Re: [NTLK] Some wise words (maybe)

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Tue Aug 17 2004 - 05:59:09 PDT

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Dan wrote:
> Ed Kummel wrote:
>
>>I used to run GEM's GEOS system on my original XT
>>system.
>
> I believe that the GEM and GEOS were two different OS's. At least GEM
> sure does not sound like the GEOS I used (and still have around).

GEM and GEOS were different systems.

GEM was written by Digital Research (DEC). Jon Glass mentioned the 'Finesse'
desktop publishing software, IIRC this was written by Logitech and ran using a
GEM runtime on top of DOS. I had a copy :)

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