Norton Commander
Norton Commander (NC) 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 corporation). NC provides a text-based user interface for managing files on top of MS-DOS. It was officially produced between 1986 and 1998. The last MS-DOS version of Norton Commander, 5.51, was released on July 1, 1998.
Norton Commander v.5.51 for DOS. Note the long file names present when running on Windows. | |
| Original author(s) | John Socha |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1986 |
| Final release | 5.51
/ 1 July 1998 |
| Operating system | MS-DOS |
| Type | File manager |
| License | Commercial proprietary software |
A related product, Norton Desktop, a graphical shell for MS-DOS and Windows, succeeded Norton Commander. It came in two variants, Norton Desktop for DOS and Norton Desktop for Windows.
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