Norton Desktop

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Norton Desktop is a file management and utility solution from Symantec that was launched in 1991. All part programs are brought together in a seamless graphic surface. The utilities included the well-known Norton Backup program and Norton Disk Doctor , a collection of system information and file recovery utilities from the Norton Utilities . Norton Desktop was initially published for Microsoft Windows 3.x , a year later Norton Desktop for DOS appeared , a user interface for DOS that did not require Windows to be installed.

Components

Versions

  • 1991: Norton Desktop for Windows 1.0
  • 1992: Norton Desktop for Windows 2.0
  • 1992: Norton Desktop for Windows 2.2
  • 1992: Norton Desktop for DOS 1.0
  • 1993: Norton Desktop for Windows 3.0

Easter eggs

  • Developer photo and quotes. Click over the Help menu, click the mouse button three times and hold down the N, D, and W keys at the same time.

literature

  • Udo Schmidt: Norton Desktop - The Compendium; Markt & Technik, ISBN 3877912419
  • Marcus Friedberg: Norton Desktop for DOS; Te-wi 1992, ISBN 3893622446
  • Hans Geiselbrechtinger: Norton Desktop for Windows 2.0., Dtv, 1996

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.computermuseum-muenchen.de/dictionary/history/software_timeline.html
  2. http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=Norton+Desktop+for+Windows&i=48080,00.asp
  3. a b http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1563/is_n3_v11/ai_13669275/
  4. http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=113349.113350&coll=GUIDE&dl=GUIDE&CFID=101030979&CFTOKEN=62053587
  5. http://www.eeggs.com/tree/441.html