GEM (Graphics Environment Manager)
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GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) is a graphical user interface and desktop environment developed by Digital Research in the 1980s, best known for providing the windowed GUI on Atari ST computers.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) canonical | 2 |
| GEM Desktop | 2 |
| GEM desktop environment | 1 |
| GEM graphical user interface for PCs | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
desktop environment
ⓘ
graphical user interface ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Xerox Alto user interface
ⓘ
surface form:
Xerox PARC-style WIMP interface
|
| developer | Digital Research ⓘ |
| distributionModel |
bundled with Atari ST
ⓘ
bundled with some DOS PCs ⓘ |
| effectOfLegalDispute | removal of overlapping windows in PC versions ⓘ |
| feature |
bitmapped graphics
ⓘ
dialog boxes ⓘ icons ⓘ menus ⓘ mouse support ⓘ overlapping windows ⓘ |
| genre | windowing system ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
GEM AES
ⓘ
GEM desktop ⓘ
surface form:
GEM Desktop
GEM Draw ⓘ GEM Draw ⓘ
surface form:
GEM GDOS
GEM Paint ⓘ GEM VDI ⓘ GEM ⓘ
surface form:
GEM Write
|
| hasVersion |
GEM
ⓘ
surface form:
GEM/1
GEM ⓘ
surface form:
GEM/2
GEM ⓘ
surface form:
GEM/3
GEM ⓘ
surface form:
GEM/4
|
| historicalPeriod | home computer era of the mid-1980s ⓘ |
| inception | 1980s ⓘ |
| influenced | Atari ST software ecosystem ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Apple Lisa
ⓘ
Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Macintosh
|
| legalDispute |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Computer
|
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| notableFor |
GUI of Atari ST computers
ⓘ
early GUI for IBM PC compatibles ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Atari TOS
ⓘ
CP/M ⓘ MS-DOS ⓘ
surface form:
DOS
|
| platform |
Atari ST
ⓘ
CP/M-68K ⓘ IBM PC compatible ⓘ |
| successor |
GEM
ⓘ
surface form:
OpenGEM
|
| supports |
bitmap fonts
ⓘ
device-independent graphics ⓘ multiple screen resolutions ⓘ multitasking (cooperative, limited) ⓘ printer drivers via GDOS ⓘ vector fonts (with GDOS extensions) ⓘ vector graphics via VDI ⓘ |
| userInterface | WIMP ⓘ |
| writtenIn |
C
ⓘ
assembly language ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
GEM Desktop
this entity surface form:
GEM Desktop
this entity surface form:
GEM graphical user interface for PCs
this entity surface form:
GEM desktop environment