III+ and long filenames (Was: XyWrite III plus and 33Meg limit)

["Irv Thomae" irv.thomae@xxxxxxxx]

On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 09:37:16 -0800 (PST), Daniel Say wrote:
Daniel Say wrote
>" ≪ Is there anything I need to do to make [Xywrite III plus,
>" circa the 1980's] Y2K ready, or I just need to make sure my
>" BIOS, and DOS 6.x program is fixed. ≫ --ArtL7@xxxxxxxx
>"
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.....
>	What it doesn't do is "see" long filenames.
>	And there is a fix for that at the Di Stefano
>	and Holgrem website.
>					Daniel Say
>					say@xxxxxxxx
 And here I've been struggling to tolerate various other editors, and
only because I didn't think XyWrite could handle HPFS (and/or NTFS) long
filenames.
 Your comment encouraged me to revisit the Xywwweb site, which I had
previously (mis?)understood to support exclusively for XyWrite 4. There
is, after all, a conspicuous declaration very near the top of the page to
that effect:
 "Software Requirements and Technical Support for All XyWWWeb
  Programs:
 " 1) XyWrite IV for DOS, or XyWrite for Microsoft Windows...."

 Until today, I've taken that at face value - but if it's not quite true,
this unregenerate 3.57 user might be _very_ happy.

 Could someone please explain which (if any) of Holmgren's extremely
useful items can be used with III+? In particular, can any of the
"Operating System Interface" group, especially "Xy-OS/2" really be used
with III+???

 I've been using 3.57 for years, (usually under OS/2 in fact,) but have
never simultaneously been able to spare both the time and the money for
upgrading to Xy4DOS. I cheerfully admit that "Xywwweb.u2" alone should be
sufficient reason, but still...


 Thanks!!!
 Irv Thomae