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{{Short description|File manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019|cs1-dates=y}} {{Use list-defined references|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox Software | name = ViewMAX | logo = | screenshot = Viewmax screen shot.png | screenshot size = | caption = Screenshot of ViewMAX 2 file manager with user-defined colors | author = | developer = [[Digital Research]], [[Novell]], [[Caldera Thin Clients]] | released = {{Start date and age|1990|df=yes}} | latest release version = ViewMAX 3 beta | latest release date = {{Start date and age|1999|04|df=yes}} | operating system = [[DR-DOS]] | genre = [[Windowing system]] | license = [[GNU General Public License]] | website = }} '''ViewMAX''' is a [[Common User Access|CUA]]-compliant [[file manager]] supplied with [[DR DOS]] versions [[DR DOS 5.0|5.0]] and [[DR DOS 6.0|6.0]]. It is based on a cut-down [[runtime system|runtime]] version of [[Digital Research]]'s [[GEM/3]] [[graphical user interface]] modified to run only a single [[static build|statically built]] application, the ViewMAX desktop.<ref name="Elliott_1999_Versions"/><ref name="Elliott_1999_Differences"/> Support for some unneeded functions has been removed whilst some new functions were added at the same time.<ref name="Elliott_1999_Differences"/> Nevertheless, the systems remained close enough for ViewMAX to recognize GEM desktop accessories ({{mono|.ACC}} executables) automatically<ref name="Paul_1997_DRDOS6UN"/><ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOS7UN"/> and to allow some native GEM applications ({{mono|.APP}} executables) to be run inside the ViewMAX environment (without having to install and launch GEM first).<ref name="Paul_1997_DRDOS6UN"/><ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOS7UN"/> Many display drivers for GEM 3.xx<!-- 3.0/3.1 --> could be used by ViewMAX as well, enabling ViewMAX to be used with non-standard display adapters and higher resolutions than possible using the default set of ViewMAX drivers.<ref name="Elliott_1999_Differences"/><ref name="Paul_1997_DRDOS6UN"/><ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOS7UN"/> Also, Digital Research's [[SID86]], the symbolic instruction debugger that shipped with DR DOS 3.xx and provided dedicated functions to debug GEM applications (see {{mono|?Y}} GEM-specific help under SID86 or [[GEMSID]]), could be used for ViewMAX as well.<ref name="Paul_1997_DRDOSTIP"/><ref name="Elliott_2002_GEMSID"/>
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