Re: XYWrite 3.58

[Leslie Bialler lb136@xxxxxxxx]

Ah no. 3.58 was way before anyone even thought of the Y2K problem. The
Y2K fix = Xy4 v. 4.018.


3.56 was released mainly due to the autocorrection business, as you
state, and I never loaded it. 3.57 did indeed contain some bug fixes (no
doubt column addition among them), and since by this time the workaround
for the autocorrect had been widely distributed, I did load that one.
3.57 is like a '57 Chevy (or a mid-1950s Royal Standard typewriter--the
model that had a brown spackled finish, green keys, and a tab key that
you could hit with your right palm). It's a classic, and it looks good
in an automobile show; but if you had one, I don't think you'd use it
today as your primary means of transportation.


Myron Gochnauer wrote:


If I recall correctly, 3.58 corrected a Y2K problem with earlier versions,
but other than that no improvements were announced (nor noticed by me).

The most obvious change came with 3.57 or perhaps 3.56, when a threatened
lawsuit forced XyQuest to change the autocorrection function.

Myron

-----Original Message-----
From: Fredric Gross [mailto:fredric.gross@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 7:55 PM

To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: XYWrite 3.58

Somebody at XyQuest once told me that 3.57 corrected a flaw in column
addition. For me, it was a most embarrassing flaw because it yeielded
spurious results which I trusted.

Fred
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leslie Bialler" 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: XYWrite 3.58




As I said, however, this is from 13-year-old memory. What improvements
3.57 had over 3.55 I can no longer tell you, as the last time I ran
version 3+ was three computers ago.

Paul Breeze wrote:

 


Robert mentioned XY 3.58 in a recent message as the most stable version
  


of XY of all. I have 3.57,



but not 3.58. Does anybody know if there is any significant difference
  


between the two?



Thanks

Paul Breeze



  


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