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Norton Utilities 3.00

Norton Utilities 3.00 (1984-12-07) is from the PCjs Software Archive and predates previously known copies of version 3.00. Scans of the diskette and accompanying note from Peter Norton are provided below. Coincidentally, we acquired the diskette on December 7, 2018, exactly 34 years after the files were created.

One or both of the newer releases of version 3.00 were probably a response, at least in part, to the notice that Peter Norton included with the original release:

I'm sorry to intrude with a last-minute warning,
but even after extensive testing, a significant
problem has been discovered after the enclosed
disk and documentation were prepared.

We've received reports that one of the programs
in this set, the Directory Sort program, called
DS, has malfunctioned on a few hard disks.

We've tested and used the DS program literally
thousands of times on many different disk formats
without encountering any problems.  Nevertheless,
a few customers have reported difficulties.

I would recommend that you exercise caution in
using DS.

Peter Norton

However, there are a number of other differences between the disks. For example, the utilities on the first disk have their traditional short names, along with LONG.BAT and SHORT.BAT batch files to switch between long and short names, whereas the second disk uses long names and no batch files, and on the third disk, the batch files reappear.

While it’s possible that some files on these disks were removed or renamed at some point, DEMO.BAT on the first disk assumes short names, while DEMO.BAT on the third disk assumes long names, so it seems the file names as they presently exist are correct.

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Directory of Norton Utilities 3.00 (1984-12-07)

 Volume in drive A is Norton 3.00
 Directory of A:\

READ     ME *      503  12-07-84   3:00p
DEMO     BAT*     1646  12-07-84   3:00p
BEEP     COM*       16  12-07-84   3:00p
DS       COM*     6082  12-07-84   3:00p
DT       COM*     6220  12-07-84   3:00p
FA       COM*     3584  12-07-84   3:00p
FF       COM*     4618  12-07-84   3:00p
FS       COM*     5108  12-07-84   3:00p
LD       COM*     2964  12-07-84   3:00p
LP       COM*     6406  12-07-84   3:00p
NU       COM*    47650  12-07-84   3:00p
SA       COM*     2976  12-07-84   3:00p
SI       COM*     6520  12-07-84   3:00p
TM       COM*     3814  12-07-84   3:00p
TS       COM*     9400  12-07-84   3:00p
VL       COM*     3934  12-07-84   3:00p
WIPEDISK COM*     2996  12-07-84   3:00p
WIPEFILE COM*     4078  12-07-84   3:00p
NU       PIF*      369  12-07-84   3:00p
README   BAT*     3664  12-07-84   3:00p
LONG     BAT*      941  12-07-84   3:00p
SHORT    BAT*      936  12-07-84   3:00p
       22 file(s)     124425 bytes
                       31232 bytes free

Norton Utilities 3.00 (1984-12-07)

Directory of Norton Utilities 3.00 (1985-01-14)

 Volume in drive A is NU30-850114
 Directory of A:\

BEEP     COM        16   1-14-85   2:00p
DIRSORT  COM      6180   1-14-85   2:00p
DISKTEST COM      6236   1-14-85   2:00p
FILEATTR COM      3584   1-14-85   2:00p
FILEFIND COM      4618   1-14-85   2:00p
FILESIZE COM      5108   1-14-85   2:00p
LINEPRNT COM      6406   1-14-85   2:00p
LISTDIR  COM      2964   1-14-85   2:00p
NORTON   COM     47924   1-14-85   2:00p
NU       PIF       369   1-14-85   2:00p
SCRATR   COM      2976   1-14-85   2:00p
SYSINFO  COM      6520   1-14-85   2:00p
TEXTSRCH COM      9400   1-14-85   2:00p
TIMEMARK COM      3814   1-14-85   2:00p
VOLABEL  COM      3934   1-14-85   2:00p
WIPEDISK COM      2996   1-14-85   2:00p
WIPEFILE COM      4078   1-14-85   2:00p
       17 file(s)     117123 bytes
                       39424 bytes free

Directory of Norton Utilities 3.00 (1985-01-21)

 Volume in drive A has no label
 Directory of A:\

DEMO     BAT      2178   1-21-85   6:12p
LONG     BAT       946   1-21-85   6:04p
README   BAT      3733   1-21-85   4:18p
SHORT    BAT       941   1-21-85   6:05p
BEEP     COM       128   1-21-85   4:19p
DIRSORT  COM      6400   1-21-85   4:20p
DISKTEST COM      6272   1-21-85   4:20p
FILEATTR COM      3584   1-21-85   4:21p
FILEFIND COM      4736   1-21-85   4:22p
FILESIZE COM      5120   1-21-85   4:23p
LINEPRNT COM      6528   1-21-85   4:24p
LISTDIR  COM      3072   1-21-85   4:24p
NU       COM     48128   1-21-85   4:45p
SCRATR   COM      3072   1-21-85   4:30p
SYSINFO  COM      6784   1-21-85   4:31p
TEXTSRCH COM      9472   1-21-85   4:32p
TIMEMARK COM      3840   1-21-85   4:32p
VOLABEL  COM      3968   1-21-85   4:33p
WIPEDISK COM      3072   1-21-85   4:33p
WIPEFILE COM      4096   1-21-85   4:34p
       20 file(s)     126070 bytes
                      229376 bytes free

Norton Utilities 3.00 Note (1984-12-07)