Re: XyWrite and Windows 7
- From: Myron Gochnauer <goch@xxxxxx>
- To: xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:53:38 -0400
I have Win7 installed on an HP laptop. I installed the 32 bit version, largely
because NB is currently not compatible with 64 bit Win7.
So, with 32-bit Win7 ---
Xy II
Xy III+
Xy IV
All run as expected in windowed mode. Win7 does not support full-screen DOS
mode (or at least it says it does not).
In each case I found Editor.exe in Windows Explorer, right clicked on it and
chose "run as administrator". I did nothing else, and all three versions
booted up without incident.
I chose to run them as administrator because they have trouble with long files
names and it seems sensible (as well as traditional) to keep the programs in a
directory close to the root: C:\xy It may not have been necessary, but
since Windows tries to keep users away for system directories and files, I
thought it might show some reluctance to allowing anyone other than the
administrator to run a program not in the official subdirectory for programs.
I have not tested further to see if there are XPL or keyboard oddities.
I don't have a functioning version of XyWin, so I can't try it. The
installation program doesn't work with Win7 or WinXP, and I'm not sure whether
I have a functioning system from which I can copy the necessary files. I think
XyWin is pretty self-contained except for two files that go into
Windows\system\.
Myron
P.S. Every time I try XyII (Plus, I think) I am amazed at how slow it is
compared to III and IV. It seemed so wonderfully nimble back in 1984 when I
paid $300 for it. ;-) I never regretted it. A real manual, too, that I
used to read before falling asleep every night. Some of those keystrokes are
still in my fingers/nerves/brain.
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