Re: A general strategy for retaining XyWrite in a non-DOS world

[Bill Troop billtroop@xxxxxxxx]

> Hyper-V has one big flaw: DOS is not supported, and there are no
> plans to ever support DOS!


Kari, supposing you could get XP up and running, as some have, under
Hyper-V, wouldn't you then have DOS support? Only I have read that
because there is no direct support for XP in Hyper-V, there will not
be good video and networking support (i.e., integration).


Am I correct in my understanding that for a guest OS to work
comfortably in a VM, there must be 'integration' support (i.e.
drivers) that are designed to be installed for the guest?


FWIW, I continue to be delighted by VMware/Win8/W2K/Xy4. It has been
several months of flawless performance.




> > I'm not really worried about XyWrite over the next ten years, but after
> > that? Will VMs still be supporting W2K twenty and thirty years from now?
> > Maybe I shouldn't worry. Who knows? Maybe 20 years from now Nota Bene
> > will finally work to XyWriters' universal satisfaction?
> Nor should you worry, W2K support will be available for a very long
> time. As far as NB Win is conserned, it is just a pipe dream. The
> best XyWrite version will always be a DOS program. Most of us could
> use some modern programmer's editor, but somehow we are stuck with
> an old DOS program, mostly out of habit. Luckily there are still a
> few options to run DOS programs.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kari Eveli
> LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
> lexitec@xxxxxxxx
>
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