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I used the original Xerox Ventura Publisher, which came with a GEM runtime for DOS. I miss it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corel_Ventura https://en.wikipedi
by chasil 3y ago
I used the original Xerox Ventura Publisher, which came with a GEM runtime for DOS.
I miss it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corel_Ventura https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corel_Ventura
- rjsw 3y agoI developed GEM applications on DOS and on the Atari ST, didn't do anything that required as much precision as Ventura Publisher. The runtime that came with Ventura wasn't a standard GEM one.
- lproven 3y agoI know that GEM/4 and GEM/5 has additional features, such as Bézier curve support for Artline. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEM_(desktop_environment) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEM_(desktop_environment) These were eventually backported into FreeGEM and the current OpenGEM has them built in, I believe.
- randombits0 3y agoMy old and unreliable memory thinks that TOS (the ST DOS) was modeled after DOS as far as interrupt calls and whatnot to make it easier for devs. I know the disk format was the same, though DOS wouldn’t read the ST disk unless it had a DOS boot sector on it. ST didn’t care.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoWorth pointing out (see my other comment) that Ventura Publisher was written by the original inventor/architect of GEM itself; Lee Lorenzen. After leaving DR.
- eschneider 3y agoI used that for magazine publishing. Definitely better than pasting galleys on boards, which is what it replaced, but I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say I miss it. :)