Re: Resurrection of XyWrite?

["Patricia M. Godfrey" priscamg@xxxxxxxx]

wbass@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Seen at
>
> http://gcn.com/articles/2009/08/31/technicalities-word-alternatives.aspx
>
> (Government Computer News)
>
> The article has
>
> > > A few creative options for working without Word<<
> (as a result of the impending possible injunction against word)
>
> One of them is:
>
> > > (on page 2):Xywrite. Has that cool, retro blue-and-yellow color scheme and soothing grinding noise each time it accesses the disk. But you need a computer made before 1985 to run it.<<
>
> A rather surprising appearance, I thought.
>
> Wally Bass
My foot. I run it black on white, on two machines, purchased in
the last two years, under Vista Home Premium. Plus a Netbook
running XP Home, also purchased a couple of months ago. I have
more trouble getting the latest Windows applets to work. Windows
Calendar is an utter MESS.