Re: Fw: Buying new computer - what operating systems will work with Xywrite

[Paul Breeze paul.breeze@xxxxxxxx]

Dear Avrom

This may be a contrary question, given your query, but what don't you
like about Windows 2000? I switched from 98se to 2000 on Robert's
advice several years ago with some trepidation but have since found it
much more stable and, so far as I can see, completely reliable when
running XY. I use XY3 and XY4 in full screen mode (I don't like the
windowed mode much, I must admit). Nothing I have read has provided me
with any incentive to switch to XP and I don't imagine now that it will.


As for dual-booting XP and 98se, I can see no problem. If you simply
load 98se and then load XP on top (at least this works with Windows
2000) you end up with a dual boot system.


Paul Breeze

Avrom Fischer wrote:
> I apologize if you receive this email twice. I sent it last night
> around midnight and it was never delivered to my inbokx. Equally
> relevant, I have not recceived any emails from the xywrite list in two
> days. Also I noticed the date on my computer was wrong and I do not
> know whether that could have an impact on an email system.
>
> avromf@xxxxxxxx mailto:avromf@xxxxxxxx or af413@xxxxxxxx
> mailto:af413@xxxxxxxx
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Avrom Fischer mailto:avromf@xxxxxxxx
> *To:* Xywrite xywrite@xxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Friday, April 27, 2007 1:12 AM
> *Subject:* Buying new computer - what operating systems will work with
> Xywrite
>
>
> My no name clone just died. It had windows xp professional and 2 gigs
> of ram and an amd aetholon 2400 chip. Since this is the third no-name
> clone that did not last two years I am back to name brands. I was
> satisfied with xywrite under winxp so long as I opened it in full screen
> and only had one session of xywrite going but there were problems from
> time to time. My previous experience with xywrite under win98se was
> much more satisfactory when I started in command prompt at startup
> instead of going to the desktop.
>
> Snce I have to start all over I would like this to time to go with a
> dual boot of xp and 98se. 98se for xywrite and xp for surfing the net,
> email, opening documents that come in other formats than text mode ,
> looking at pictures I receive in email and ocr. I never create or edit
> graphics or video or music or games.  Is a dual boot sytems with 98se
> and xp feasible. It does not bother me to restart my pc to switch
> operating systems and that is not a factor to me. It is relatively rare
> when working in xywrite that I need data that is only accessible in a
> windows environment. In using xywrite I never switch fonts and have no
> need for anything other than ascii from 1-128. Other than to see open
> deltas I am always in draft mode with line wrap. My major concern is
> that xywrite not freeze at a critical moment which happens from time to
> time under xp.
>
> I would like to get a new computer with 4 gigs of ram, I do not care
> particularly about the processor speed or the size of the hard drive
> since what ever is available from dell, hp etc is more than adequate.
>
> I am considering a dual boot system with win98se and winxp pro if that
> is feasible. Can win98se work on a sysem with 4 gigs of ram. What am I
> not considering or overlooking.
>
> I know there is a limitation on windows 98se when the ram is over half a
> gig but there is a work around at least up to one gig because I am now
> running windows 98se on an old Dell with one gig of ram.. Is there a
> work around at 4 gigs for windows 98se. Unfortunately I no longer
> remember what the work around is or where I got it from.
>
> For the moment I am now using a dell with one gig of ram and a 750
> megahrz intel chip and both windows 98se and windows 2000 and it seems
> to work except that I do not like windows 2000