Dinosaur Sightings: DOS File Managers

by Greg Shultz  |  March 12, 2012, 8:10pm PDT  |  Image 1 of 30

 

Back in the early DOS days you actually performed all of your file management operations by typing cryptic commands on a prompt line. Fortunately, it wasn’t long before DOS File Managers with mouse support came along and made it much easier to work with your files. Take a trip down memory lane and look at these DOS File Managers from the early days of computing 

Bourbaki 1 dir+ 

MS-DOS Shell 4

Executive Systems

XTree Gold

MS-DOS Shell 5

Norton Commander

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About Greg Shultz

Greg Shultz is a freelance Technical Writer. Previously, he has worked as Documentation Specialist in the software industry, a Technical Support Specialist in educational industry, and a Technical Journalist in the computer publishing industry.

Greg Shultz

Greg Shultz
Greg Shultz is a freelance Technical Writer. Previously, he has worked as Documentation Specialist in the software industry, a Technical Support Specialist in educational industry, and a Technical Journalist in the computer publishing industry.
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