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Re: Resurrection of XyWrite?

 The sticking point may be in the storage media.  Those old 5.25" disks are flaking off magnetic particles by the minute.  Salvage what you can soon!



Jeff









-----Original Message-----

From: steve reinemer 

To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx

Sent: Sun, Sep 6, 2009 3:18 pm

Subject: Re: Resurrection of XyWrite?























I have tried opening them with Notepad and such. It doesn't seem to
work.  But I will try downloading the Xywrite III files  I see posted
and try that.




 




Fortunately, I do have an old computer with working 5.25 floppy drive
and 3.5" diskette drive which I could copy the files to and then transfer to a
newer computer to use with whatever Xywrite program I download.




 




Thanks






----- Original Message ----- 










Subject: Re: Resurrection of
 XyWrite?










Reply to note from "steve reinemer" mailto:stevereinemer@xxxxxxxx
 Sun,

6 Sep 2009 10:31:39 -0700



> Anybody out there know where I
 can get a copy of the Xywrite II

> program or compatible? I've got old
 floppies with family files

> on them that I can't read because I don't
 have the program

> files.  Will Xywrite III open
 them?



XyWrite files are Ascii, so if accessing the data is the
 main

concern, you should be able to open and read the files with any
 text

editor (Notepad, Wordpad, etc.), or indeed with any
 word-processing

program. Of course, any XyWrite formatting commands in
 those files

will be displayed as raw text, not translated into actual
 formatting

on the screen. To view or print the files with formatting,
 any

version of XyWrite will do.



The bigger problem may be finding a
 floppy drive that will read

those diskettes. There are external USB drives
 that will read 3.5"

diskettes, but 5.25" floppies may be more of a
 challenge.



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Carl Distefano

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