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What was the Windows 3.0/1 graphical alternative that also ran on DOS? (lemmy.sdf.org)

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[–] anothermember@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I thought your question was clear for what it's worth. If it was Windows 3.0 era you're probably looking for ViewMAX (from the same company as DR-DOS, which was an MS-DOS compatible operating system, maybe that's where the 'D' comes from?). I vaguely remember reading (or maybe watching) a good feature about it online a while ago but I can't find it unfortunately.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Digital Research DOS, of my memory is right

[–] anothermember@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Correct, yes (I meant the 'D' evenwicht said they recalled it starting with if that wasn't clear, in fact I had to look up DR-DOS to remember the name ViewMAX).

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

O, wow, ViewMaxx... I had completely forgotten that.

Sure would like to get a collection of this stuff and run in a VM just for fun.

HP had an internal system just to make a simple GUI in DOS, forget what it was called. Just gave you buttons for a dozen programs.