GEM/XM

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GEM/XM is a task-switching version of GEM, based on the GEM 2.0 codebase. DOS and GEM programs can be run as tasks, with the "Desk" menu used to switch between them. Text can be copied and pasted between applications, in a similar manner to the TaskMAX task manager under DR-DOS 6. Despite its name, GEM/XM does not require any form of expanded or extended memory.

Although GEM/XM itself was never released, a beta exists in both source (not quite complete) and compiled form. FreeGEM/XM is based on this beta.

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Bugs

Since GEM/XM was never completed, the released code contains various bugs.

  • Some DOS applications do not receive any keyboard input.
  • The version number reported by the AES is 3.00, but the menu_click function in the real GEM 3.0 is not present.
  • The VDI assumes that the clipboard is in the directory C:\GEMSCRAP, and is unaware of changes made to its location by the scrp_write function.
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