Re: OM Variable

[Michel Slivitzky]

 >> PCLEXAM (as far as our contract stipulates) will not be available now or
 >> in the future, unless we renegotiate our contract with IBM. At this point
 >> it does not seem to be an issue for a new contract, however that could
 >> change. I would suggest a letter to our Marketing Department in Baltimore
 >> if you would like to forward any suggestions. For current owners of the
 >> PCLEXAM files (from Signature), these can be used as long as you possess
 >> XyWrite 4 for DOS.

Thanks very much, I clearly understand the message.

With the speed and devotion TTG has shown in these past 6 months to answer our
letters, fulfill its promises in providing support, resolve problems with the
DOS version and shown their approach to PCLEXAM support, I clearly see where
the support of foreign languages stands in their priorities (maybe 2010 if they
are still alive).

No use wasting my time for a LONG TERM plan with XY. After some 8 years with XY
I am starting to look now for something else, that will offer me all the
support I need, maybe in an OS/2 environmnent.

 -- Michel Slivitzky


Date: 11-14-93 (21:40)       Number: 951 of 954 (Refer# 950)
To: JUDY STEIN
From: ELLEN KESSLER
Subject: VANISHING DATA
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Conf: XyWrite (110)       Read Type: GENERAL (+)

Yes, I did take off that tab with an X-acto knife. Don't know how
XyWrite did it -- and put it back!

But, when I get some time, I'll run that test I described and let you
know what occurs. I think I remember what I did, but, yes, of course, I
may be not, as I do things kind of fast.
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Date: 11-14-93 (21:54)       Number: 952 of 954 (Refer# NONE)
To: ELLEN KESSLER
From: JIM GRUPE
Subject: 64 K LIMIT
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Conf: XyWrite (110)       Read Type: GENERAL (+)

What 64K limit????? XyWrite uses disk and/or expanded memory as a swap
area, and in unhindered by any file length. The "X" at the irght of the
command line tells you the swap area is in use. Lordy, I've had files
of hundred of pages - a little unwieldy, so I try and break them up.
But, there's no limit to the size of a file XyWrite can handle!!!
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Date: 11-14-93 (22:07)       Number: 953 of 954 (Refer# 938)
To: ELLEN KESSLER
From: JIM GRUPE
Subject: SHOPPING
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Conf: XyWrite (110)       Read Type: GENERAL (+)

If I may comment on your PC plans....
 Don't get a 486DX66, but a 486DX50. ANd skip the EISA, and use the
VLB for everything you can. Try for a three slot local bus, but be sure
you have at least 2.
 Now, the whys: Local bus gives you faster I/O than anything,
including EISA and SCSI-II, and its a lot simpler and a lot cheaper.
ONce you go local bus, you could get I/O to your hard drive as rates up
to 66MB/sec. Theoretic max with EISA is way short of that!! Even fast
SCSI only comes up to about 60MB/s, and rarely achieves anyhting close.
 With local bus, your cards run at the clock speed of the cpu, not the
backplan bus speed. The speed of the "turbo" bus is a measely 8MHz.
With a DX2-66, the clock speed is still only 33MHz, and "doubled" insid
the cpu. With a DX50, you use a clock of 50MHz. Now work out the
numbers: Your I/O to disk and Video is 50% faster than a DX2-66, and
you've sacrificed only 32% in cpu speed. Unless you're really doing
some number crunching matchmatics, heavy ACAD or something, your cpu is
mostly idle waiting for I/O anyway. As an added bonus, the DX50 chip is
a little cheaper than the DX2-66.  Scrapping the EISA will save you
another $100 or so. That's $200 you can put into your HD!
 I should point out, in case it has excaped you, that both EISA and SCSI
use the backplane bus speed of 8MHZ. tsk, tsk.
 Work out the numbers for yourself. It makes no sense to get a DX2-66!
And why use EISA for the HD, when the drives and controllers cost 50%
more and run at less than half the speed of their IDE/local bus
counterparts????  Some food for thought, I hope!
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Date: 11-14-93 (22:09)       Number: 954 of 954 (Refer# 938)
To: ELLEN KESSLER
From: JIM GRUPE
Subject: SHOPPING
Read: NO              Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
Conf: XyWrite (110)       Read Type: GENERAL (+)

Oh yeah, another note: there are bugs in DOS 6.0 which cause it to
corrupt your hard drive when using the compression (double disk)
utility. After a few hard drive crashes, you'll wich you hadn't
switched. I've heard the MS has issued some patches, but I haven
't seen them myself ,yet.
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