22 Apr
2016
22 Apr
'16
10:51 a.m.
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016, Liam Proven wrote:
GEM ran on MS-DOS, DR's own DOS+ (a forerunner of
the later DR-DOS)
It still runs under FreeDOS, too. I've puttered around with it several
times in that environment.
... and on the Atari ST's TOS, derived in part
from CP/M-68K.
Ah ha! I always wondered about that relationship. So, the ST TOS GEM *was*
in fact related to the same version that ran on DOS. I always wondered if it
was just similar naming, copy-cat syndrome, or if they were a licensee. Now
I know! I never had an ST, unfortunately. I just drooled on them.
The only BBC copro that could run GEM, AFAIAA, was the
BBC Master 512 with
the Intel 80186.
Whoa. That sounds bizarre but cool.
-Swift