Re: General startup question

[Ed Cray cray@xxxxxxxx]

Folks:

It seems to me that Rachel asks a liberating question for all of us who
hate/despise/abhor/condemn/avoid/demean Mr. Gates' increasingly complex,
increasingly virus-prone Windows. (I exit to the underlying DOS, so as to
access XY-Write, but I am told this is not possible in new versions of
Windows such as 2000.)

I too would welcome novel suggestions.

Ed


On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, rachel wrote:

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> Hello folks! I'm going to ask a very unsophisticated, neophyte question, so
> I ask your forgiveness upfront.
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> In 1988 my father bought me a leading edge model d, outfitted with xywrite
> 3+. Like everyone else, I became a dedicated xywrite user, and no other
> word processor has given me that same driving-on-the-open-road feeling, with
> no traffic or clutter in sight.
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> It has been years since I last used xywrite, and I have made several
> half-hearted attempts to configure different computers for the program. I
> am determined this time, though. Here is the setup:
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> I've got a Mac Powerbook G3, with a Yellow Dog Linux partition. I also own
> a lexmark inkjet printer, and would love to be able to print from xywrite.
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> Any suggestions for getting xywrite running on mac or linux? I have both 3+
> and xywrite 4 (dos) but I would prefer to use 3+, as I've always considered
> it to be a more elegant program. I'd be willing to use 4 if someone could
> explain a way to get rid of the menus.
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> Any advice would be greatly appreciated, as would reassuring rumors of
> others who have managed the task.
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> An ENORMOUS thanks in advance,
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> rachel
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