It's easy to forget all of the computing operating systems that existed before Windows, Mac OS, and the various flavors of Unix / Linux. But if you ever feel like taking a walk down memory lane and checking out some screenshots of some of the oldies, check out the Graphical User Interface Gallery over at Guidebook. There are a bunch of beloved bygone GUIs, as well as a few that I had never heard of. What the hell is IRIX or Visi On? It seems the gallery is pretty full-featured, but unfortunately needs some help filling out the galleries on some of the more obscure OSes. It's still well worth a 5 minute perusal.

Tags: graphical user interface, GraphicalUserInterface, GUI, GUI gallery, GuiGallery, operating system gallery, OperatingSystemGallery, user interface gallery, UserInterfaceGallery

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

freezejeans said 1:24PM on 9-20-2006

WOW does that bring back memories! What a terrific find. I remember seeing GeoWorks in the stores back in the early 90's, but never knew what it really looked like until I checked out the screenshots. I still have an Atari ST with TOS so of course had to go look at that one again. Always fun to take a trip down memory lane...thanks!

mac-finance said 6:42PM on 9-20-2006

What was GeoWorks? what did it run on?

rudelerius said 8:45PM on 9-20-2006

IRIX is a custom Unix derivative used on Silicon Graphics workstations, like the 02. I have an O2, but sadly have never seen it boot to the OS due to a lack of RAM (custom 278? pin).

freezejeans said 12:28PM on 9-21-2006

GeoWorks ran on PC's & compatibles, an alternative to Windows at the time. I think it ran on top of DOS but can't remember exactly...

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