This repository preserves a small set of historical Volkov Commander artifacts.
In correspondence with Danila Sukharev on May 1, 2026, Vsevolod Volkov described the origin of Volkov Commander:
Initially, the program was conceived simply as a joke: a tiny assembler program that looked like NC 3.0, whose only function was to list directory contents. Then, in my spare time, I added individual functions: copying, viewing, and so on. After a while, I had something usable. Moreover, on those PC/XT-class computers, the program ran significantly faster and took up less precious RAM. I began developing it for my own use. Other users noticed the program, and it began to spread around the world. Back then, it didn't have its own name. Users came up with the name Volkov Commander.
archives/contains the original ZIP files, retained as provenance.archives/vc005.zipis an early binary-only/reference build.versions/4.05/contains the extracted source tree fromvc405.zip.versions/4.99.09/contains the extracted source tree fromvc49909.zip.
Git records the snapshot commit and tag dates from the newest timestamp inside each source archive. Per-file modification times are preserved in the original ZIP archives, but not in Git checkouts.
The source snapshots include the original license text in LICENSE.TXT:
versions/4.05/LICENSE.TXTversions/4.99.09/LICENSE.TXT