Did you EVER use Norton Commander?

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Did you EVER use (the good ol') Norton Commander?

Yes, I actually DID use it
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No, never used it
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8%
Maybe I used it, I can't remember
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4%
What's "Norton Commander"??? (is it like Symantec Commander or something ...???)
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Post by *Hroch »

I STILL use it when I boot FreeDOS for my DOS based Ghosting of system drives.
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Not that much in the spotlight, but one of the great concepts of NC was the introduction of an internal (un)packer)
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Post by *kaffe »

Yep, started at NC 3.0. Last DOS-style orthodox filemanager used was Volkov. But the hassle of short filenames turned me away from DOS-box style managers. have also used Midnight commander a fair bit in shells.
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2kaffe
But the hassle of short filenames turned me away from DOS-box style managers
Volkov v. 5 (beta) http://www.egner-online.de/vc/en/vc5.shtml supports long filenames.
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Post by *kaffe »

You are right petermad, the v5 beta had support, but if my mind works somewhat correct, there were a fair bit of problems with NT. Well, other software came and closed the gap. Used FAR for a bit as well after volkov.
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Post by *PeaceMaker »

There was also great "Dos Navigator"...
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Dos Navigator ruled !

I think it had this option that TC doesn't have: display executables (.com, .exe) on top of list. It would be nice to be able to customize which types should come on top
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Post by *Vochomurka »

I have the DOS installed on my computer, and I STILL use Norton Commander...
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2fredscal
DOS Navigator is now Open Source.
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Post by *Bylo »

I've used Norton Commander since the mid-80s. It's still installed on my IBM XT.

Anyone use the FILELIST (aka FLIST and FULIST) command on IBM's VM/CMS mainframe operating system? Those date back to the late-70s.
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Post by *dkyriakis »

NC was my first computer experience at all :), and later I used Dos Navigator too.
Since than I can't use a computer without this "two panels style" to manage files: when I have to work at a new computer and I have no NC style tool around I feel like I don't have the hands(and not getting air) or something :).
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Since than I can't use a computer without this "two panels style" to manage files: when I have to work at a new computer and I have no NC style tool around I feel like I don't have the hands(and not getting air) or something
I feel exactly the same :!:
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Post by *moonmoon »

I've used it.
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Post by *Sam_Zen »

2 dkyriakis
Right on. It's the basic survey of source and destination, a situation quite common if handling files..
There was more introduced. Viewing some content, data or bitmap, opening an external editor, moving files..

OT: My second favorite on DOS was NU. An excellent box full of useful system tools.
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Post by *Kane242 »

Norton Commander was great!

The only filemanager i liked that could handle transfers via serial/parallel connection.
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