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GEM 1.x

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edited May 2020 in Product Comments

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  • NetcliffNetcliff

    DR GEM also looked like the Atari ST!

  • DeFactoDeFacto

    Because the ST ran a custom version of GEM.

  • NetcliffNetcliff

    Oh, yeah. Right! Just noticed.

  • johnlennon364johnlennon364

    Apple sues DR for Look and Feel of the GUI. Apple copies same GUI Design from Xerox. Microsoft avoid a Lawsuit because Windows 1.01 is Titled not Overlapping Windows. 2 years later Apple sues Microsoft over Windows 2.0 Overlapping Windows. Microsoft wins the Lawsuit. For GEM the damages was done due to Lawsuit. Tandy 2000 Beta Build of Windows have Trash feature on see GEM.

  • cuvtixo2cuvtixo2
    Apple suing MicroSoft for look and feel of Windows was all part of a marketing strategy (I guess Apple felt they could throw money at lawyers for hopeless cases, and I guess that's not wrong at that particular time) If Apple did sue Digital Research it was just a sideshow. Jobs wasn't beyond leveraging the US legal system just to scare Windows adopters
  • Sussybaka483578Sussybaka483578
    visi on was first, @cuvtixo2
  • Jarek15Jarek15
    edited June 6
    Im having trouble installing GEM 1.1 on PCem.

    I inserted Disk 1 of GEM 1.1 (System Master Disk) and after activating GEMVDI and then GEM (then getting jumpscared by the desktop) it told me to inseet GEM Desktop disk into drive A:. I didnt see GEM Desktop disk and thought Desktop Master Disk was the correct one. Turns out it wasnt, it told me: "The GEM Desktop cannot find the documents DESKLO.ICN or DESKHI.ICN, or DESKTOP.INF in the DOS search path." DOS search path? Its really confusing for me to understand what that means.
    Alright turns out Desktop Master Disk shows me the exact files the GEM installer needed, but why didnt it find them then? Its confusing the hell out of me. Anyone had similiar problems like this? I hope its not the PCem emulators fault. Hope to get an answer soon!

    UPDATE: I ran the wrong file, it was GEMPREP not GEMVDI im so so sooo sorry!!!
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