Ventura Publisher 3.0 for DOS-GEM

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Ventura Publisher 3.0 for DOS-GEM

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Stef Pillaert

When I try to use the first disk (in VM Virtualbox, Dos6.22), I get this message:
Het is niet gelukt harde schijf bestand C:\Users\stef.pillaert\Desktop\Ventura Publisher 3.0 for DOS-GEM (3.5)\Xerox Ventura Desktop Publisher v3.0 for PC GEM (1990)(Ventura Software)(Disk 1 of 7).ima te openen.

Could not get the storage format of the medium 'C:\Users\stef.pillaert\Desktop\Ventura Publisher 3.0 for DOS-GEM (3.5)\Xerox Ventura Desktop Publisher v3.0 for PC GEM (1990)(Ventura Software)(Disk 1 of 7).ima' (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED).

Resultaatcode:VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80BB0005)
Component:MediumWrap
Interface:IMedium {4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda}
Callee:IVirtualBox {9570b9d5-f1a1-448a-10c5-e12f5285adad}
Callee RC: VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80BB0001)

SomeGuy

Ok, I corrected the disk image format and re-uploaded. Please try it again.

JavieRock

Hi, this version will run on GEM ?, or is only for DOS with GEM Gui on it ?

BeenThere

On PCs, GEM was a GUI for DOS, rather than a standalone OS.

SomeGuy

Pedantically, Windows 1.0-3.11 were also just GUIs rather than a standalone OS. Some of this stuff is hard to classify due to the way people used it.

AAVentura

Installed on a MS-DOS 6.22 machine in Virtualbox, working fine. I need only to add the line
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE
to CONFIG.SYS
I used Xerox Ventura 30 years ago; there was a beautiful add-on which gave the possibility of moving along the screen with the mouse, but I 'don'remember its name.
Someone does?

It's the first time I manage to open again Xerox Ventura after 25 years... (then I used Corel Ventura, which I didn't like, and now Indesign...)
It's terrific!