The first box is obviously the GEM that shipped with the Amstrad PC line.
This was the post Apple suit, trash-bin-less version.
The second batch is the last released version of Gem and I believe included
with CCPs Artline package. CCP is still alive
http://www.artline.de/index.asp
and offers Artline versions for free download. DAK was an electronics
marketer went broke in 94 and is now resurected as DAK 2000.
Lawrence
> OK. This thread has been causing a tickle in the back of my head for
> days. I finally went digging in my old came-with-what-I-wanted-at-
> auction boxes, and I have two unrelated sets of GEM stuff.
>
> 1 box 5.25 floppies:
> Sleeves labelled "AMSTRAD PC System Discs", colored disks labelled:
>
> (red) DISC [sic] 1, MICROSOFT MSDOS
> OPERATING SYSTEM
> STARTUP & UTILIIES v3.2
>
> (blue) DISC 2, GEM STARTUP v2.0U.
>
> (green) DISC 3, GEM DESKTOP v2.0U.
> /Locomotive BASIC 2 v1.0
>
> (yellow) DISC 4, DOS Plus STARTUP
> & Utilities v1.2/GEM PAINT v1.0U
>
> Other:
> Bad Dudes IBM-Program Disk
> Bad Dudes IBM-Data Disk
>
> Read 'n Roll Program and Data For IBM and Compatibles
> Read 'n Roll Stories level 1-2-3-4 For IBM and Compatibles
>
> Talking Word Attack Plus! Program and Data Disk
> for IBM, Tandy and Compatibles
> Talking Word Attack Plus! Speech Disk
> for IBM, Tandy and Compatibles
>
> MATH BLASTER PLUS! Program and Data for IBM and Compatibles
> MATH BLASTER MYSTERY Program Disk For IBM, Tandy and Compatibles
> MATH BLASTER MYSTERY Data Disk For IBM, Tandy and Compatibles
>
> WHERE IN THE U.S.A. IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? DISK 1
>
> WHERE IN THE U.S.A. IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? DISK 2
>
> And, in the shrinkwrap, a package of 5.25" disks, a book titled GEM
> Artline by CCP, and a smaller book titled GEM/3 Desktop User's Guide.
> There's a small paper label on the package that says
>
> DAK # (70230) 5.25"
> GEM/3/ARTLINE/HIJAAK HD
>
> The logo on the books is Digital Research but the EULA on the software
> envelope is from DAK Industries Inc.
> Unfortunately, I don't have a PC set up to try all this out. I think
> I got the 2 sets in different auctions at different places, but I know
> I've had them since before I was seriously collecting. They were
> useless junk when I got them.
> Heh. For all I really know, they still are.
>
> Doc
>
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Received on Mon Apr 08 2002 - 13:40:22 BST