vDosXy on OS X

[Myron Gochnauer goch@xxxxxxxx]

Please correct my understanding of how xDosXy is used:

1) vDosXy consists of a program and set of supporting files that allows DOS versions of XyWrite to
run well on various versions of Windows, including Windows 7 and 8.1 (current version).

2) vDosXy runs only in a Windows environment.

3) vDosXy can installed by unzipping the vDosXy download and copying the resulting directory into
the Windows /programs/ directory. A desktop shortcut to vDos.exe can/should then be created.

4) vDosXY\autoexec.txt should be modified to be compatible with your conventions for the location
and naming of directories. Instructions are in autoexec.txt.

5) vDosXY\config.txt may not need any changes to get you off the ground. (Mouse support is disabled
by default.) Config.txt allows setting of DOS-system-wide characteristics, like DOS’s
config.sys, but what can be configured is different (i.e. config.txt is similar in general purpose,
but not precise content, to config.sys).

Is that about it?

Thus, to use vDosXY on a Mac, you must have a functioning Windows emulation or virtual machine.

I don’t know what problems I might run into, but by using 1-5 above, XyWrite IV seems to be
working rather nicely on a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.10, Parallels Desktop 10, and Windows 8.1.

I haven’t tried Wine (or CrossOver).

Myron