Msg: Re: A wild new idea for the future of XyWrite

Just to put my two cents in--well, maybe one cent--how about a web based XY, similar to Google Docs? Configurable by the end user on his/her machine? I have no knowledge that would enable me to contribute. Call it a fantasy . . . FW.

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Carl Distefano mailto:cld@xxxxxxxx wrote:

Harry,

Devote an older machine (mine is Win 7 32-bit) to running XyWrite (and any other legacy software), then use TeamViewer to operate it remotely on your up-tod-ate 64 bit machine,

Interesting idea for making XyWrite available on a non-Windows computer without having to set up a virtual machine. For 64-bit Windows machines, however, I think most users would be better off running a VDM (vDos-lfn being the gold standard for XyWrite), or setting up 32-bit Windows in a virtual machine.

TeamViewer is nifty (and thanks for telling me about it a couple of years ago). Last week I used it to remotely install vDos-lfn on one XyWriter's computer, and it worked like a charm. After the remote session was over, however, I forgot to close TeamViewer on my machine, until it dawned on me that the computer was running slower than usual. If you don't notice a difference, that's great, but there is certainly some cost involved in running TV. (The same applies to a virtual machine, of course.)

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Carl Distefano
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