MS-DOS shell/menu system?

[ianoid]

I've got some volumes on my XTIDE in a Tandy 1000 with thousands of files. I'm looking for a menu or shell program that works with loads of MS-DOS files.

 

I have tried DOS Shell and maybe 5 other menu systems and they either crash under the burden, or try to read the who file system at startup, which takes a while. Then they are file limited, to maybe 256 files or something. 

 

Can anyone suggest a file/menu/shell program to use in this setup?

[oracle_jedi]

Wasn't Xtree Gold the big thing back then?   I seem to recall using it a few times with HD equipped ATs and it not buckling under the burden.

 

Usually I just used CD commands with a directory structure that made sense to me. 

[mr_me]

Norton Commander, similar to Xtree Gold, it's more a file manager than menu system.

[+OLD CS1]

I always liked StupenDOS.  It works on my Amiga under CrossPC, so I assume it will work on some really old stuff.

 

http://www.sharewarejunkies.com/8s3/stupendo.htm

[wierd_w]

I am a fan of Direct Access 5.  It DOES work on XTs.

 

It supports submenus. (I have never found a functional bottom to how deep it can nest.)

 

https://winworldpc.com/product/direct-access/5x

 

(I use it to get around the restrictions on the free version of adosbox on android. It limits to one application-- phht-- OK, I will set up DA5, and then pick from there!)

 

It has a few nice features, in that it returns to the menu once you quit your game/application. 

Edited January 3 by wierd_w

[ianoid]

14 hours ago, OLD CS1 said:

I always liked StupenDOS.  It works on my Amiga under CrossPC, so I assume it will work on some really old stuff.

 

http://www.sharewarejunkies.com/8s3/stupendo.htm

The download link is broken at their webpage, but I found it on Internet Archive  https://archive.org/details/SD395B_ZIP

 

Yeah command line is an option, although I will probably discover more games to try out if I use a slick menu system. 

 

Thanks for all the recommendations! I will try them all out.

 

 

 

[+OLD CS1]

3 hours ago, ianoid said:

The download link is broken at their webpage, but I found it on Internet Archive  https://archive.org/details/SD395B_ZIP

 

Yeah command line is an option, although I will probably discover more games to try out if I use a slick menu system. 

 

Thanks for all the recommendations! I will try them all out.

I found that, too, but it is too old.  I can get you the latest version shortly.