GNO Multitasking Environment press release
By Mike Horwath
Copyright (c) 1992 Apple Users' Group, Sydney
Republished from Applecations, a publication of the Apple Users' Group, Sydney, Australia.
February 17, 1992
Procyon, Inc. announced today the release of the GNO Multitasking Environment (or GNO/ME) for the Apple IIgs microcomputer. GNO/ME brings all the power of the Unix operating system to the IIgs for the first time.
"GNO/ME is a programmer's dream," said Jawaid Bazyar, head of the project. "So many things are possible now that just weren't before."
Jawaid is referring to GNO/ME's multitasking ability: many programs may be run simultaneously, either interactively with the user or in the background, where the program does it's processing (printing, compiling a program, searching files, etc) while allowing the user to seamlessly move on to other tasks.
Another GNO/ME feature is multiple terminals; more than one person can use the same IIgs at a time. Such programs as multi-user BBS systems are now possible.
Matt Gudermuth, President of Procyon Inc., tells about the company. "We founded Procyon to bring high-quality products to the badly neglected Apple IIgs market. It makes no sense that no one is developing for this machine which is still far from it's capabilities, and among all the PC brands in existence has the most loyal and supportive user base."
"This is something we've all been waiting for for a long time", says Tim Meekins, the other principal progammer. "GNO gives me the ability to do things I only used to be able to do on the $10,000 workstations in the labs at school. When the IIgs was released, it was the most technologically advanced PC in the world. GNO brings the IIgs once again to the forefront of the home computer world."
GNO comes with almost 40 utilities tailored specifically for the GNO environment, and also comes with the C and assembly _source code_ for these programs, to allow budding programmers to see how it's done.
GNO also comes with a large library of Unix subroutines, to make porting Unix software to run on the IIgs easier than ever. The powerful libraries include curses and termcap flexible screen manipulation for any terminal type, and all the C library routines your IIgs C compiler forgot about!
For those of you out there who like Unix, and don't want to spend the thousands of dollars needed for a Unix computer or even for Unix for DOS machines, GNO is an unbeatable value.
The price for the GNO system (3 disks and full printed manuals) is US$80 plus shipping. Shipping is by USMail First Class ($3), or International Airmail ($5). GNO/ME can be ordered directly from the publisher:
Procyon, Inc.
1005 N. Kingshighway, Suite 309
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
(314) 334-7078
Mastercard and Visa accepted.

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