Laser XTSL Environment

March 25, 2011 10:20 AM

Years ago, I had a computer called a "Laser XTSL Model 1", I thought it ran DOS, but from my Google searches, I must be incorrect. But I do remember a program for it called "Go!". It was an environment, that, if I recall, looked like an office. It had a calculator and maybe a recipe holder? Could anyone provide more information about 1) The computer and 2) "Go!" (maybe without the exclamation point). Thanks!
posted by drleary to Computers & Internet (5 answers total)

Response by poster: This would have been like, 1989 or 1990. Thanks again.
posted by drleary at 10:20 AM on March 25, 2011

I believe the original Lasers were Apple II clones (see Laser 128), and the Laser XTs were indeed "PC Clones", back when that meant something, so yeah, they would have run MS-DOS, or PC-DOS, or XX-DOS where that's a brand identifier.
posted by rokusan at 10:23 AM on March 25, 2011

Could it have been running GEM?
posted by motdiem2 at 12:12 PM on March 25, 2011

I had a job in a rinky dink little computer store back then selling, among other systems, Laser XTs and could have sworn they ran a branded version of GeoWorks.

Another link which I can't find at the moment said it was re-branded Laservision.
posted by JaredSeth at 1:40 PM on March 25, 2011

These people have a working Laser XT Turbo including original manuals and floppies. They might know something about Go.
posted by reynaert at 1:45 PM on March 25, 2011