Bill,You are right. An installer in this case would be a fancy copy-to-folder solution with some easy presets for beginners. The original installer is rather difficult to use and the current situation leaves us with no standard setup as there are different sets of files around. Ideally, the same installer should work in all environments: plain DOS, supported Windows versions, and virtual machines. Legal stuff is difficult: XyWrite is unsupported software, for which there may exist copyright/distribution claims. The last known owner has not shown any interest in the product for decades. Those who have bought a license have the right to install the product, others are in a gray zone. It seems that nobody cares, therefore it is abandonware. Legally speaking, there is no such thing, but it is a fact of life in computing.
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