Re: A wild new idea for the future of XyWrite

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

I like that idea, whether or not other solutions are also used. I, too,
know nothing about how that would be accomplished.




Just to put my two cents
in--well, maybe one cent--how about a web based XY, similar to Google
Docs? Configurable by the end user on his/her machine? I have no
knowledge that would enable me to contribute. Call it a fantasy . . .
FW.


On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Carl Distefano
mailto:cld@xxxxxxxx wrote:



Harry,




Devote an older machine (mine is Win 7 32-bit) to running XyWrite
(and any other legacy software), then use TeamViewer to operate it
remotely on your up-tod-ate 64 bit machine,






Interesting idea for making XyWrite available on a non-Windows
computer without having to set up a virtual machine. For 64-bit Windows
machines, however, I think most users would be better off running a VDM
(vDos-lfn being the gold standard for XyWrite), or setting up 32-bit
Windows in a virtual machine.



TeamViewer is nifty (and thanks for telling me about it a couple of
years ago). Last week I used it to remotely install vDos-lfn on one
XyWriter's computer, and it worked like a charm. After the remote session
was over, however, I forgot to close TeamViewer on my machine, until it
dawned on me that the computer was running slower than usual. If you
don't notice a difference, that's great, but there is certainly some cost
involved in running TV. (The same applies to a virtual machine, of
course.)



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Carl Distefano


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