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Skriven 2010-11-26 23:02:00 av Ed Vance (4146.windowsa)
     Kommentar till en text av Paul Quinn
Ärende: Re: File managers..
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Hi Paul,
In a message to Holger Granholm you wrote:

 PQ> Hi! Holger,

 PQ> On Thu, 25 Nov 10, you wrote to me:

 HG>>> A RO file is a cinch to change to unprotected with
 HG>>> ZTreeWin.
 PQ>>>Same, same with Total Commander (Windows/all flavours).
 PQ>>> I keep
 PQ>>>telling him about it but he won't listen.  ;-)

 HG>> I don't know that program but I remember PCTools and the
 HG>> various utility programs from Norton but AFAIK they were 
 HG>> never
 HG>> updated to Windows

Holger, I looked through my IBM PC-DOS 7.0 on the 486 box but couldn't find a 
file that looked like it was a Disk Editor, would You know what the file name 
is?

 PQ> It's one of a number of Norton Commander (NC) clones, since
 PQ> the demise of DOS. I still have a NC version 4.xx, European 
 PQ> release I think as a mate in Canada 
 PQ> confirmed that it was unlike anything available in North
 PQ> America, for the same version number.

Paul, I looked at Total Commander a bit today.

It looks good but too pricey for me to use after the trial period.

Thanks for telling me about it though.   ;-)

 HG>> happened with XTree (DOS) by Kim Henkel first to
 HG>> ZTreeBold for OS/2 and later also to ZTreeWin (for 
 HG>> Windows).

 PQ> I remember those heady days where there was basically two
 PQ> 'camps' who favoured a certain file manager: either Norton 
 PQ> Commander or XTree.  I can see that you 
 PQ> favour the second camp.  You probably wouldn't like Total
 PQ> Commander (TC), though you could test drive the 16-bit version 
 PQ> in an OS/2-Win session.  I don't 
 PQ> think it would sway you towards using the thing since you're
 PQ> set in your ways, and have been for a long time.  Ed and Jean 
 PQ> might say that you're RTC.  =:)

RTC is ME!!!!!

 HG>> Of course I appreciate FREE software as well as Ed does
 HG>> but I'm also willing to pay for shareware programs when 
 HG>> they fulfill
 HG>> my needs like those file managers do.

 PQ> It ain't free, though it's close: it's shareware, and fully
 PQ> functional with a 'nag screen'.  See:

 PQ>   www.ghisler.com

I've Been There, DOne That.

 PQ> For details.  I've been using it for over 16 years now, and
 PQ> finally registered it when the A$<->Euro exchage rate improved 
 PQ> a while back.

 PQ> Have fun with it if you do try it.

I will give it a try while I can.   Thanks.

  Ed


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