Re: Xywin vs. Nota Bene

["Phil Ferreira" ferreira@xxxxxxxx]

Perhaps someone on the list who is familiar with both XyWin and Nota Bene
can advise me on which to purchase.

I am a long time user of XyDos. (And I own Ibid, Orbis, and Ibid plus for
XyDos, though I don't use them much these days.) However, a laptop that I
recently purchased (a Toshiba) will not let me run XyDos. ( I assume that
there's something in the video card that will not allow Dos character mode
to function properly.) I have downloaded the Nota Bene demo, and with a bit
of tweaking it is now functioning properly. (At least there is no screen
flicker).

I have also cobbled together a 'demo' version of XyWin installing the XW.exe
files and dlls that are available from TTG. I have simply installed the
Xydos mnu and dlg files--along with the xydos bitfonts--for a working hybrid
of the two programs.

I must say that in many ways I find my bastard version of Xywin superior to
Nota Bene. All of my xpl programs run without a hitch; my Xydos keyboard
works prettly well (I've had to remap a couple functions). And it is very,
very fast.

Nota Bene, by contrast, has a very hard time with my Xydos keyboard, hangs
on several xpl programs, and requires modifications of many Xydos files to
show properly on the screen. It has, however, one great advantage. Its on
screen fonts are much, much clearer than those I am getting with my cobbled
together version of Xywin.

So a question: How good are the screen fonts that actually come with the
XyWin package? Are those that Nota Bene uses clearly superior? What other
advantages will Nota Bene provide?

Thanks. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. (The price difference--$129
vs. $199--is not really an issue for me.)

Phil Ferreira
ferreira@xxxxxxxx
ferreira@xxxxxxxx