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Gallery of operating system user interfaces over the years
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.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
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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!
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mac-finance said 6:42PM on 9-20-2006
What was GeoWorks? what did it run on?
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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).
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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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