Re: XyWrite and OS/2

[Harmon F Seaver hseaver@xxxxxxxx]

>Compared to what? WordStar? WordPerfect? Puh-leeze. Critics who gave xyWrite
>that phony rep wrote it with xyWrite; saying that made them feel superior.
>If, the first time that appeared in print, Xyquest had commissioned someone
>with a feel for it to remap the default keyboard, the whole issue would have
>gone away. First xyWrite file of any kind I ever wrote was a remapped
>keyboard. First xyWrite file I edited was that .kbd file--to
reconfigure the
>interface.

  I don't think the problem was really the interface, just all
the rote memorization of all the commands. Everybody else had
menus, while we had none until XYIII+ -- actually I had none
until Signature, since I never upgraded to 3plus. Didn't want all
those menus. Still don't.

>
>:  Took me a full week of doing nothing >: else to learn the basics, really. >
>Must have been spooked by reading too many computer mags. I've seen temps put
>in front of xyWrite 3, given the basic commands Doug mentioned, no manual for

  Of course, I was learning DOS at the same time -- I'd never
touched a computer before, in fact was a total computer-phobe.
Didn't have anyone to ask either -- I lived in the backwoods of
Minnesota, and only knew two other computer users -- one had an
Apple, the other a Tandy. The learning curve gave me a headache
like you wouldn't believe.

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