Posted by Specs on 04/10/06 08:42

> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>I am perfectly aware of the history of the mouse based gui. So where
is the
> >>>Xerox GUI now? Surely nobody can deny that Apple developed it and
> >>>popularised it along with Commodore. M$ has always been playing
catchup to
> >>>someone or other.
> >>>
> Dont leave out the Atari St and its GEM based os. Atari and Commodore had
512 to
> 4096 colors when the PC and Mac had either 4 color CGA and the mac was
Black and
> white.

Quite right. One shouldn't overlook the ST's impact as GEM was the de-fact
operating system for audio work. Might be the reason so many Macs ended up
in the studio after its demise.

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