So it really depends on the situation, I think.Ī Turbo XT at 8 MHz with a NEC CPU can pass as a slow PC/AT,ĭepending on the memory timings, waistates etc. Though with a NEC V20/V30 CPU we're quite close to 286 territory, also.Ī software that expects a 286 and doesn't do much checking will run fine. It was written for NewDeal, but I think that's true for all GEOS releases, likely. Unless your computer is equipped with a memory expansion board containingĪ megabyte or more of expanded memory. If you have an 8086 or 8088 machine, you will probably not be satisfied with the performance, We were able to run the programs, but found that the speed and performance was unacceptable. NewDeal software was tested in-house on XT machines. We were forced to remove the XT class of machines from our supported hardware list. It once was fine for Geoworks Pro /Geoworks Ensemble 1.x, maybe, but GEOS 2+ uses a new code base.īecause of all the new powerful features in the latest versions of NewDeal software If that fails I can try on my XT wich runs dos 5 I am going to get my 286 build out of storage at one point since I sourced a really nice case for it - transfer it into it's new case and have a go at running GEOS on that. kind of gave up on getting it to run on my Compaq Deskpro 2000.
