Re: Resurrection of XyWrite?

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

> I have tried opening them with Notepad and such. It doesn't seem to work.


Has to be a problem with reading the floppies. Notepad can certain read
them. To see that reading is (or isn't) the problem, get a DOS prompt and
TYPE the file (to the screen)--e.g., if your floppy drive is the a: drive,
and the file is foo.bar in the root directory


type a:foo.bar

When, as I assume, that doesn't work, try:

dir a:foo.bar



>  But I will try downloading the Xywrite III files I see posted and try
> that.
>
>
> Fortunately, I do have an old computer with working 5.25 floppy drive and
> 3.5" diskette drive which I could copy the files to and then transfer to a
> newer computer to use with whatever Xywrite program I download.
>
>
> Thanks
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: mailto:cld@xxxxxxxxCarl Distefano
> > To: xywrite@xxxxxxxxxywrite@xxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 11:56 AM
> > Subject: Re: Resurrection of XyWrite?
> >
> >
> > Reply to note from "steve reinemer"
> > <mailto:stevereinemer@xxxxxxxxstevereinemer@xxxxxxxx> Sun,
> >
> > 6 Sep 2009 10:31:39 -0700
> >
> > > Anybody out there know where I can get a copy of the Xywrite II
> > > program or compatible? I've got old floppies with family files
> > > on them that I can't read because I don't have the program
> > > files. Will Xywrite III open them?
> >
> > XyWrite files are Ascii, so if accessing the data is the main
> > concern, you should be able to open and read the files with any text
> > editor (Notepad, Wordpad, etc.), or indeed with any word-processing
> > program. Of course, any XyWrite formatting commands in those files
> > will be displayed as raw text, not translated into actual formatting
> > on the screen. To view or print the files with formatting, any
> > version of XyWrite will do.
> >
> > The bigger problem may be finding a floppy drive that will read
> > those diskettes. There are external USB drives that will read 3.5"
> > diskettes, but 5.25" floppies may be more of a challenge.
> >
> > --
> > Carl Distefano
> > mailto:cld@xxxxxxxxcld@xxxxxxxx



Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx