Re: xy museum

["AndyCh" andych@xxxxxxxx]

Could I download it ?

From:      	"Chris Madsen" 
To:       	
Subject:    	Re: xy museum
Date sent:   	Wed, 8 Oct 2003 16:34:55 -0400
Send reply to: 	xywrite@xxxxxxxx

> It wasn't called XyWrite I, just XyWrite, but it was the first version. It
> boasted two windows (revolutionary at the time), support for monospaced
> fonts, the beginnings of the command structure we all know and love, and, of
> course, SPEED.
>
> Chris
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "AndyCh" 
> To: 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 6:59 PM
> Subject: Re: xy museum
>
>
> > 'a plain old xywrite' ? xywrite 1 ? What about ???
> >
> > From:      "Chris Madsen" 
> > To:       
> > Subject:    Re: xy museum
> > Date sent:   Tue, 7 Oct 2003 21:41:32 -0400
> > Send reply to: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
> >
> > > Yes, there was a plain old XyWrite, as well as a XyWrite II.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Robert Holmgren" 
> > > To: 
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 5:50 AM
> > > Subject: Re: xy museum
> > >
> > >
> > > > ** Reply to message from "AndyCh"  on Tue, 07 Oct
> 2003
> > > > 11:17:59 -0700
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Any idea on how to get all version of xy ?
> > > >
> > > > No idea.
> > > >
> > > > > No one owns the very first ?
> > > >
> > > > May be. But it isn't very satisfying to launch Xy2(+) on a modern
> > > operating
> > > > system. It runs very very slowly -- not because it is inherently
> slow,
> > > but
> > > > because of some software problem that nobody is yet able to resolve
> (or
> > > nobody
> > > > has bothered to resolve), but probably due to its expectation that it
> > > > completely owns the CPU. Plus, it doesn't understand any Xy3 or Xy4
> > > codes, so
> > > > if you try to read a modern XyWrite document with Xy2, it beeps and
> > > complains
> > > > constantly. Most unpleasant.
> > > >
> > > > Was there ever a Xy1?
> > > >
> > > > -----------------------------
> > > > Robert Holmgren
> > > > holmgren@xxxxxxxx
> > > > -----------------------------
> > > >
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