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Re: Migrating to Mac

I use a super simple program called Boxer for Mac. It meets my relatively simple
needs. It's made for gamers, but Xy works fine on High Sierra. I keep my entire
Xywrite folders in a "DOS" folder in dropbox. And use that as a c: drive, and set
a path for other drives I want to use in Xywrite--usually for backups. I keep everything
in Dropbox. Very convenient if traveling.  There are some limitations, which others will
clarify. Link here. http://boxerapp.com/

You may have to make adjustments to mac keyboard under system preferences, especially
on a laptop - so you can use function and modifier keys in XY. In Boxer Preferences, best
to check Keyboard box that reserves function and arrow keys for "games".
I tried the Mendelson program, but my needs are so simple it didn't seem worth the effort
to get it up and running properly.

Lisa Kleinholz

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On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 3:23 PM Jon P mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxx wrote:
The fulltime surveillance and forced, sometimes destructive updates of Windows 10 are the
end of the road for me with Microsoft..

I'm looking into a MacBook Air with High Sierra. I found Edward Mendelson's Wineskin Vdosplus
port below, but can someone give me a really basic step-by-step after installing it? I installed his
app on a borrowed MacBook but there's no roadmap from there, and I was reluctant to (perhaps)
create some sort of partition on a borrowed machine.
 
 Do I create a virtual C: drive and then copy my existing XY4 installation into that? 
Or is there a different DOS emulator now that's better suited for that particular MacOS?
 
Thanks for your help.
Jon Pareles
 
On Sunday, June 11, 2017, 1:08:45 AM EDT, FreeLists Mailing List Manager mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxx wrote:

From: Edward Mendelson mailto:em36@xxxxxxxxSubject: vDosPlus packaged for the Mac
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2017 09:22:54 -0400

Purely as an experiment, I’ve packaged vDosPlus for use on a Mac via the superb Wineskin
Winery program. This is a variant of the vDosWPMac system that I put together for running
WPDOS on a Mac. It comes with no support whatever, and, on the machine where I’m working
now, I don’t have a working copy of XyWrite or Nota Bene to test it with. Launch it once and
read the message it displays in its screen, and you’ll figure out where to put a XyWrite or Nota Bene folder.
The one essential point is this: The first time you launch the application, do NOT double-click
on it, because OS X/macOS will tell you that the application is damaged. It is not damaged.
Open it the first time by doing this: ctrl-click the application; choose Open from the menu, and
follow the prompts. After you do this once, the application will open normally when you double-click it.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3s0odm4v2nt9r28/vDosPlusMac.zip?dl=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/3s0odm4v2nt9r28/vDosPlusMac.zip?dl=1