Re: xy museum

["Chris Madsen" cmadsen@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
> > > -----------------------------
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>