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=====GEM XM=====
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'''GEM&nbsp;XM''' with "GEM Desktop 3.0" was an updated version of GEM/2 in 1986/1987 for [[DOS]] (including [[DOS Plus]]) which allowed task-switching and the ability to run up to ten<!-- one sources writes: twelve --> GEM and DOS programs at once, swapping out to [[expanded memory]] (XM) through [[Expanded Memory Specification|EMS]]/[[Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification|EEMS]] or to disk (including [[RAM disk]]s, thereby also allowing the use of [[extended memory]]).<ref name="Schemenaur_1986"/><ref name="Elliott_2013_GEMXM"/><ref name="DR_1987_GEMXM"/><ref name="Harris_2001"/> Data could be copied and pasted between applications through a [[clipboard (computing)|clipboard]] with filter function (a feature later also found in [[TaskMAX]] under [[DR DOS 6.0]]).<ref name="Elliott_2013_GEMXM"/> Digital Research planned to offer GEM XM as an option to GEM [[Draw Plus]] users and through OEM channels.<ref name="Schemenaur_1986"/>

The GEM&nbsp;XM [[source code]] is now freely available under the terms of [[GNU General Public License]].

{{See also|Concurrent DOS XM}}