Re: what/where are the Vista basics?

["Andy Turnbull" andyt@xxxxxxxx]

Thanks. I'll give it a shot. My problem is that I need to use a computer,
but the computer is not what I want to think about. In the good old days,
when I had a regular job, I just told the it guy what I wanted. Now I have
to try and make it work myself, and that's not what I'm into.
thanks again. I tried wordpad this morning, and was shocked to find how
little of the computer it used. I guess this is why my windows computers
never seem to have much battery life.

andy t
----- Original Message -----
From: "M.W. Poirier" 
To: 
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: what/where are the Vista basics?

 Andy:

 My advice is a bit different from Harry's. I would not download the
 latest version. It you are at all uncertain, and are not quite sure
 about what the latest versions of TAME can do, you could get yourself
 into a bit of a mess. Of course, it is easy enough to get out of the
 mess, but it could discourage you from trying the early versions. So
 try an early version first. It will do what you want, reduce CPU
 hogging. As for the rest of Harry's comment, I agree with him. NOTE:
 the earlier version are lower down on TAME Dos's download page. I
 think the one in the middle position may be the version you want.

 If you want to try later versions after, then go ahead. The later
 versions, and very specifically Ver. 5.1 Pre 7, which seems to be the
 version that a few of us like, allows you to configure your screen in
 a number of ways that are not accessible in regular DOS. For instance,
 you can see italic fonts on screen, ...no underlining , if you don't
 want it, and no backgrounds of a different colour to symbolise italic.
 Same for bold, etc. As for screen colours, they can be the way you like
 them, etc., plus a number of other features.

 M. W. Poirier

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On Sun, 4 Oct 2009, Harry Binswanger wrote:
I think it's free trial and then $25 if you want to keep it. There's
essentially zero support. The author, David Thomas, used to do things for
us,
but now is reclusive. Also, when he does communicate, his language is
terse
and fairly incomprehensible.
That said, it's worth trying It's a simple install (takes about 10
seconds),
and not invasive. I'd just download whatever is the latest version (the
one
he offers for downloading at tamedos.com). Give it a whirl and see if it
works for you out of the box.

Several of us here have been running Xy in Tame versions for years.
sounds interesting, but I'm suspicious and I can't find any reviews.
Their
website also doesn't tell me what it costs.

Any comments, for or against this program?

also, at least one website seems to offer it for free. what's the
difference between the early or later versions?

andy t

----- Original Message ----- From: "M.W. Poirier"

To: 
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: what/where are the Vista basics?


 I'm about to sound like Harry, but download TAME DOS, and you will
 see your CPU usage fall. Download one of the early versions, if you
 don't need all the features of later versions.

 M. W. Poirier

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On Sat, 3 Oct 2009, Andy Turnbull wrote:
Interesting. I had heard before that dos was a memory hog in windows,
but
never tested.

I run xy iiia (I can't make iv work well) in a 3-4 year old toshiba
laptop,
with about 1.5 megs of ram. After reading this I did ctrl+alt+delete
on
windows, selected the 'performance' tab and watched while I opened a
file
and
wrote something in xywrite. cpu usage shot up to about 90%!
surprise -- but I've kept the thing open while I write this, and usage
is
still running 70 - 90% -- and this is a windows program.

I wonder how the old machines got by with somuch less memory?

andy t

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Troop" 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 5:29 PM
Subject: what/where are the Vista basics?
I guess I must enjoy the sound of groaning, or I wouldn't be asking
the following:

I've been running XyWrite IV under Vista for about a year and a half
on what was at the time a powerful Dell 1720 laptop.

Strangely, it has taken all this time for me to notice that if
XyWrite isn't running, my CPU usage is around 20% rather than 80%
when it is running. I guess that's because I use XyWrite all the
time.

Obviously, there must be some basic things I have failed to set up
properly. Do we have anything resembling a Vista guide? I've done a
bit of a search through the list archives and via Google, not coming
up with anything.


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