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I have used XyDOS since 1984, and upgraded through various changes over the years. I purchased
NB-Win perhaps three generations ago even though I had by then switched to a Mac.
I currently run a few Windows programs on my Mac via Parallels and Windows 7. The latest NB beta of v.10 runs smoothly this way, and (finally) accesses all shared folders transparently. None of that is of concern if you’re sticking with a “real” PC, of
course.
As nearly as I can tell, NB10 can be made to function like XyDOS with respect to the keyboard ( it still uses a Xy-style *.kbd file ) and startup configuration (via NBStart.int). The personal spelling dictionary seems to be the same.
The command line is still available, and most, if not all (?), commands are still available. The overall out-of-the-box look and approach, though, is more icon-ish than XyWrite ever was. I assume that much of this can be turned off or hidden. (?)
If you rely on XPL you really should try the program to see if they work. I haven’t kept up with the discussions of this, but I gather that there are some differences between classical XPL and XPL under NBWin.
Switching to NB10 will, I think, remove a huge number of frustrations that come with trying to keep Xy functioning smoothly on new machines with “improved” versions of Windows. It is certainly worth a try.
For what it is worth, as a legal academic (now retired, thank goodness) using a Mac, I normally used RTF as my default format. That allows me to switch fairly easily between Word or WordPerfect for Windows, Nota Bene, and Nisus Writer Pro (the Mac program
I use). NB, used XyWrite style, was indispensable when formatting needed to be cleaned up or modified in special ways.
Myron (Gochnauer)
On Mar 21, 2014, at 2:43 PM, Avrom mailto:avromf@xxxxxxxx wrote:
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