GEOS DeskPack
Contents
Source 1
| Property | Data |
|---|---|
| Title | GEOS DeskPack 1: Four new applications for use with GEOS |
| Publisher and/or Developer | Berkeley Softworks |
| Year | 1985 |
| Disk(s) | 1 |
| Number of Index Holes | 1 |
| Media Type | 5.25 DSDD |
| Retail, Budget or Compilation (with name) | Retail |
| Country of Release | EU / USA ? |
| Language(s) | English |
| Platform | C64 |
| NTSC or PAL | NTSC/PAL |
| Protection | On track 36 data is written without any sync marks. The protections tests if there are no sync marks and reads the data using a suitable timeout. (markusC64) |
| Working? | yes |
| Archived | 25 May 2014 Rakki |
| Verified by | markusC64 @F64 |
Pictures by Rakki:
Box Content
Back
Disk Label
Front
Purchased from: tori.fi - originally sold in Finland
When DeskPack is first run it locks the program to the GEOS serial number. Deinstalled means that this has been removed and it can be run on any GEOS again.
Side 0 contains:
Icon Editor Calendar Black Jack Graphics Grabber
Side 1 contains GEOS Drivers:
Desk Top GeoWrite GeoPaint Photo Manager Text Manager
Duplicator Information Side 1:
4040/1541#130NS REV&DUP 5"-48/35 1S,DD
Streams
File:Deskpack1 Streams Rakki.zip
G64
as in stream
deinstalled
File:Deskpack1-rakki.deinstalled.g64
Side 1 is unchanged by deinstallation.
Source 2
| Property | Data |
|---|---|
| Title | GEOS DeskPack |
| Publisher and/or Developer | Berkeley Softworks |
| Year | 1985 |
| Disk(s) | 1 |
| Number of Index Holes | 1 |
| Media Type | 5.25 DSDD |
| Retail, Budget or Compilation (with name) | Retail |
| Country of Release | EU / USA ? |
| Language(s) | English |
| Platform | C64 |
| NTSC or PAL | NTSC/PAL |
| Protection | On track 36 data is written without any sync marks. The protections tests if there are no sync marks and reads the data using a suitable timeout. (markusC64) |
| Working? | yes |
| Archived | ? |
| Verified by | markusC64 @F64 |
Original from markusC64 @F64
G64
File:DeskPack 1.deinstalled.g64
Source 3
| Property | Data |
|---|---|
| Title | GEOS DeskPack |
| Publisher and/or Developer | Berkeley Softworks |
| Year | 1985 |
| Disk(s) | 1 |
| Number of Index Holes | 1 |
| Media Type | 5.25 DSDD |
| Retail, Budget or Compilation (with name) | Retail |
| Country of Release | EU / USA ? |
| Language(s) | English |
| Platform | C64 |
| NTSC or PAL | NTSC/PAL |
| Protection | On track 36 data is written without any sync marks. The protections tests if there are no sync marks and reads the data using a suitable timeout. (markusC64) |
| Working? | yes |
| Archived | ? |
| Verified by | markusC64 @F64 |
Original from Stephan Scheuer @F64.
G64
File:DeskPack Stephan Scheuer.zip
Source 4
| Property | Data |
|---|---|
| Title | GEOS DeskPack |
| Publisher and/or Developer | Markt&Technik Verlag AG, Berkeley Softworks |
| Year | Feb 1988 |
| Disk(s) | 1 |
| Number of Index Holes | 1 |
| Media Type | 5.25 DSDD |
| Retail, Budget or Compilation (with name) | Retail |
| Country of Release | DE |
| Language(s) | English, adapted for german market |
| Platform | C64 |
| NTSC or PAL | PAL |
| Protection | GEOS Protection + standard GEOS application installation procedure on first run that writes serial number to disk |
| Working? | yes |
| Archived | 16 Sep 2023 enigma, provided by Zorro@F64 |
| Verified by | markusC64 @F64 |
Side 0
Box Front
Disk Front
Registration Card Front
Registration Card Back
Credits
Note
When DeskPack is first run it locks the program to the GEOS serial number.
Seriennummer: 034101416 Bestell-Nr. 50322
Contains:
Graphics Grabber Black Jack Calendar Icon Editor GeoMerge GeoDEX
This disk was already installed to the GEOS serial $fd0a. The icon of BlackJack is empty, probably an experiment with the IconEditor.
Streams
File:Streams DeskPack BestellNr50332 Zorro.zip
G64
File:DeskPack BestellNr50332 Zorro s0.g64
Disk side 1 is empty.
Source 5
| Property | Data |
|---|---|
| Title | GEOS DeskPack |
| Publisher and/or Developer | Markt&Technik Verlag AG, Berkeley Softworks |
| Year | Feb 1988 |
| Disk(s) | 1 |
| Number of Index Holes | 1 |
| Media Type | 5.25 DSDD |
| Retail, Budget or Compilation (with name) | Retail |
| Country of Release | DE |
| Language(s) | English, adapted for german market |
| Platform | C64 |
| NTSC or PAL | PAL |
| Protection | GEOS Protection + standard GEOS application installation procedure on first run that writes serial number to disk |
| Working? | No, data is ok, but the GEOS Protection signature is missing |
| Archived | 3 Oct 2023 enigma, provided by ko.ma@F64 |
| Verified by | markusC64 @F64 |
Side 0
Disk Front
This disk originated from the Markt&Technik Support, most likely as replacement disk for sent in defect user disks.
When DeskPack is first run it locks the program to the GEOS serial number.
Seriennummer: 23069557dh Bestell-Nr. 50322
Contains:
Graphics Grabber Black Jack Calendar Icon Editor GeoMerge GeoDEX
Streams
File:Streams GEOS DESKPACK koma.zip
G64
File:GEOS DESKPACK koma s0.g64
Disk side 1 is empty.
Tools
This tool reconstructs the copy protection on the disk. It can be used if the write back of the G64 image fails.
