Re: XyWrites 4 and 5

[Paul Williams paulwilliams5@xxxxxxxx]

Here is a really silly question.

It is clear that at least one contributor here (TBaehr) has worked on XyWrite as
a programmer, and is an enthusiast.

Just what would it take to sort out the bugs in XyWin? For example, to make it
possible to import other graphics than .BMP (OK, that's not a bug, it's a wish.)

Is it (a) an awful lot of work
(b) So so?
(c) Easy?

Is this something that, with TTG's good will amd co-operation, could be
outsourced to those who know and love XyWrite and might be persuaded to help do
it for nothing/a pittance/a reasonable fee?

PW


TBaehr@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> In a message dated 4/4/99 03:07:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> lb136@xxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > It was at that point that TTG bought the company and
> > quickly put out a workable version: The XyWrite 4.0x DOS version.
>
> I recall that there was a several-month gap between the IBM debacle and TTG's
> buying Xyquest. During that time, Xy4 was actively worked on. Without TTG,
> Xy4DOS and XyWin would probably not have seen the light of day. But the staff
> that did most of the design, coding, and menus work was a bunch of former
> Xyquestrians, many of us working for love of the product and loyalty to Dave
> and each other. No idea what TTG is like now, but there was a real family
> feel then.
>
> Some of the early work on Smartwords was done back then, after Ken came on
> the scene. So Smartwords has perhaps been a longer time coming than some of
> us realize!
>
> Tim Baehr