Re: Long time lurker on the XyWrite list and...

[Kari Eveli lexitec@xxxxxxxx]

Hello,

>The only exception that comes to mind is that I never managed to get
the OS/2 version of Clip to exchange text with the OS/2 clipboard.


If you want to run XyWrite under OS/2, you sure can. Because of hardware
incompatibilities and other things that have not been updated, OS/2 is
not a prime candidate for the primary operating system, but it runs very
well under MS Virtual PC 2007 with additions, which means you will have
shared folder support, and you can share files and clipboard content via
a file between OS/2 and the Windows host system.


Running MS Virtual PC 2007 means that you have to uninstall XP mode, and
the Win7 VirtualPC component. Running MS Virtual PC 2007 under Win 8 is
even trickier, Win 8 needs, among other things, a VMM.SYS file that
enables VirtualPC 2007 to run on Win 8, version 1.1.663.0. If you need
this file, contact me privately for details. This might even work on Win
10, but I have not tried it, nor have I seen a report that it works.


How to install OS/2 (I have version 4 installed, Win 7 Virtual PC 2007):
1) Make a new virtual machine with OS/2 default settings
2) Install DOS, e.g. version 5
3) Start the OS/2 install with diskettes and diskette images, select
Advanced Installation, remove the DOS partition with FDISK, set the disk
to Installable

4) Install OS/2
5) Install a video driver (SVGA is the best you can get!). I can email
the video driver diskette image to whom it may interest, just ask!
6) Install the Virtual Machine Additions from Virtual PC, Action menu,
Install ...
See also:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/01/11/350875.aspx


Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxx

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