And it ran on a mincomputer, as I recall, not a mainframe. DEC PDP-11, maybe, and maybe others. It's where I started, and I have some memory of the machine itself, not bigger than a smallish refrigerator, plus a disk array, I think.
-----Original Message-----
From: Avrom Fischer
Sent: Jun 11, 2008 5:33 PM
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Wikipedia entry on XyWrite
The name you are looking for Atex.
mailto:avromf@xxxxxxxx or af413@xxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx href="xywrite@xxxxxxxxxywrite@xxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: Wikipedia entry on XyWrite
ATEX
Harry Binswanger wrote:
> I just looked up the Wikipedia entry on XyWrite. I think it could use
> some work. I edited a few things, under the heading "Features," but
> more editorial contributions by us would be useful.
>
> One thing that should be added right at the top is the "parent"
> mainframe program Xy is based on. Just now, I forget its name.
>
> Anybody can edit the Wikipedia entry. Just hit the Edit tab.
>
> Incidentally, http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/ href="http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/ is not working right now. Is that
> something temporary, or do I have the wrong URL? I hope not, because I
> added the URL to the Wiki entry.
>
> Harry Binswanger
> mailto:hb@xxxxxxxx href="mailto:hb@xxxxxxxxhb@xxxxxxxx
>
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