Norton Commander is a discontinued prototypical orthodox file manager (OFM), written by John Socha and released by Peter Norton Computing (later acquired in 1990 by the Symantec company). NC provides a text-based user interface for managing files on MS-DOS. Officially produced between 1986 and 1998. The latest version of MS-DOS Norton Commander, 5.51, was released on July 1, 1998.
Related Products, Norton Desktop , graphical shells for MS-DOS and Windows, replace Norton Commander. It comes in two variants, Norton Desktop for DOS and Norton Desktop for Windows .
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John Socha began work on Norton Commander in 1984; at that time, it calls it "Visual DOS" or "VDOS".
Norton Commander is easy to use because it has a constant view of two file manipulation objects at once. After starting the program, the user sees two panes with the file list. Each panel can be easily configured to display information about other panels, directory trees, or a number of other options. At the bottom of the screen, Norton Commander displays a list of commands extended on request by the CTRL and ALT keys. Thus, without the heavy use of the mouse (although mouse functions are integrated around version 3.0), users can perform many file manipulation actions quickly and efficiently. In addition, it also includes a built-in text file viewer (called with the F3 key) and a text file editor (invoked with the F4 key).
Long filename
Windows 95 includes a new graphical shell called Windows Explorer and supported long file names (LFN). Symantec released Norton Commander 5.51 to support long file names using standard Windows APIs. To maintain LFN while working in real mode, Norton Commander 5.51 requires the use of the Terminate and Stay Resident (TSR) utility. Norton Commander does not have native support for LFN in real mode and will cut it.
Despite its declining usage, Norton Commander was very popular during the DOS era and has been heavily cloned. For example, IntelliJ IDE has a "Commander" window (complete with uniformed men's icon) that manipulates files using the same shortcut keys as Norton Commander.
End of life
According to former Peter Norton Group developer Mark Lowlier, after Symantec acquired Peter Norton Computing, Symantec has speculated that Microsoft Windows will be successful, so the main PNC source has been diverted, while new programmers for Windows platforms are hired. Enrique Salem (who eventually became CEO of Symantec) led the development of File Manager and Program Manager which was released as Norton Desktop for Windows.
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Norton Commander for Windows
Norton Commander for Windows is a Windows 95 variant of the classic DOS file manager.
1.0
Version 1.0 was first released in 1996. It supports Windows 95 and Windows NT.
This version is fully integrated with Windows features like Recycle Bin and Quick View. The Quick View feature is supported through the included Quick View Plus base.
Version 1.02 adds Windows 98 support.
2.0
Version 2.0 was released in 2000. It supports Windows 2000 and functions under Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Installers include Network Utilities, Norton Commander Scheduler, and Norton Commander.
The Network utility makes it possible to view devices and systems on the network, connect to a remote system, map network drives, network monitoring, and more.
Norton Commander is slightly changed from previous versions, and includes file compression/de-compression of various formats, network access utilities, disk cleanup, file and folder compare, FTP connection management, and more.
The last version of Windows from Norton Commander is 2.01.
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Norton CommanderReception
BYTE in 1989 incorporated North Commander 2.0 for DOS as one of the BYTE Awards "Distinction" winners, stating that "navigation through hard disks is very easy."
Norton-inspired software
There are several programs that follow the style of the Norton Commander. Examples are:
- Altap Salamander for Windows
- Demos Commander for Unix and Linux
- Opus Directory for Amiga (1990) and Windows (2001)
- DOS Command Center (DCC) DOS and Win95 version
- DOS Navigator for DOS
- Dual Commander for Windows and Linux
- FAR Manager for Windows
- File Commander for Windows and OS/2
- GNOME commander for Unix-like system
- Ghost Commander for Android system
- Krusader for Unix-like systems
- Midnight Commander for Unix-like systems including macOS and Windows
- muCommander for Java platform
- PowerDesk by Avanquest, the evaluation version of Version 4 included in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kits
- DOS Controller by SÃÆ'ren Kragh
- Total Commander for Windows
- Volkov Commander for DOS
- Music in Console for Unix-like systems; actually music player
- WinNC for Windows 10
- Xfolder for OS X
Also see
- File manager
- File manager comparison
Reference
External links
- History of Norton Commander Development (Softpanorama)
- Nostalgia 21st Century A Tribute to Norton Commander 5.0
- Norton Desktop for Windows 1.0 Graphic review in the GUI Gallery
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