Parallel Universe No, DosBox yes

[Lisa Kleinholz lkleinholz@xxxxxxxx]

An update for those who have been following my Parallels trials and
tribulations.

Mark, my computer guy in Amherst, decided that for what I want to do,
it would be easier, faster, cheaper to install DOSBOX on my MacBook,
rather than attempt to get the partial install of DOS under Parallels
(done by Apple people in Noho) working properly.

I've only tested minimally but Xy seems to work with my customized
keyboard and savegets exactly as it does on my old DOS machine and on
my Thinkpad under XP, sp1 (with tame 4.5). I haven't tried U2, but will
do that with my next span of free time.

The ability to sort fairly long files (40 to 100 pages) is important
for my work, and I have yet to test.

At this point, without experimentation, in a window the type size feels
small and 25 line screen is much easier on the eyes than the 50 line
screen I tried first. With alt-enter to full screen, it looks good
enough for me, quite similar to my old DOS computer.

The best part is that I can save both to the hard drive and to USB
floppy disk drive and instantly find both under Mac and Dos with Xy
running.

Accessing the floppy involves "mounting". When disc is put into USB
floppy drive, open dosbox and under z: prompt type:

mount a /volumes/untitled

[or whatever title you give the floppy disk you're using]

I can move files from my flashdrive and CDs into the dos folders (which
are found in Finder, under my user name) for access from XyWrite.

This is as far as I'm going for now, because I've already spent more
time & dollars than I expected.

Patricia, thank you for the disks. Send me your address by private
email & I will return them.

My only question: If you can do this in DOSBOX why won't Parallels
folks make it this easy in Parallels?