![]() ![]() You simply connect the two machines with a special null-modem cable (Norton Computing sells one for $29.95), run The Norton Commander on both computers, and start moving data. If you have a laptop and you want to transfer files between it and your desktop, Commander can do it. But even with all this mouse power the DOS command line is always at the bottom of the screen, ready and waiting for you to start typing. Shift-click and Alt-click combinations have been added to increase the number of mouse-executable commands, and there are more selections on the program's pull-down menus. The mouse was a strong point with version 2.0, but in 3.0 you can do almost anything with it. (Maybe we'll see viewers for GIF- and IFF-graphics formats in the next release.) There are too many file viewers supported in 3.0 to list here, but every major spread-sheet, word processor, and database is represented, as are PCX graphics files. Everyone liked these viewers, and this feature was widely copied by other shell programs. If it's easy to view and search your databases and work sheets, managing them is much simpler. One especially useful feature of 2.0 was its viewers for dBase and Lotus files. Version 3.0 keeps the look and feel of 2.0, but it takes that version's strong points and expands on them. Easy disk navigation and file management combined with a sleek menu system made this elegant program the DOS shell to have. When version 2.0 was released, it received universal acclaim. With version 3.0, Commander boasts a slightly updated look and scores of new features. The Norton Commander (Peter Norton Computing, 100 Wilshire Boulevard, 9th Floor, Santa Monica, California 90401 80 $149) is back. ![]()
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