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Re: xy3 installation problems

Cam wrote:



the QuickPad Pro (QP) is a "keyboard with a screen";
... it runs a version of DOS from ROM,
along with a few simple applications, and with a little work and coaxing, it's
capable of running many other DOS-friendly applications. whenever DOS apps
aren't fully compatible with the QP, it's usually because of either the QP's
68180 processor or monochrome 60x16 (CGA) screen.



Went to the site--the screen looks very small. Are you saying you can see
16 lines vertically?





so i guess my first question is: do you see any hard obstacles so far?



XyIII+ can run CGA, but I don't know about the 60 columns part.
The QP seems to have a capacity of only 350K, so you'd have to run the
program from a Compact Flash card somehow.




i've downloaded many files from xywrite.com, and i've followed the directions
found on the web page, "How to Assemble a XyWrite System On-The-Fly" (located
at http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/xylite.shtml ), and i think i've safely
concluded that xy4 won't work on the QP, etiology unknown.



Offhand, I can't think of a situation in which Xy3 would run but not Xy4.




i still have hope for xy3, although (a) the instructions on the web page are
explicitly for xy4, and (b) the web page mentions that "A XyWrite III+ system
can be created as well, using similar means and procedures", although of all
the xy3 zip archives i've downloaded, none of them contain XYDOSX.EXE or
INSTALL.EXE . (there is a file called "X2D.EXE" (sp?) in xywrite.com's
DISK1.ZIP archive, but it just hangs the QP.)



All you actually need, in order to test it, is EDITOR.EXE. If that runs,
you're in--the rest is tweaking. As I recall, editor.exe doesn't actually
need *any* supporting files.




Harry Binswanger
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