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Outliner Software for MS-DOS? (Users)

posted by glennmcc  , North Jackson, Ohio (USA), 06.01.2013, 02:08

> > Look for a title called PC Outline by Brown Bag Software. You should be
> > able to find it on Simtel.net or in any old shareware archive.
>
> Hi mbbrutman!
>
> I've been hunting online for a DOS version of PC-Outline, but haven't been
> able to find it. All I can find are the Windows version.
>
> However I did find an article that mentioned that: "...in the late 1980s
> WordStar 5 came bundled with PC-Outline, a popular DOS outliner then
> available from Brown Bag Software, Inc. in California. PC-Outline text had
> to be exported to a WordStar-format file, as the programs were not
> developed to be internally compatible."
>
> Reading that article jogged my memory and I seem to recall trying
> PC-Outline back when I bought WS 5.5. But I didn't care for it then
> because it didn't incorporate the WordStar editing commands, if I remember
> rightly. But, I wondered if I might still have my original WS 5.5
> floppies. So I dug around in the boxes of old disks in my back room and
> I'll be danged if I didn't dig out an old 5.25" floppy disk labeled
> PC-Outline.
>
> Then I dug out my old 286 PC that has both 3.5" and 5.25" floppy drives.
> But the 5.25" floppy drive doesn't seem to work anymore :o(. I checked my
> neighborhood PC Recycling Shop, and he does have a 5.25" drive he'll sell
> me for $13. So if I can't get the drive in that old machine to work by
> Monday, I'm going to ride my bike down there and buy that drive.
>
> > This program was so good and it still holds up reasonably well. A few
> > years ago I dug it up again to use it to study for a large test I was
> > taking. The modern versions Microsoft Word pale in comparison when used
> > for outlining.
>
> I don't suppose you still have that program lying around now do you?

http://www.skeptictank.org/treasure/GUTILS/PCO334.ZIP
(871130) 96K PC-Outline v3.34: Outlining & planning program

You're welcome

Complete thread:

• Outliner Software for MS-DOS? - CluelessInSeattl, 03.01.2013, 21:25 (Users)
  • Outliner Software for MS-DOS? - bretjohn, 04.01.2013, 17:36
    • Outliner Software for MS-DOS? - CluelessInSeattl, 05.01.2013, 23:43
  • Outliner Software for MS-DOS? - rr, 04.01.2013, 20:38
    • Outliner Software for MS-DOS? - CluelessInSeattl, 05.01.2013, 23:29
  • Outliner Software for MS-DOS? - mbbrutman, 05.01.2013, 02:26
    • Outliner Software for MS-DOS? - CluelessInSeattl, 05.01.2013, 23:27
      • Outliner Software for MS-DOS? - glennmcc, 06.01.2013, 02:08
        • Outliner Software for MS-DOS? - CluelessInSeattl, 06.01.2013, 05:35