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Article #26666Re: Norton Commander
From: John Hardin
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1988 00:44
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1988 00:44
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>I found XTREE unusable, even though it has a superior interface, and >better functionality. XTREE scans *all* the disk directories as it >loads, which takes a *long* time on my turbo XT w/a 30 meg disk. Norton >reads each directory as it goes there, which is much more efficient. > > Cliff Joslyn, Cybernetician at Large >---------- I agree about the speed of the old XTREE on larger disks. I have a 40 Meg configured as 32 & 8. XTREE Professional works MUCH faster. Don't know if it would be fast enough on an XT, but I find it plenty fast on my 8 MHz AT clone. John Hardin
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