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Dear Fellow Xywriters
I am trying to refocus my prior question about running XyWrite 4.17 and
Wordperfect 5.1 for dos and word for word in windows 7.
I am currently running XyWrite on my dell dimension 521 desktop which has
windows xp and 4 gigs of ram. I also am running a dell 1710 vostro laptop
with 4 gigs of ram also using windows xp. I am happy with my current
setup except that I want to get a new desktop from Dell because it is
beginning to experience mechanical problems and the dell 24/7 telephone support
which I have found fits my needs very well is about to expire.
My primary concern is whether I can run XyWrite and to lesser extent
wordperfect 5.1 for Dos and word for word on a pc running windows 7.
I am happy with the way XyWrite runs currently on both my desktop and my
laptop. I very rarely transfer data between a windows program or the
internet and XyWrite except to the extent that I download data in pure text
which I paste into notepad and store and than call up that data in
XyWrite. Outside of email and surfing the internet or watching netflix the
only time I use a windows application is to run turbotax and sometimes
Excel.
I run XyWrite either from the shortcut Robert described a few years ago or
on rare occasion from a command prompt. I am happy with the screen.
If and when I get a new pc I will simply copy my current XyWrite and Wordperfect
and word for word files onto my new pc.
The only reason why I would get a new computer with windows 7 is
because even in the Dell outlet store they will no longer sell a windows xp
system. I do not want to get a new pc which will not be covered by
Dell's telephone support which means I would not want to get a third party
product that is not supported by Dell.
I am under the impression that XyWrite will run on windows 7 32 bit but not
under windows 7 64 bit. If I can run XyWrite and wordperfect 5.1 for dos
and word for word from either an icon on my desktop or from a command prompt I
would be very happy. Am I correct that these programs can run under
windows 7 32 bit without any tweaking. I do not see any reason or need
given my limited use of windows applications for needing windows 64 bit.
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