Re: xy museum

["AndyCh" andych@xxxxxxxx]

'a plain old xywrite' ? xywrite 1 ? What about ???

From:      	"Chris Madsen" 
To:       	
Subject:    	Re: xy museum
Date sent:   	Tue, 7 Oct 2003 21:41:32 -0400
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> Yes, there was a plain old XyWrite, as well as a XyWrite II.
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Holmgren" 
> To: 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 5:50 AM
> Subject: Re: xy museum
>
>
> > ** Reply to message from "AndyCh"  on Tue, 07 Oct 2003
> > 11:17:59 -0700
> >
> >
> > > Any idea on how to get all version of xy ?
> >
> > No idea.
> >
> > > No one owns the very first ?
> >
> > May be. But it isn't very satisfying to launch Xy2(+) on a modern
> operating
> > system. It runs very very slowly -- not because it is inherently slow,
> but
> > because of some software problem that nobody is yet able to resolve (or
> nobody
> > has bothered to resolve), but probably due to its expectation that it
> > completely owns the CPU. Plus, it doesn't understand any Xy3 or Xy4
> codes, so
> > if you try to read a modern XyWrite document with Xy2, it beeps and
> complains
> > constantly. Most unpleasant.
> >
> > Was there ever a Xy1?
> >
> > -----------------------------
> > Robert Holmgren
> > holmgren@xxxxxxxx
> > -----------------------------
> >
> >
>