Re: XyWrite III+

["Walter Jowers" walter.jowers@xxxxxxxx]

Leslie,

Thank you for the clear and rational answer. If you come to Nashville again,
I will cheerfully buy you the beverage of your choice.

As a new guy in any group, I always get a little annoyed when I ask a simple
question, just as nice as I know how, and get some kind of hostile Yoda
answer. My apologies if I telegraphed my annoyance.

Walter Jowers, Nashville
E-mail: walter.jowers@xxxxxxxx
Biz website: http://www.nashscene.com/~housesense

----- Original Message -----
From: leslie bialler 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: XyWrite III+


> In reponse to the post of Walter Jowers ( from Nashville) wrote (with
some
> asperity that hardly seemed inappropriate) to an inflammatory post that
> criticized him for daring to inquire whether XyWrite 3+ will be ready for
the
> new century, I reply:
>
> Quite all right, Walter. It is understandable that you would be concerned.
And:
> it is an issue that has been dealt with already.
>
> Here's the scoop. While Tech Group has provided a fix for version 4.0 for
Dos
> and for Windows, they have not provided one for 3+.
>
> But not to worry. The only problem will be in the way XyWrite displays its
> directories when you type the DIR command.
>
> Instead of:
>
> JACK         2678   5-26-99  5:19pm
> JAY          877   2-02-98 11:29am
> JILL         2716   8-04-99 10:24am
>
> Thou shalt obtain:
>
> JACK         2678   5-26-199  5:19pm
> JAY          877   2-02-198 11:29am
> JILL         2716   8-04-199 10:24am
>
> I doubt this will concern you overmuch. If, however, it does, try this:
>
> Adding (so sayeth the 3+ Manual) this to your printer file,
>
> DA
> will result in:
>
> JACK         2678   5-26-1999  5:19pm
> JAY          877   2-02-1998 11:29am
> JILL         2716   8-04-1999 10:24am
>
> when the directory is displayed.
>
> I would check this out for you but I do not have the old version loaded on
my
> machine any longer.
>
> Anyway, that is the only problem that seems to have developed. So, no,
your
> XyWrite will not cease to work properly the moment the ball drops.
>
> I visited Nashville a few years ago. Loved it.
>
> Cheers and I hope this helps,
>
> --
> Leslie Bialler, Columbia University Press
> lb136@xxxxxxxx
> 212-666-1000 x7109 (phone) 212-316-3100 (fax)
> > http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup
>
>