Re: The first xy

["Alexander Hellemans" hellemans@xxxxxxxx]

I have XYwrite III residing in my computer. I have been using it for 16
years now, mainly because I have "Using XYWrite III" by John Sladek. The
file is about 75 KB (compacted but executable). What is interesting is that
XYwrite originally has been written entirely in machine language, and this
is why it is so compact. I will send the 75 KB file of XYwrite III to
anyone interested, as long it is not illegal. If I remember right, XYwrite
I was very short-lived, and a first attempt to adapt the ATEX word
processor to the PC.

Alexander Hellemans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Crutchfield" 
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: The first xy


> Even if you could find a copy of XyWrite I, I don't think you'd want
> it. It didn't recognize subdirectories! It was written for MS-DOS 1.0,
> as I recall.
>
> I THINK XyWrite II was the first XyWrite to recognize subdirectories.
> I still have a copy of it somewhere. In fact, I still have my
> original disks for XyWrite III. Of course, they're 5.25 inch
> floppies, and I don't have access to a computer with large floppies.
> :)
>
> Steve Crutchfield
>
> ≪< "ca"  5/ 8 11:30a ≫>
> I started purchasing Signature from XyQuest,
> then XY4 from TTG.
>
> Now I' m curious about the very first release of xywrite (the 1.00, I
>
> think ???)
> Is it downloadable ? {Smile :) }
>
>
>
> c.a.
>
> 
>