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A very enjoyable read, but it's a shame there was no mention of Digital Research GEM, which did ship in 1985. I remember trying it on various Amstrad PC machine
by willtim 8y ago
A very enjoyable read, but it's a shame there was no mention of Digital Research GEM, which did ship in 1985. I remember trying it on various Amstrad PC machines in the UK and being very impressed. I never saw an Apple Macintosh at that time, even for sale in a shop, probably due to its price. A few years later GEM starting shipping with Atari ST machines. I presume the fate of GEM was ultimately tied to that of DR.
- digi_owl 8y agoHe has already done an article on Atari ST, and GEM is included there. https://www.filfre.net/2015/04/the-68000-wars-part-2-jack-is-back/ https://www.filfre.net/2015/04/the-68000-wars-part-2-jack-is... He is basically working through the years, touch upon the major topics of each one as he goes. I suspect that he is building some background on Windows 3.x, the first really successful version of Windows, with these articles.