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   mm0fmf to The Real Bev   
   Re: 50 years ago, CP/M started the micro   
   12 Aug 24 21:45:02   
   
   From: none@invalid.com   
      
   On 12/08/2024 18:04, The Real Bev wrote:   
      
   > As I recall, when you executed Ventura (from a floppy, of course) it   
   > first brought up GEM.  That was the only time I ever saw it.  I used VP   
   > first in 1988 or 89, and then at a different job in 1991.  Before   
   > Windows 3.0 in 1990, according to Gemini. Must have been MSDOS...   
   >   
   >   
      
   GEM was DR's Graphics Environment Manager and was available for x86 and   
   also ran on the Atari ST. It was a total dog, at least on the Atari. I   
   had the misfortune to have to write software for it on the ST a long   
   time back. I'm trying to suppress the nightmares returning.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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