Some other GeoBook-related resources

  • Meta links - use these to get pointers to reviews etc. not listed here:
  • Companies
    • Brother's GeoBook Info page with specifications, FAQ, and support locations.
    • Geoworks, makers of the Geos operating system.
    • STNC wrote the Web browser and e-mail handling.
    • Datalight supplies the ROM DOS used to bootstrap Geos and handle some of the file system.
    • AMD, manufacturers of the GeoBook's Elan SC300 CPU.
    • Breadbox Computer contributed some Geos development experience to the project - in addition, most of the Breadbox applications for Geos will also run on the GeoBook.
    • Puma Technologies offers data synchronization software for the GeoBook.
    • Perfect Solutions specialize in the use of GeoBooks in educational environments.
    • EarthLink Network offers a special Internet access for GeoBook users with a simplified sign-on procedure.
  • Buying one...
    • Pricing and availibility info for a number of resellers from c|net's shopper.com. For some reason, they carry the two devices in totally different categories...
  • Newsgroups
    • comp.os.geos.misc is the place where you will find a lot of people with experience in Geos on the GeoBook and other machines.
    • Occasionally you will also find requests and discussions in comp.sys.laptops.
  • People
  • The competition
    • Despite its name, the GeoFox-One does not run Geos, but Psion's EPOC32 operating system. Anyway, its basic idea seems in many ways quite similar to that of the GeoBook.
    • The Web.it has been dubbed a rebirth of the Commodore 64, but when you look at the specs and the price point, it has a bit of a GeoBook-for-your-TV with Windows 3.1 on it...