# ViewMAX

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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](/source/Digital_Research), [Novell](/source/Novell), [Caldera Thin Clients](/source/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](/source/DR-DOS)
| genre                  = [Windowing system](/source/Windowing_system)
| license                = [GNU General Public License](/source/GNU_General_Public_License)
| website                = 
}}
'''ViewMAX''' is a [CUA](/source/Common_User_Access)-compliant [file manager](/source/file_manager) supplied with [DR&nbsp;DOS](/source/DR%26nbsp%3BDOS) versions [5.0](/source/DR_DOS_5.0) and [6.0](/source/DR_DOS_6.0). It is based on a cut-down [runtime](/source/runtime_system) version of [Digital Research](/source/Digital_Research)'s [GEM/3](/source/GEM%2F3) [graphical user interface](/source/graphical_user_interface) modified to run only a single [statically built](/source/static_build) 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](/source/SID86), the symbolic instruction debugger that shipped with DR&nbsp;DOS 3.xx and provided dedicated functions to debug GEM applications (see {{mono|?Y}} GEM-specific help under SID86 or [GEMSID](/source/GEMSID)), could be used for ViewMAX as well.<ref name="Paul_1997_DRDOSTIP"/><ref name="Elliott_2002_GEMSID"/>

=={{anchor|1|2|3}}Versions==
Originally named ''Navigator'' in beta versions,<ref name="MS_DR50"/> ViewMAX&nbsp;1.00<ref name="Elliott_2013_ViewMAX1"/> was distributed with [DR&nbsp;DOS 5.0](/source/DR%26nbsp%3BDOS_5.0) in 1990 to provide an equivalent to [DOSSHELL](/source/DOSSHELL) in [MS-DOS](/source/MS-DOS_4.00_(IBM-developed))/[PC&nbsp;DOS 4.0](/source/IBM%26nbsp%3BDOS_4.0). It had a very similar appearance to Digital Research's previous GEM desktops – two fixed-size windows. Each window would either contain icons representing drives, directories and files, or a representation of the directory hierarchy.<ref name="Elliott_2013_ViewMAX1"/> If supported by the underlying operating system (such as DR&nbsp;DOS), [file](/source/FAT_file_password) and [directory password](/source/FAT_directory_password)s and [access permission](/source/FAT_access_rights)s were supported. Network drives (including CD-ROM drives) were distinguished through their own icon, different from those of local drives.<ref name="Elliott_2013_ViewMAX1"/>

In 1991, ViewMAX&nbsp;2 was distributed with [DR&nbsp;DOS 6.0](/source/DR%26nbsp%3BDOS_6.0). Various graphical improvements were made in this release, including controls with a 3D appearance and user-selectable colour schemes.<ref name="Elliott_2013_ViewMAX2"/> The directory tree (if enabled) was now shown beside the list of icons, rather than instead of it.<ref name="Elliott_2013_ViewMAX2"/> Various settings could be stored in a configuration files named [%DRDOSCFG%](/source/%25DRDOSCFG%25)\VIEWMAX.INI.<ref name="Novell_1992_VM2"/><ref name="Paul_1997_DRDOS6UN"/><ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOS7UN"/><ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Elliott_2013_ViewMAX2"/> For more flexible character set support ViewMAX&nbsp;2 loaded display fonts from a standard DOS {{mono|<!-- EGA -->.CPI}} file<ref name="Paul_2001_CPI"/><ref name="Elliott_2006_CPI"/><ref name="Elliott_2006_CPPREP"/><ref name="AEB_2001_CPI"/><ref name="Haralambous_2007_CPI"/><ref name="MS_1991_PR"/> depending on the current [code page](/source/code_page) rather than using a [GEM specific character set](/source/GEM_character_set), a feature also incorporated into [FreeGEM](/source/FreeGEM) since 2005.<ref name="Elliott_2006_FreeGEM2"/> The [DOS/V](/source/DOS%2FV)-compatible Japanese version of ViewMAX, as distributed with [DR&nbsp;DOS 6.0/V](/source/DR%26nbsp%3BDOS_6.0%2FV) in 1992, supported [DBCS](/source/DBCS) characters loaded by {{mono|[$FONT.SYS](/source/%24FONT.SYS)}} from {{mono|SCREENHZ.FNT}}.<ref name="DRDOS60V_ViewMAX"/> Support was added for the DR&nbsp;DOS task switcher [TaskMAX](/source/TaskMAX); if this was present, applications would be launched as separate tasks, and ViewMAX could switch between them.<ref name="Novell_1992_VM2"/><ref name="Caldera_1997_MULTI"/><ref name="Elliott_2013_ViewMAX2"/> As TASKMGR in later operating systems such as [Novell&nbsp;DOS 7](/source/Novell%26nbsp%3BDOS_7), [OpenDOS 7.01](/source/OpenDOS_7.01), [DR-DOS 7.02](/source/DR-DOS_7.02) and higher continued to emulate most of the task switcher API as well,<ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOS7UN"/><ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Paul_2001_API"/> ViewMAX&nbsp;2 could be used to switch and control multiple concurrently running full-screen DOS tasks under the DR-DOS preemptively multitasking kernel ({{mono|[EMM386](/source/EMM386) /MULTI + TASKMGR}}) as well.<ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOS7UN"/><ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Paul_2001_API"/>

ViewMAX&nbsp;3 was intended to be the graphical file manager for [Novell](/source/Novell)'s next version of DR&nbsp;DOS. ViewMAX&nbsp;3 included support for colour [icons](/source/Icon_(computing)), movable and resizable windows, program groups, and background images.<ref name="Elliott_2013_ViewMAX3"/> If the underlying DR-DOS had the optional multi-user security module loaded, ViewMAX would also provide support for the extended world/group/owner access permission system. Although ViewMAX&nbsp;3 was part of the [DR&nbsp;DOS "Panther"](/source/DR%26nbsp%3BDOS_%22Panther%22) Beta 1 distribution in October 1992<!-- 1992-10-16 -->,<ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/> it was never completed and apparently abandoned in favour to [Apple](/source/Apple_Inc.)'s and Novell's "[Star Trek](/source/Star_Trek_project)" team project in 1992/1993, which remained unreleased as well. So, [Novell&nbsp;DOS 7](/source/Novell%26nbsp%3BDOS_7), as "DR&nbsp;DOS 7.0" was called in 1994, came without any graphical file manager at all.
When [Caldera](/source/Caldera_(company)) bought the remaining Digital Research assets from Novell on 23 July 1996,<ref name="Leon_1996_Caldera"/> initial plans were to revive GEM and ViewMAX technologies for a low-footprint user interface for [OpenDOS](/source/OpenDOS) in mobile applications<ref name="Caldera_1997_WebSpyder"/><ref name="Jemmett_1999"/> as ''Caldera View''<!-- trademark -->, but these plans were abandoned by [Caldera UK](/source/Caldera_UK) in favour of [DR-WebSpyder](/source/DR-WebSpyder) and [GROW](/source/Graphical_ROMable_Object_Windows). After closing the DR-DOS development center Caldera UK in early 1999, the remaining source code of the ViewMAX&nbsp;3 [beta version](/source/beta_version) was published in April 1999 by the US parent company [Caldera Thin Clients](/source/Caldera_Thin_Clients) under the [GPL](/source/GPL)<ref name="Jemmett_1999"/> following continued community request to release the sources, shortly before the company changed its name to [Lineo](/source/Lineo) and switched to [Linux](/source/Linux)-based technologies three months later.<ref name="Caldera_1999_Lineo"/> Various ViewMAX features not previously found in GEM have been incorporated into [FreeGEM](/source/FreeGEM) since then.<ref name="Elliott_2006_FreeGEM1"/><ref name="Elliott_2006_FreeGEM2"/>

==See also==
* [GEM](/source/Graphics_Environment_Manager)
* [DOSSHELL](/source/DOSSHELL)
* [Comparison of file managers](/source/Comparison_of_file_managers)
* [COMMAND.COM](/source/COMMAND.COM)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
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<ref name="Paul_1997_DRDOS6UN">{{cite book |title=DRDOS6UN.TXT — Zusammenfassung der dokumentierten und undokumentierten Fähigkeiten von DR DOS 6.0 |work=MPDOSTIP |author-first=Matthias R. |author-last=Paul |date=1997-04-13 |orig-date=1993 |edition=60 |language=de |url=http://www.antonis.de/dos/dos-tuts/mpdostip/html/drdos6un.htm |access-date=2016-11-07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107122830/http://www.antonis.de/dos/dos-tuts/mpdostip/html/drdos6un.htm |archive-date=2016-11-07}}</ref>
<ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOS7UN">{{cite book |title=NWDOS7UN.TXT — Zusammenfassung der dokumentierten und undokumentierten Fähigkeiten von Novell DOS 7 |work=MPDOSTIP |author-first=Matthias R. |author-last=Paul |date=1997-06-07 |orig-date=1994 |edition=85 |language=de |url=http://www.antonis.de/dos/dos-tuts/mpdostip/html/nwdos7un.htm |access-date=2016-11-07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107122352/http://www.antonis.de/dos/dos-tuts/mpdostip/html/nwdos7un.htm |archive-date=2016-11-07}}</ref>
<ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP">{{cite book |title=NWDOS-TIPs &mdash; Tips & Tricks rund um Novell DOS 7, mit Blick auf undokumentierte Details, Bugs und Workarounds |work=MPDOSTIP |author-first=Matthias R. |author-last=Paul |date=1997-07-30 |orig-date=1994 |edition=3 |version=Release 157 |language=de |url=http://www.antonis.de/dos/dos-tuts/mpdostip/html/nwdostip.htm |access-date=2014-08-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104235829/http://www.antonis.de/dos/dos-tuts/mpdostip/html/nwdostip.htm |archive-date=2016-11-04}} (NB. NWDOSTIP.TXT is a comprehensive work on [Novell DOS 7](/source/Novell_DOS_7) and [OpenDOS 7.01](/source/OpenDOS_7.01), including the description of many undocumented features and internals. It is part of the author's yet larger <code>MPDOSTIP.ZIP</code> collection maintained up to 2001 and distributed on many sites at the time. The provided link points to a HTML-converted older version of the <code>NWDOSTIP.TXT</code> file.)</ref>
<ref name="Jemmett_1999">{{cite web |work=Deltasoft – GEM News |title=Caldera releases GEM under the GPL |date=April 1999 |author-first=Ben A. L. |author-last=Jemmett |url=http://www.deltasoft.com/news.htm |access-date=2016-11-07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107145947/http://www.deltasoft.com/news.htm |archive-date=2016-11-07 |quote=[Caldera Thin Clients, Inc.](/source/Caldera_Thin_Clients%2C_Inc.) released the source code for [GEM](/source/Graphics_Environment_Manager) and ViewMAX under the [GNU Public License](/source/GNU_General_Public_License) in mid April, following years of speculation over GEM's future.  Caldera bought the GEM sources from Novell along with the DR-DOS in 1996<!-- correct: 1996, not 1997! -->, at the time noting that they may develop GEM into a platform for mobile computers and thin clients. However, these plans were dropped, and GEM was instead released into the open-source community.}}</ref>
<ref name="Caldera_1997_WebSpyder">{{cite web |editor-first=Joseph P. |editor-last=Morris |title=Caldera Announces OEM Availability of "Web-TV"-like Functionality Using OpenDOS - Caldera WebSpyder Adds Customizable Inter/Intranet Functionality to OEM Solutions |publisher=[Caldera, Inc.](/source/Caldera%2C_Inc.) |location=Provo, UT, USA |orig-date=1997-05-19 |date=1997-05-23 |via=www.delorie.com/opendos |url=http://www.delorie.com/opendos/archives/browse.cgi?p=opendos/1997/05/23/11:49:03 |access-date=2018-08-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826121756/http://www.delorie.com/opendos/archives/browse.cgi?p=opendos/1997/05/23/11:49:03 |archive-date=2018-08-26}}</ref>
<ref name="Caldera_1999_Lineo">{{cite web |author=Caldera, Inc. |author-link=Caldera, Inc. |title=((Embedded Linux moved to top priority at Lineo, Inc. formerly known as Caldera Thin Clients, Inc.)) |type=Press release |date=1999-07-20 |location=Lindon, UT, USA |url=http://www.maxframe.com/DR/Info/fullstory/lineoprl.html |access-date=2017-06-24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625000805/http://www.maxframe.com/DR/Info/fullstory/lineoprl.html |archive-date=2017-06-25}}</ref>
<ref name="Paul_2001_API">{{cite web |title=No lumps of coal |author-first=Matthias R. |author-last=Paul |date=2001-12-16 |work=fd-dev |url=http://lists.topica.com/lists/fd-dev/read/message.html?sort=d&mid=902766721 |access-date=2016-11-07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155848/http://lists.topica.com/lists/fd-dev/read/message.html?sort=d&mid=902766721 |archive-date=2016-11-07}}</ref>
<ref name="Elliott_1999_Versions">{{cite web |title=Versions of GEM |author-first=John C. |author-last=Elliott |date=1999-06-10 |website=Seasip.info |url=http://www.seasip.info/Gem/versions.html |access-date=2016-11-07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107191316/http://www.seasip.info/Gem/versions.html |archive-date=2016-11-07}}</ref>
<ref name="Elliott_1999_Differences">{{cite web |title=A comparison between GEM and ViewMAX |author-first=John C. |author-last=Elliott |date=1999-05-09 |website=Seasip.info |url=http://www.seasip.info/Gem/viewmax.html |access-date=2016-11-07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107214528/http://www.seasip.info/Gem/viewmax.html |archive-date=2016-11-07}}</ref>
<ref name="Caldera_1997_MULTI">{{cite book |author=Caldera, Inc. |author-link=Caldera, Inc. |title=OpenDOS Developer's Reference Series&nbsp;&mdash; Multitasking API&nbsp;&mdash; Programmer's Guide |location=UK |date=August 1997 |id=Caldera Part No. 200-DODG-004 |url=http://www.drdos.net/documentation/multtask/index.htm |access-date=2013-03-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229144739/http://www.drdos.net/documentation/multtask/index.htm |archive-date=2016-12-29}}</ref>
<ref name="Paul_2001_CPI">{{cite web |title=Format description of DOS, OS/2, and Windows NT .CPI, and Linux .CP files |type=CPI.LST file |author-first=Matthias R. |author-last=Paul |date=2001-06-10 |edition=1.30 |orig-date=1995 |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/MatthiasPaulCPI.zip<!-- not an official distribution archive, but contains an older version of CPI.LST --> |access-date=2016-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420065252/http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/MatthiasPaulCPI.zip |archive-date=2016-04-20}}</ref>
<ref name="Elliott_2006_CPI">{{cite web |author-first=John C. |author-last=Elliott |title=CPI file format |date=2006-10-14 |website=Seasip.info |url=http://www.seasip.info/DOS/CPI/cpi.html |access-date=2016-09-22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922165307/http://www.seasip.info/DOS/CPI/cpi.html |archive-date=2016-09-22}}</ref>
<ref name="Elliott_2006_CPPREP">{{cite web |title=Codepage-related software |author-first=John C. |author-last=Elliott |website=Seasip.info |url=http://www.seasip.info/DOS/CPI/ |date=2006-09-03 |access-date=2016-11-09 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108220506/http://www.seasip.info/DOS/CPI/ |archive-date=2016-11-08}}</ref>
<ref name="AEB_2001_CPI">{{cite web |title=CPI fonts |author-first=Andries Evert |author-last=Brouwer |author-link=Andries Evert Brouwer |date=2001-02-10 |version=0.2 |url=https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/kbd/font-formats-3.html |access-date=2016-09-22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922165133/https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/kbd/font-formats-3.html |archive-date=2016-09-22}}</ref>
<ref name="Haralambous_2007_CPI">{{cite book |title=Fonts & Encodings |url=https://archive.org/details/fontsencodings00hara_390 |url-access=limited |author-first=Yannis |author-last=Haralambous |translator-first=P. Scott |translator-last=Horne |location=Sebastopol, California, USA |publisher=[O'Reilly Media, Inc.](/source/O'Reilly_Media%2C_Inc.) |date=September 2007 |edition=1 |isbn=978-0-596-10242-5 <!-- |ISBN=0-596-10242-9 --> |pages=[https://archive.org/details/fontsencodings00hara_390/page/n621 601]–602, 611}}</ref>
<ref name="MS_1991_PR">{{cite book |title=MS-DOS Programmer's Reference |publisher=[Microsoft Press](/source/Microsoft_Press) |date=1991 |isbn=1-55615-329-5 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781556153297}}</ref>
<ref name="DRDOS60V_ViewMAX">{{cite web |author-first1=Roy |author-last1=Tam |author-first2=John C. |author-last2=Elliott |title=DR DOS 6.0/V |date=2014-01-12 |url=https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30331 |access-date=2017-01-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903045928/https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30331 |archive-date=2018-09-03 |quote=[...] outline of the support in the video driver ({{mono|SDJVG9.VGA}}) [...] At startup, it calls <code>INT 15h/AX=5000h</code> to get the address of the [DOS/V](/source/DOS%2FV) 'read font' function. If [...] present, it sets a [...] [DBCS](/source/DBCS) [...] flag on the system font. [...] it uses <code>INT 21h/AX=6507h</code> to get the DBCS lead byte table. When a string is passed to [...] text output functions, if a DBCS font is in use and the DBCS lead byte table is loaded, the code checks for DBCS lead/trail bytes in the string passed to it, and combines each pair into a 16-bit character ID. When drawing a character, it checks to see if the character ID is above 256. If so, it calls the DOS/V 'read font' function to get that character's bitmap, and instructs the drawing code to draw 16 pixels from offset 0 of that bitmap, rather than 8 pixels from the system font bitmap at a given offset. There are similar checks in the optimised monospaced text drawing code, allowing characters to be 8 or 16 pixels wide.}} (NB. Has screenshots of a [DBCS](/source/DBCS)-enabled version of ViewMAX running on [DR DOS 6.0/V](/source/DR_DOS_6.0%2FV) and a [hex dump](/source/hex_dump) of the corresponding DRFONT database {{mono|SCREENHZ.FNT}} for its {{mono|[$FONT.SYS](/source/%24FONT.SYS)}}.</ref>
<ref name="MS_DR50">{{cite web |author=Microsoft |author-link=Microsoft |title=DR DOS 5.0 Competitive Analysis |type=court document |id=5114_A [Comes v. Microsoft](/source/Comes_v._Microsoft) |url=http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05114_A.pdf |access-date=2017-01-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118114018/http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05114_A.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-18}}</ref>
<ref name="Elliott_2002_GEMSID">{{cite newsgroup |title=SID86 |author-first=John C. |author-last=Elliott |date=2002-01-08 |newsgroup=comp.os.cpm |url=https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.os.cpm/KG4R7ZNvHK8/wF6ZW1TyYj4J |access-date=2018-04-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180827033457/https://groups.google.com/forum/%23!msg/comp.os.cpm/KG4R7ZNvHK8/wF6ZW1TyYj4J |archive-date=2018-08-27 |quote= […] GEMSID has some additional features for GEM support. In particular, it supports swapping between the GEM graphics screen and the text screen (type ?Y for details). [...]}}</ref>
<ref name="Leon_1996_Caldera">{{cite news |title=Caldera reopens 'settled' suit, buys DR DOS — Antitrust suit against Microsoft |author-first=Mark |author-last=Leon |series=News |date=1996-07-29 |newspaper=[InfoWorld](/source/InfoWorld) |publisher=[InfoWorld Publishing Co.](/source/InfoWorld_Publishing_Co.) |volume=18 |issue=31 |issn=0199-6649 |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jj0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3 |access-date=2020-02-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208123222/https://books.google.de/books?id=Jj0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PP1&focus=viewport&hl=de |archive-date=2020-02-08}} [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Jj0EAAAAMBAJ/page/n6/mode/1up]; {{cite news |title=Caldera reopens 'settled' suit, buys DR DOS — Microsoft's response: lawsuit is 'ironic and sad' |author-first=Mark |author-last=Leon |date=1996-07-29 |newspaper=[Computerworld New Zealand](/source/Computerworld_New_Zealand) |issn=0113-1494 |id=CMPWNZ |volume=<!-- different from US issue --> |number=<!-- different from US issue --> |publisher=[IDG Communications](/source/IDG_Communications) |url=https://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/519730/caldera_reopens_settled_suit_buys_dr_dos/ |access-date=2018-02-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823043437/https://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/519730/caldera_reopens_settled_suit_buys_dr_dos/ |archive-date=2018-08-23}} <!-- This article cannot be found in the US issue of Computerworld |issn=0010-4841 |volume=30 |number=31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rrz6PIR7f0oC --></ref>
<ref name="Elliott_2006_FreeGEM1">{{cite web |title= FreeGEM (1999-2004) |author-first=John C. |author-last=Elliott |website=Seasip.info |url=http://www.seasip.info/Gem/History/freegem.html |date=March 2006 |access-date=2018-09-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130904065625/http://www.seasip.info/Gem/History/freegem.html |archive-date=2013-09-04}}</ref>
<ref name="Elliott_2006_FreeGEM2">{{cite web |title= FreeGEM (2005-) |author-first=John C. |author-last=Elliott |date=March 2006 |website=Seasip.info |url=http://www.seasip.info/Gem/History/freegem2.html |access-date=2018-09-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180911231841/http://www.seasip.info/Gem/History/freegem2.html |archive-date=2018-09-11}}</ref>
<ref name="Elliott_2013_ViewMAX1">{{cite web |title=ViewMAX/1 screenshots |author-first=John C. |author-last=Elliott |date=2013 |website=Seasip.info |url=http://www.seasip.info/Gem/History/viewmax1.html |access-date=2018-09-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111211126/http://www.seasip.info/Gem/History/viewmax1.html |archive-date=2013-01-11}}</ref>
<ref name="Elliott_2013_ViewMAX2">{{cite web |title=ViewMAX/2 screenshots |author-first=John C. |author-last=Elliott |date=2013 |website=Seasip.info |url=http://www.seasip.info/Gem/History/viewmax2.html |access-date=2018-09-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180911232803/http://www.seasip.info/Gem/History/viewmax2.html |archive-date=2018-09-11}}</ref>
<ref name="Elliott_2013_ViewMAX3">{{cite web |title=ViewMAX/3 screenshots |author-first=John C. |author-last=Elliott |date=2013 |website=Seasip.info |url=http://www.seasip.info/Gem/History/viewmax3.html |access-date=2018-09-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130904065555/http://www.seasip.info/Gem/History/viewmax3.html |archive-date=2013-09-04}}</ref>
<ref name="Novell_1992_VM2">{{cite web |title=Document 1209 - ViewMAX |date=1992-01-06 |author-first=R. |author-last=R. |publisher=[Digital Research](/source/Digital_Research) / [Novell](/source/Novell) |id=FYI-M-1209 |url=http://www.pcorner.com/list/AOS/DRTIPS.ZIP/1209.TXT/ |access-date=2018-04-03 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403214952/https://www.pcorner.com/list/AOS/DRTIPS.ZIP/1209.TXT/ |archive-date=2018-04-03}}<!-- https://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=en&tl=de&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcorner.com%2Flist%2FAOS%2FDRTIPS.ZIP%2F1209.TXT%2F&anno=2 --> (NB. 1209.TXT is also part of DRTIPS.ZIP)</ref>
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book |author=Digital Research, Inc. |author-link=Digital Research, Inc. |date=May 1990 |title=ViewMAX User Guide |edition=1st |publisher=[Digital Research, Inc.](/source/Digital_Research%2C_Inc.) |id=Part Number: 1174-2004-002}} (88 pages)
* {{cite book |author=Digital Research, Inc. |author-link=Digital Research, Inc. |date=August 1991 |title=ViewMAX User Guide |edition=2nd |publisher=[Digital Research, Inc.](/source/Digital_Research%2C_Inc.) |id=Part Number. 1192-2054-002}} (106 pages)

==External links==
* [http://www.deltasoft.com/downloads.htm Ben A. L. Jemmett's GEM site Deltasoft]
* [http://www.seasip.info/Gem/viewmax.html John C. Elliott's GEM site Seasip]
* [http://www.retroarchive.org/cpm/archive/unofficial/gemworld.html GEMWorld: GEM - The Project] (1999 mirror)

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