New File Manager is C64’s Answer to Norton Commander
A new file manager called Multi Floppy Commander with Turbo has been developed for the Commodore 64, inspired by Norton Commander. The application provides an 80-column interface with a split view to show a pair of floppies side-by-side and supports up to four drives. It offers standard file management functionality, including renaming, copying, moving, and deleting files and directories, as well as launching programs and printing disk listings.
- ▪The Multi Floppy Commander with Turbo file manager is available on GitLab and provides a split view to show two floppies side-by-side.
- ▪The software supports up to four drives and all drive models, although not all have turbo functionality.
- ▪The file manager offers standard functionality such as renaming, copying, moving, and deleting files and directories, as well as launching programs and printing disk listings.
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New File Manager Is C64’s Answer To Norton Commander No comments by: Tyler August August 3, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Norton was always a PC company — Norton Commander, the file manager that launched a thousand clones, was only ever available for DOS, like the rest of the company’s offerings in those days. If they’d decided to port it to the C64, though, it would likely look a lot like [retro3872809] aka [Chicken 64]’s Multi Floppy Commander with Turbo, available on GitLab. As you might be able to see on the screen shot above or in the demo video below, the application provides an 80-column interface with a split view to show a pair of floppies side-by-side. Not that you’re limited to two floppies, however.
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