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Dear Judith You can probably get away with just EDITOR.EXE, but if you have room, put STARTUP.INT on the disk too, and all the files that it calls such as the keyboard file, etc. It is easy to try running XY3 from a floppy drive on your own machine to see if it works. I can't remember exactly what I used, but if you still have problems, let me know and I'll run the test again myself. Best wishes Paul On Wed, 06 Mar 2002 17:48:40 -0500, Judith Davidsen wrote: >Paul-- > >In order to conduct this experiment, what should go on the >floppy besides some sample text? > >Thanks >Judith Davidsen > >Paul Breeze wrote: >> >> If you are actually going to buy one of these things then >> take a floppy with XY3 along to a showroom and look at the >> program on screen. Most of the LCD panels come with a >> feature which lets you fill the screen with 640x480 or >> 800x600 screens, even though the monitor has a resolution >> of - say - 1024x768. However some of these produce >> ghastly type, others are perfectly useable. I have been >> using a 15 inch NEC monitor for about three years now and >> have been satisfied with the appearance of XY3 and XY4. >> >> Paul >> >> -- Paul Breeze, paul.breeze@xxxxxxxx on 06/03/2002 >> >> On Tue, 05 Mar 2002 14:35:50 -0500, Norman Bauman wrote: >> >>From today's Wall Street Journal: >> > >> >March 5, 2002 >> >SPECIAL REPORT TECHNOLOGY >> >The Flat Look: You've decided to buy an LCD screen. Now >> comes the >> >hard >> >part: How do you choose? >> > >> >By GARY MCWILLIAMS >> > >> > >> > >> >A word of caution: LCDs differ from traditional CRT >> displays in that >> >they >> >don't handle lower resolutions well. Most CRTs can easily >> adapt to >> >show at >> >full-screen size everything from older software with >> 640-by-480 >> >resolution, >> >all the way up to 1,600 by 1,200. But a flat panel won't >> >automatically >> >resize when confronted with older programs. Run an >> application using >> >640-by-480 resolution on a 15-inch LCD, and you'll wind >> up with a >> >shrunken >> >image surrounded by a black border, leaving the bulk of >> that big >> >screen you >> >bought dark and unused. >> > >> >You can manually alter the resolution settings on the >> display, but >> >you'll >> >have to go in and change it back again to view >> higher-quality images. >> > >> >One way around this problem: Microsoft Corp.'s new >> Windows XP has a >> >feature >> >called Liquid View that inflates the size of icons and >> text when >> >running >> >older software on 15-inch and larger screens. It's a >> particularly >> >useful >> >feature for running older computer programs, says Chris >> Connery, a >> >marketing manager at NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display >> of America >> >Inc., >> >Itasca, Ill. >> > >> > >> >------------------------------------------------------- >> >Norman Bauman >> >411 W. 54 St. Apt. 2D >> >New York, NY 10019 >> >(212) 977-3223 >> >http://www.nasw.org/users/nbauman">http://www.nasw.org/users/nbauman>;; >> >------------------------------------------------------- >> > |