Re: The Dark Side

["Yo Intl." rrr@xxxxxxxx]

>I have used an IBM PC or clone and XyWrite since 1986, but find the
>allure of an Apple Mac G4 to be almost irresistible. The Mac fairly
>screams with graphic files. I am a photographer who writes, not a writer
>who "takes pictures." Cleverly, my business partner is a writer, so
>things work out between us.
>Can I run XyWrite on a Mac?

Absolutely. Emulation programs like "RealPC" work fine, and a G4 has so
much oomph that you will never notice the extra computing work going on in
the electronic circuits.

>If not, can anyone recommend a good writing
>program (I hesitate to say word processor) that runs on Mac?

Nisus has a XYwrite-like cult following in the Mac world. Of course it is
no XYwrite, but it does seem to have some features one can get addicted to
(non-contiguous blocking, for example).


-- Rene von Rentzell, Tokyo