MORE for Windows?

Posted by glenh007 on 11/22/1999
glenh007 11/22/1999 9:04 am
i am new to this group and have just moved to windows sys from my mac and now I want to use MORE on my windows.

can someone recomend an outliner for Windows NT that is close to MORE?

I miss MORE!!!!

thanks
glen
jslade 11/22/1999 5:08 pm
While I have never found an acceptable subsititue for MORE that functions under windows, all is not lost.

I can tell you that if you are willing to work from dos or in a dos box under windows, you can still run more.

The Fusion Mac emulator, version 2, works very well. You will need a ROM image from a mac, and then you will need to set up a Mac HD image on your system, but you can then run MORE.

I have system 7.5 running, with More and MS Word 5.1a in a Dos box. With the help of some utilities, I can create a MORE outline, and use it in win98.

I can even use MORE to present slide shows from my laptop!

jrs
n.lowe 11/28/1999 6:12 am
If you don't need the presentation features, Inspiration is a good approximation, with far superior tree chart/diagramming module. Version 6.0 is due in January, but don't let that deter you from downloading a v5 demo (from http://www.inspiration.com now. Actually, when 5.0 came out you could get a free upgrade if you'd just purchased 4.x (a good thing, as 5.0 got rid of a couple of really nice features like the custom colour palette, so I still keep both versions around...)

There's a nice article on Inspiration and other outliners, including Acta and MORE, in the December issue of SemperMac magazine (http://www.sempermac.com/mag/dec99/thefurnace/productivity/thefurnaceinspir.html It's particularly interesting on how Douglas Adams used it to outline Starship Titanic. Dave Winer is also quoted. Note that the final page of the article suffers from a broken link and needs to be URL-edited by hand (change "inspib" to "inspic" in the address)!