LOL - Maplins eh?
I have not had a cat from them for a while now... Last I know is they were £13 give or take a quid!?
Are they still that much?
GEMulator? - I assumed you meant GEM, cos thats what I did for a while...
Just rename change the shell from EXPLORER.EXE ( or PROGMAN.EXE if thats your biscuit ) to GEMUL8R.EXE in Windows, and the option to bypass the GEMulator startup screen is in GEMulators options anyway!
Yes, it can look good ( sort of )