Re: xy museum

["Chris Madsen" cmadsen@xxxxxxxx]

Doubtful. I don't have it. Don't think anyone does, except its creator.
Can't think why you would want it, either! II or II+ are much better, just
as compact. III and on support proportional fonts.

chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "AndyCh" 
To: 
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: xy museum


> Could I download it ?
>
> From:      "Chris Madsen" 
> To:       
> Subject:    Re: xy museum
> Date sent:   Wed, 8 Oct 2003 16:34:55 -0400
> Send reply to: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
>
> > It wasn't called XyWrite I, just XyWrite, but it was the first version.
It
> > boasted two windows (revolutionary at the time), support for monospaced
> > fonts, the beginnings of the command structure we all know and love,
and, of
> > course, SPEED.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "AndyCh" 
> > To: 
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 6:59 PM
> > Subject: Re: xy museum
> >
> >
> > > 'a plain old xywrite' ? xywrite 1 ? What about ???
> > >
> > > From:      "Chris Madsen" 
> > > To:       
> > > Subject:    Re: xy museum
> > > Date sent:   Tue, 7 Oct 2003 21:41:32 -0400
> > > Send reply to: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > > Yes, there was a plain old XyWrite, as well as a XyWrite II.
> > > >
> > > > Chris
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Robert Holmgren" 
> > > > To: 
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 5:50 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: xy museum
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > ** Reply to message from "AndyCh"  on Tue, 07
Oct
> > 2003
> > > > > 11:17:59 -0700
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Any idea on how to get all version of xy ?
> > > > >
> > > > > No idea.
> > > > >
> > > > > > No one owns the very first ?
> > > > >
> > > > > May be. But it isn't very satisfying to launch Xy2(+) on a modern
> > > > operating
> > > > > system. It runs very very slowly -- not because it is inherently
> > slow,
> > > > but
> > > > > because of some software problem that nobody is yet able to
resolve
> > (or
> > > > nobody
> > > > > has bothered to resolve), but probably due to its expectation that
it
> > > > > completely owns the CPU. Plus, it doesn't understand any Xy3 or
Xy4
> > > > codes, so
> > > > > if you try to read a modern XyWrite document with Xy2, it beeps
and
> > > > complains
> > > > > constantly. Most unpleasant.
> > > > >
> > > > > Was there ever a Xy1?
> > > > >
> > > > > -----------------------------
> > > > > Robert Holmgren
> > > > > holmgren@xxxxxxxx
> > > > > -----------------------------
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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