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From: jrd@STONY-BROOK.SCRC.SYMBOLICS.COM (John R. Dunning)
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Subject: G.U.I.
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    Date: 5 Dec 89 14:58:41 GMT
    From: attcan!utgpu!watserv1!watdragon!lotus!rrwood@uunet.uu.net  (Roy Wood)

    Anyway, my question is whether anyone has seen the graphic user interface
    for the 8-bits.  I think that the product I'm thinking of is called "Diamond
    Dos" or something.  

There are actually two; Diamond and GOE, both of which are supposed to
be available as cartridges.  I think GOE may have gone out of business,
however.
			If anyone has seen this (or anything similar) in action,
    what was your impression?  

There's a demo version of GOE in the software archives.  When I played
with it, I was pretty impressed.  People who've used diamond say good
things about it, too.
			       I suspect it would be pretty bad, and the thought
    of using a joystick in place of a mouse makes me cringe.  

Use an ST mouse.  Works great.