Re: Xywrite Revealed

[Richard Giering dick.giering@xxxxxxxx]

I too wouold like to buy a copy of XYWrite
Revealed.
Pls let me know how much and how to get it - can
we download the scanned pages?
Dick Giering

> Morris Krok wrote:
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>   From Morris Krok
>       essence@xxxxxxxx
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>   To republish XyWrite Revealed or any out of
> print book, I do not need a large publisher - it
> can be done on a photocopy machine, or a Riso
> printer which makes masters from the original
> page by scanning it in. From the master one can
> print any quantity to 10 000 copies. So on my
> Riso I can do 20 or 30 at a time.
>
>    As I have two copies of it in my
> possession I can separate the pages of one and
> scan it in so that a digital version on a CD can
> become available. The first copy of the book I
> purchased in Santa Cruz California and the
> second I saw it on sale, of all places,
> in Durban, South Africa. This is where I live in
> a subtropical climate on the Indian Ocean.
>
>     Unlike most present computer manuals,
> especially Windows based, they are so dry,
> predictable and boring, XyWrite Revealed reveals
> XyWrite 3 in the most revealing and fascinating
> way, that I prefer it to the best fiction and
> mystery story; and in the process of unfathoming
> its intricacies, I have no need to play computer
> games. The more it is studied, the more one gets
> ideas for writing programs that will streamline
> our wordprocessing needs. For those who write a
> lot of original material and love the English
> language, the ability to use these programs puts
> a magical touch to your thoughts and writing.
>
>   Despite its content it can be read as a
> masterpiece of English literature. It is
> certainly one of my favourite books in my
> library. As Herbert Tyson writes, "the ability
> to write clear programs, mirrors the way you
> think." It may even do more for you - the logic
> and intelligence that one learns through
> studying it may spill over into other aspects of
> one's life. It may enable one to erase
> superstition and misconceptions no matter from
> what source - ancient or modern or just from our
> own minds. A volume of course will needed to
> give justice to this one topic. It certainly
> defuses the mysteries of Xywrite and in a sense,
> computing generally.
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>   It is a wonderful stepping stone to all
> versions of XyWrite and NB. By the way NB have
> produced a programming manual, based on XPL ,on
> a separate disk.
>
>               With regards,
>
>               Morris Krok
>
>   PS For those who realize that thoughts are
> our finest treasures, all we need is a pen, a
> typewriter or just a computer to weave words of
> wonder.
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