GEM (Graphics Environment Manager)

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desktop environment graphical user interface

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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) canonical 2
GEM Desktop 2
GEM desktop environment 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.

Atari ST → operatingSystem → GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) ⓘ
Digital Research → notableWork → GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) ⓘ
this entity surface form: GEM Desktop
Digital Research, Inc. → notableWork → GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) ⓘ
this entity surface form: GEM Desktop
Digital Research, Inc. → knownFor → GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) ⓘ
this entity surface form: GEM graphical user interface for PCs
ARAnyM → providesEnvironment → GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) ⓘ
this entity surface form: GEM desktop environment
Atari TOS → includesComponent → GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) ⓘ