Re: Xy4 - OS options

[Raphael rtennenbaum@xxxxxxxx]

The more I use Linux the more I enjoy it. The learning curve was only
real downside, but now that that's over, the payoff is knowing you're
using the tools of artificial intelligence -- tools that unite a
hobbyist's zeal with an engineer's rigor -- in the most sensible way
devised, and robustly, and economically, and safely. If my hard drive
goes south, I'll be back up and running in an hour.

As far as full-screen XyWrite goes
1) there were three or four key assignments that I've had to rework, and
it was a bit of work finding a font I really like. (I never used
Ultravision and I suspect it doesn't work under dosemu.)
2) So far I haven't devised a way to switch straight to a task from
within full-screen XyWrite -- I have to switch to windowed Xy to get to
the desktop, and then switch to the application. Then again, I am most
comfortable in what my dear wife calls my "black box of bitterness."
3) For the two or three applications I use that demand Windows, I open a
Virtual Box and boot XP.

-Rafe T.


On 05/30/2011 09:16 AM, Paul Lagasse wrote:
Linux w/ Dosemu is another viable option. There are some minor issues,
though these can be fixed with a variety of tweaks. Printing works
(using POSTGHST.PRN), both to the printer and a PDF file (in combo
with cups-pdf) and you can access the OS clipboard. OS commands can be
run from the command line, and fullscreen is possible as well (though
I don't use it). I've managed to create script that in most instances
launches Xy4 and calls the selected file.
You can run Xy4 on both Linux 32 and 64, though on the setups I've
tested there is an Xy4/Dosemu performance hit on 64 -- however, I
don't think this performance hit would be noticeable for most users
(it's most extremely and painfully present when I'm running an Xy4
program that makes more than 100 CVA operations on some 80 MB in 170
files, but I also have a script that now does the same thing faster).

Paul Lagasse

On 05/29/2011 05:58 PM, Lisa Kleinholz wrote:


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*From:* Carl Distefano **

What people like us really need, I think, is a DOS-in-the-Cloud that
would enable us to run XyWrite and other antiquated software from
any machine with an Internet connection.
That would be my dream come true. I am happy that I bought a netbook
with XP just before it was discontinued. It's my ace in the hole,
although DOSBox on a Mac has worked very well for me.