Re: XyWrite 4 under Win2K/XP

["Martin J. Osborne" osborne@xxxxxxxx]

Good idea to survey hardware ...
I'm running Xy4 under W2K on a Dell (vintage 2002/7). Without Tame the
slow response to keyboard actions makes XyWrite unusable. With Tame the
response is reasonable, though not perfect, for most keys; for the keys
on the cursor pad the performance is poor.

Patricia M Godfrey wrote:
>
> After reading all the posts on this question (and we've been round the
> mulberry bush on it so often that some members--not I--are sick of it), I
> keep wondering if there isn't a hardware component. I'm in the process of
> setting up a new system; it's fairly slow by current standards (1.1 GHz),
> but it runs so fast that hitting DEL to get into setup on boot (which I
> need to do frequently in the process of tweaking things) is no easy job.
> If one doesn't hit the key at just the right moment, for just the right
> length of time, one has missed one's window of opportunity. Now the
> keyboard interface, IIRC, hasn't changed much since the introduction of
> the AT; oh, M$ added those Windows keys, and my new system has a couple
> of strange keys between the "Insert-Home-PgUp-Delete-End-PgDn" group and
> the dedicated cursor keys (one has something that looks like an
> automobile steering wheel, the other two have stylized crescent moon and
> rising sun; any guess as to what they're for, anybody?). But keyboards
> are basically what they were 10 years ago. So perhaps the name-brands are
> doing something to the keyboard interface to make it mesh better with
> today's high-speed systems. And mucking up Xy in the process.
>     It might be useful if those who are running Xy under Win2K/XP
> sucessfully listed their basic hardware, and those who aren't listed
> theirs; a pattern might emerge.
> Patricia

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