Your favourite Amiga filemanager/directory tool - Page 3

commie1974 · 23 April 2006, 12:30

I vote for Diskmaster2! It is simple, small, powerful, efficient and free :-) What else to ask for? I also used Dirwork and CLI-mate, back in those A500 days! Nice, too! I think that Dopus is very good, but Diskmaster JUST ROCKS!!

Galahad/FLT · 23 April 2006, 14:08

Filemaster by one Toni Wilen

keropi · 23 April 2006, 14:18

for me, nothing beats ClassAction....

blade002 · 23 April 2006, 15:42

I tried them all back then... Opus was the clear winner, although Disk Master was still very good.

pTah · 23 April 2006, 16:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mick_AKA

Hell yes, some ADFs would be awesome!

take a look into the Zone!

(MaxonTools2... TRY IT

)

Ironclaw · 23 April 2006, 16:04

Only tried Dopus or DiskMaster/FileMaster..... and used both now and then for different reasons..... Disk Master was good because it didn't need that much memory, took less disk space and only one file. It was perfect for those little good-for-everything disks you use to do

.

Mick_AKA · 23 April 2006, 18:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by pTah

take a look into the Zone!

(MaxonTools2... TRY IT

)

Awesome! thanks allot, time to see how good my German is then...

pTah · 23 April 2006, 18:31

most of it is self-explaining. only the menus are german. it shouldn't be a big problem...
have fun.

mr_a500 · 23 April 2006, 18:55

Whoa! MaxonTools2 is certainly the best looking Amiga filemanager. It probably takes up tons of memory though (looks like around 1Mb to run!). It's also pretty slow starting up. (6 sec vs <1 sec for ABCdir)

I'd like to try the English version. My German is not too good (limited to SAP table names

).

Mick_AKA · 23 April 2006, 19:30

Took a bit less time to load on my A1200, I have indeed used this before, and yes an english version would be fantstic. bye bye Dopus!

pTah · 23 April 2006, 20:16

hehe, told you that this one is great!!!

on my cd32 it needs 3secs to load... not too much.
mem should be no prob, as nearly everyone has enough fastram... and it "only" eats 200kb chipmem.
this prog is running nearly always my while my amiga is on. and lzx- and lha-integration is also great...

mr_a500 · 23 April 2006, 21:29

Quote:

mem should be no prob, as nearly everyone has enough fastram... and it "only" eats 200kb chipmem.

Unfortunately, I don't have much RAM to spare. I've only got 8Mb Fast on my A500 and I like to open a couple filemanagers to view downloaded files/images or extract archives while browsing. If I open a couple 1Mb filemanagers, I'll run out of memory faster than a greased pig down a drainpipe.

Hey, I just noticed that MaxonTools2 has the "click on left or right border for parent" just like ABCdir and Ordering! Too bad it doesn't have ABCdir's "right button list scroll".

pTah · 24 April 2006, 16:38

yep, in that case that's right... but does it really need one meg ? never realized it.

i use only one instance of it... :/
anyway for better machines, this one is one of the best the way i see it.

Jope · 25 April 2006, 19:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frog

Filemaster 2.2+ or 3.1 (less stable), simple, efficiency, easy to configure, fast, run on kick1.3 as well as 3.1... it remember several directory listing (10 per windows). One of my essential tools

I use Filemaster too exclusively.. Some 3.x beta currently but 2.2 is also installed on my machine.

IMO Dopus went overboard with the features.. I just wanted to manage my files.. Also the cheap price of 50fim was nice for a young kid such as me. :-)

Quote:

PS : done by Toni Wilen, don't know if it's the same that made WinUae

The same.

BTW: how many of you registered it and how many used the version paid for by one Ville Jouppi, stolen from his disk box by an ex-friend of his.. :-)

BippyM · 25 April 2006, 19:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

BTW: how many of you registered it and how many used the version paid for by one Ville Jouppi, stolen from his disk box by an ex-friend of his.. :-)

Yeah yeah.. Toni should hunt you down and feed you to the wolves!

Jope · 25 April 2006, 20:14

Hmm.. If he'd have wanted to do that, he's had plenty of chances to do so in the last 16 odd years.. (geez, I'm feeling old at 25 already :-)

BippyM · 25 April 2006, 20:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

Hmm.. If he'd have wanted to do that, he's had plenty of chances to do so in the last 16 odd years.. (geez, I'm feeling old at 25 already :-)

yeah.. he can send you a virii infected WinUAE now tho.. Revenge is sweet... very sweet inded

Rick Dangerous · 28 April 2006, 13:06

Hi,
regarding Dopus 4 running on a real A2000:
What does this request-message means that comes right after the start?
'Pre-3.32 configuration files not recognized!'
After clicking the 'Continue'-button Dopus works normal, except one thing:
When selecting Project-->Configure
it reads:
'Waiting for configuration port...'
'Configuration program not found/could not be loaded.'

Cheers,
Rick

28 April 2006, 13:23

i vote for the classic Directory Opus, very powerfull appliction i still use this app in WinUAE and on my a1200, my second choice go to DiskMaster very fast and compact in size and easy to config any external appliction.

Galahad/FLT · 28 April 2006, 13:32

I haven't used anything other than Filemaster 2.2 since I don't know when. It has a bug if a filename is too long and it will crash on listing a directory if it comes across one, but I've only ever had that problem with TOSEC naming conventions that have stupidly long names.

Other than that, its small and compact and works on all my Amigas, in fact, I have it running right now under WinUAE. Only the main .exe file plus one library are needed to get it to work right.

View Poll Results: What is your favourite Amiga filemanager?
ABCdir	2	1.36%
Dopus	101	68.71%
DirWork	8	5.44%
Ordering	0	0%
DiskMaster	18	12.24%
Other	17	11.56%
None	1	0.68%
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23 April 2006, 12:30	#41
commie1974 Amiga? What's that?!? Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Piraeus-Greece Age: 50 Posts: 261	I vote for Diskmaster2! It is simple, small, powerful, efficient and free :-) What else to ask for? I also used Dirwork and CLI-mate, back in those A500 days! Nice, too! I think that Dopus is very good, but Diskmaster JUST ROCKS!!

23 April 2006, 14:08	#42
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 9,016	Filemaster by one Toni Wilen

23 April 2006, 14:18	#43
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	for me, nothing beats ClassAction....

23 April 2006, 15:42	#44
blade002 Zone Friend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Age: 50 Posts: 2,616	I tried them all back then... Opus was the clear winner, although Disk Master was still very good.

23 April 2006, 16:04	#46
Ironclaw Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ... Age: 46 Posts: 3,313	Only tried Dopus or DiskMaster/FileMaster..... and used both now and then for different reasons..... Disk Master was good because it didn't need that much memory, took less disk space and only one file. It was perfect for those little good-for-everything disks you use to do .

23 April 2006, 18:31	#48
pTah Zone Friend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Germany Age: 38 Posts: 73	most of it is self-explaining. only the menus are german. it shouldn't be a big problem... have fun.

23 April 2006, 18:55	#49
mr_a500 Amiga-based Cyborg Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 808	Whoa! MaxonTools2 is certainly the best looking Amiga filemanager. It probably takes up tons of memory though (looks like around 1Mb to run!). It's also pretty slow starting up. (6 sec vs <1 sec for ABCdir) I'd like to try the English version. My German is not too good (limited to SAP table names ).

23 April 2006, 19:30	#50
Mick_AKA crusader of light Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Stone, Staffordshire. Posts: 1,151	Took a bit less time to load on my A1200, I have indeed used this before, and yes an english version would be fantstic. bye bye Dopus!

23 April 2006, 20:16	#51
pTah Zone Friend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Germany Age: 38 Posts: 73	hehe, told you that this one is great!!! on my cd32 it needs 3secs to load... not too much. mem should be no prob, as nearly everyone has enough fastram... and it "only" eats 200kb chipmem. this prog is running nearly always my while my amiga is on. and lzx- and lha-integration is also great...

24 April 2006, 16:38	#53
pTah Zone Friend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Germany Age: 38 Posts: 73	yep, in that case that's right... but does it really need one meg ? never realized it. i use only one instance of it... :/ anyway for better machines, this one is one of the best the way i see it.

25 April 2006, 20:14	#56
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,910	Hmm.. If he'd have wanted to do that, he's had plenty of chances to do so in the last 16 odd years.. (geez, I'm feeling old at 25 already :-)

28 April 2006, 13:06	#58
Rick Dangerous Registered Playmate Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: OZ Age: 54 Posts: 156	Hi, regarding Dopus 4 running on a real A2000: What does this request-message means that comes right after the start? 'Pre-3.32 configuration files not recognized!' After clicking the 'Continue'-button Dopus works normal, except one thing: When selecting Project-->Configure it reads: 'Waiting for configuration port...' 'Configuration program not found/could not be loaded.' Cheers, Rick

28 April 2006, 13:23	#59
Theiikian Posts: n/a	i vote for the classic Directory Opus, very powerfull appliction i still use this app in WinUAE and on my a1200, my second choice go to DiskMaster very fast and compact in size and easy to config any external appliction.

28 April 2006, 13:32	#60
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 9,016	I haven't used anything other than Filemaster 2.2 since I don't know when. It has a bug if a filename is too long and it will crash on listing a directory if it comes across one, but I've only ever had that problem with TOSEC naming conventions that have stupidly long names. Other than that, its small and compact and works on all my Amigas, in fact, I have it running right now under WinUAE. Only the main .exe file plus one library are needed to get it to work right.

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