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To: Paul Engel who wrote (39474)	11/7/1997 11:18:00 PM
From: Richard L. Williams	Read Replies (1) of 186894

GEM was an OK product - but somewhat limited. It actually worked properly several years before Microsoft got Windows 3.1 out the door. I agree, Paul--I used a version of GEM on my Atari 520ST, which I bought in February of 1987, long before Windows 1.0 came out, much less 3.1. Yeah, it was limited, no multi-tasking, and a printer spooler was the height of high tech, but I rarely bombed out (on the ST, you saw smoking cherry bombs when the computer crashed), never fiddled with a configuration, and was almost always was able to use software right out of the box without having to call tech support. GEM served me up until early 1993 before I finally got a DOS box...six years. I think that just shows how far ahead of its time it really was. Rick

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