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From: robert@erix.UUCP (Robert Virding)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Digital Research GEM questions
Message-ID: <1320@erix.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Mar-87 05:40:07 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 10 05:40:07 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 11-Mar-87 03:44:30 EST
Reply-To: robert@erix.UUCP (Robert Virding)
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Organization: Ericsson Telecom, Stockholm, Sweden
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I am using GEM version 1.2 from nov 1985. There may be a newer version
which is better.

1. What is the support like for GEM? Are there new products being made
   that run under GEM?

2. Is there a "better" WRITE that can handle fonts and such properly?
   I have WordhChart but this can only handle one page at a time.

3. How many fonts are available? I have Dutch and Swiss. Does anyone have
   specifications of how a font is defined? Are the font sizes fixed, or
   you choose your own sizes? I would like point 18.

4. There seems to be no direct way of transfering data (pictures, text)
   between GEM applications except by putting them in seperate files. If
   this is so then it seems a little clumsy. Is it so?

5. The number of screen drivers that can be handled is limited. Do more
   types exist, or is this better in a later version? I am using an
   Ericsson High Resolution screen that only matches the standard 640x200
   IBM colour screen option, although it can do much better!

6. Is there any way of getting GEM to put printer output in a file? I
   mean the actual data to the printer after it has been processed by the
   output handler.

7. I am using an Apple Laserwriter, but must transfer the output to
   another machine before it can be printed. Is there any way of telling
   the GEM driver not to check if the printer is ready and waiting? If
   not, does anyone know what it wants to receive from the printer before
   it sends the postscript file?

8. Are there more desktop accessories?

9. Is possible to move the GEM directories away from the top level
   directory on a disk? And can you tell GEM to use a RAM disk for
   temporary storage?

That's about all for the moment. If there is any interest I can pool
any answers and send them out later.

Thanks in advance

			Robert Virding  @ Ericsson Telecom, Stockholm
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