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Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 23:13:32 EST
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    Another report from CES85 by the
    staff of ANTIC magazine.  This file
    is a report on the GEM operating
    environment, developed by Digital
    Research for the new ST line of
    ATARI computers based upon the
    MC68000 cpu.
    

 ANTIC ONLINE NEWS
 SPECIAL BULLETIN

 Permission to reprint or 
excerpt is granted only if the 
following credit appears at the
top of article:

 ANTIC SPECIAL BULLETIN, 
 REPRINTED BY PERMISSION.
 COPYRIGHT 1985, ANTIC 
 PUBLISHING INC.


 Sunday, 6 January 1985

 by MICHAEL CIRAOLO, Associate 
 Editor, Antic

 Las Vegas--Officials from 
Digital Research Inc. said 
today their company has signed 
the first in a series of 
agreements with the new Atari 
Corp for DRI's GEM operating 
system extension.

        This move, combined 
with DRI's commitment to 
independent software 
developers, is expected to 
bring a wide variety of 
software to the top-of-the-line
Atari computers.

        GEM (for Graphics 
Environment Manager) will run 
on the Atari ST line of 16-bit 
microcomputers, which are based
on the 68000 microprocessor

        Noted for its ability 
to enable icons, pull-down 
menus, windows and mice, GEM 
also simplifies the job of the 
software developer, according 
to DRI's Tom Byers.

        "Digital Research has 
taken graphics abilities into 
the software realm," said 
Byers.  "With the new Atari, 
the furnishings--the windows, 
menues and so on-- are included
in GEM.  The technological 
barriers to programming are 
gone."  

        Digital Research is 
currently working with about 10
independent software developers
now, and will be hosting a 
seminar in February for about 
150 major software developers. 

        
        Following next month's 
seminar, attendees, attendees 
will be given GEM toolkits to 
aid in the development of 68000
software.

        DRI's development 
software  will allow 
independent software vendors to
write software for the Atari ST
machines on any MS-DOS 
computer.  

        Thorn EMI/Perfect 
Software, Chang Labs, Lifetree 
Software and Matrix have all 
agreed to write GEM software to
take advantage of GEM's user 
interface, according to DRI 
officials.

        Future software 
developers can look forward to 
seminars across the country, 
toolkits from DRI and one-year 
access to a toll-free telephone
number for immediate technical 
support.

        Because GEM works 
independently of operating 
systems and languages, it is 
compatible with PC-DOS (version
2.0 and up), MS-DOS and 
Concurrent DOS.  

        There is no specific 
development language for the 
new Ataris, although Byers 
recommended C.

        Part of the GEM package
is the Application Environment 
Services (AES) supplement.  AES
includes subroutine libraries 
to monitor and respond to user 
input from mouse movement, 
mouse button clicks, keyboard 
entry and so on.  

        Libraries also include 
software that lets a programmer
write a menu in text form and 
have it translated into pull-
down menu form, and several 
storage/retrieval managers to 
keep track of graphics, icons 
and the screen under a pulled 
menu.

        Contrary to earlier 
reports, the ST operating 
system was developed 
specifically for the Atari, 
although it did have its roots 
in CPM 68000, according to 
Byers.
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