GEM

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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 bringing a Macintosh-like windowed interface to DOS-based personal computers and the Atari ST.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
GEM canonical 5
GEM Write 1
GEM/1 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf desktop environment ⓘ
graphical user interface ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developer Digital Research NERFINISHED ⓘ
Digital Research, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributionModel bundled with hardware ⓘ
retail software package ⓘ
genre windowing system ⓘ
hasComponent GEM AES ⓘ
GEM Desktop NERFINISHED ⓘ
GEM GDOS NERFINISHED ⓘ
GEM VDI ⓘ
hasFeature desktop metaphor ⓘ
dialog boxes ⓘ
icons ⓘ
menus ⓘ
mouse-driven interface ⓘ
overlapping windows ⓘ
hasVersion GEM 1.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ
GEM 2.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ
GEM 3.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ
GEM/2 ⓘ
GEM/3 ⓘ
influenced Atari ST desktop environment NERFINISHED ⓘ
FreeGEM NERFINISHED ⓘ
OpenGEM NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspiredBy Apple Macintosh graphical user interface NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalDispute Apple Computer lawsuit over look-and-feel ⓘ
license proprietary software license ⓘ
notableFor being the primary GUI for early Atari ST computers ⓘ
bringing a Macintosh-like GUI to DOS-based PCs ⓘ
operatingSystem Atari TOS NERFINISHED ⓘ
CP/M-86 NERFINISHED ⓘ
DOS NERFINISHED ⓘ
platform Atari ST NERFINISHED ⓘ
IBM PC compatible ⓘ
Intel 80286 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Intel 8086 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Intel 8088 NERFINISHED ⓘ
programmingLanguage C ⓘ
assembly language ⓘ
releaseDate 1984 ⓘ
supportsInputDevice keyboard ⓘ
mouse ⓘ
supportsOutputDevice bitmap display ⓘ
graphics printer ⓘ
usedBy Atari ST users ⓘ
PC/AT users ⓘ
PC/XT users ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Digital Research → notableWork → GEM ⓘ
Digital Research → product → GEM ⓘ
Digital Research, Inc. → notableWork → GEM ⓘ
Digital Research, Inc. → developed → GEM ⓘ
GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) → hasComponent → GEM ⓘ
this entity surface form: GEM Write
GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) → hasVersion → GEM ⓘ
this entity surface form: GEM/1
GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) → hasVersion → GEM ⓘ
this entity surface form: GEM/2
GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) → hasVersion → GEM ⓘ
this entity surface form: GEM/3
GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) → hasVersion → GEM ⓘ
this entity surface form: GEM/4
GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) → successor → GEM ⓘ
this entity surface form: OpenGEM
GEM desktop → partOf → GEM ⓘ