Hi Mark,
Yes, the Atari ST series used Digital Research's GEM (Graphics Environment
Manager) as its GUI. It was good, but it always felt a bit "clunkier" than
the Mac OS of the time, System 6. (Yay, Martin!)
Which now makes me wonder: Was there ever a port of GEM for the Mac?
I know it was available for the Intel platform as well as the Motorola
680x0 series of chips, but I don't think I ever saw it mentioned for any
Mac use? Maybe Apple forbade it? I know they had a couple of "look and
feel" lawsuits against Atari re: GEM.
Anyone?
Rob
>The GUI was almost as good as the Mac GUI IIRC but ran at TV resolution
>to make it usable on TC sets.
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