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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.
[PCjs Machine "ibm5160"]
Waiting for machine "ibm5160" to load....
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
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
