>Regarding interesting OS's that run on XT's:
>
>Amstrad shipped a little GUI with it's PC1512's and 1640's called GEM. It
>requires two
>360K drives and 640K, I think. Cliff Lawson has it in a file area off of
>his Amstrad web
>page
>
>http://web.ukonline.co.uk/cliff.lawson/info.htm
>
>It's very similar looking to GEOS for the c64.
>
>Kirk Scott
>scottk5_at_ibm.net
If you're talking about the GEM I think you're talking about. Wasn't it
licensed from Digital Research? GEM is also the basis for the 16 & 32-bit
Atari's. I just can't remember at this point if the PC version ran on DOS,
or if it required CP/M to run.
Zane
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