GeoPublish

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geoPublish
Developer(s) Berkeley Softworks
Initial release1986;37 years ago (1986)
Operating system GEOS
Type desktop publishing

geoPublish is a discontinued desktop publishing program made by Berkeley Softworks for their GEOS Operating System. [1] [2] [3]

Though not as sophisticated as contemporary counterparts such as PageMaker, geoPublish is capable of outputting PostScript page descriptions to laser printers and is used for creating newsletters and other basic page layout tasks. [4] [5] [6]

Versions

A version for the Commodore 64 was released in 1986. [7] [8] It was ported to the Apple II in 1988. [9] [10] Version 2.0 was released in 1993. [1]

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