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> >Since I haven't got a GEM guide handy, maybe someone will tell me if
> >there is something BASIC can do that GEM can't?  I would guess that
> >GEM could be called instead of a run-time library.  If GEM can do more,
> >great!!
> 
>      Huh?  GEM isn't a language.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> James Omura, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto
> ihnp4!utzoo!lsuc!jimomura

Let me clarify this (sorta).  Basic for the Coco has some nice graphics
routines (plot, line, fill...) as part of the ROM, could Basic-09 call
Gem routines, or are their equivelant VDI routines available in OS-9.

By the way, thanks for the list of application software.