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| | WordStar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | WordStar is still considered by many to be one of the best examples of a "writing program". | | | WordStar Users Group Mailing List Archives – list archives have posts on running legacy DOS and Windows programs, especially for all WordStar releases, on modern computer systems including Windows 2000 and XP, as well as Linux. | | | WordStar and GNU/Linux Mailing List Archives – list archives have posts on member experiences setting up and using WordStar under Linux as well as experiences with Linux in general, help with problems encountered, tips on solving problems, as well as reviews of useful software and components. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordStar
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| | To fix up the well known WordStar program, for example, you have no choice between patching and re-writing/ re-assembling the program since the source code in assembly language version is proprietary and not available to the public. | | | And since the WordStar feature choices are numerous and there are many different computer/ printer/ system combinations, there is a good chance of not finding an existing program which patches WordStar on your system exactly the way you want it to be patched. | | | Like other CP/M programs, the assembled WordStar program you purchased consists of numerous machine language instructions which are loaded sequentially into your computer's RAM beginning at address 0100h (where all CP/M COM programs load) and running upwards from there. |
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http://www.df.lth.se/~pi/compis/files/ftp.mayn.de/pub/cpm/archive/gendoc/patchit.txt
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| | Smart Computing Encyclopedia Entry - WordStar |
| | The first version of WordStar was actually two programs: an editor (WordMaster) and a sorter (SuperSort) released in 1976 and 1977, respectively. | | | They couldn’t talk well to each other because, among other things, each one ran a slightly different (and proprietary) version of CP/M and used different disk formats (so a floppy diskette from one couldn’t be read in another company’s computer without a separate conversion program). | | | The company’s tentative venture into Windows finally began in early 1991 with a purchased program, called Legacy, released first as WordStar Legacy and billed as a cross between a word processor and a desktop publishing program, then finally rebadged as WordStar for Windows 1.0 in October of that year. |
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http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/dictionary/detail.asp?guid=&searchtype=1&DicID=19648&RefType=Encyclopedia
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| | A Potted History of WordStar |
| | WordStar for Windows was too late to make a mark on the growing Windows word processor competition, and being basically a DTP program and not a Windows hosted version of WordStar for DOS, many WordStar users that tried it rejected it out of hand. | | | WordStar for Windows 2.0 was a major rewrite of the NBI Legacy code. | | | WordStar for DOS version 7 added expanded memory support, support for a mouse, a macro programming language, and the ability to transfer data to and from the Microsoft Windows 3 clipboard. |
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http://www.wordstar.org/wordstar/history/history.htm
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| | What do you think of D* Website? - TiVo Community |
| | WordStar was one of the most revolutionary programs in personal computer history. | | | I remember having WordStar, dBase, and Lotus 1-2-3, plus all my data and other programs on a 10 MB disk, and was actually able to get my work done. |
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http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3220428
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| | The Old Joel on Software Forum - Micro Pros WordStar Printer disaster – really? |
| | Of course the WordStar example was that the whole database system "structure" was to be changed, not just a simple addition of a field. | | | More to your point, I'm certainly not nearly enough of a developer to be able to authoritatively evaluate the complexity of their problem on the WordStar printer db issue, but unless there are important factors not revealed in the article, it doesn't seem like it would be the killer effort the program manager was describing. | | | Thus, it is my contention, that while the new version of WordStar used a different database system to store printer codes, that is not much of a problem. |
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http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware?cmd=show&ixPost=21755
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| | WordStar file conversion utilities: Wsroff and Strip |
| | Your Wordstar file must be first uploaded to your Unix account as a BINARY file. | | | NOTE: You may send an "unstripped" Wordstar document file to a UNIX system as a binary file, and then convert it to nroff format using the UNIX program wsroff. | | | If you are transferring Wordstar files to a UNIX or VMS system, you must convert the files prior to transfer. |
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http://www-acs.ucsd.edu/offerings/userhelp/OLD_HTML/wsroff,d.html
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| | OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : HISTORY / detailed info |
| | WordStar was then the best selling software program of the early eighties. | | | Much more books and WordStar manuals were sold than the software itself. | | | Paradoxically, one of the main reasons of its commercial success was that it has also been the most pirated software in the world for several years. |
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http://www.old-computers.com/history/detail.asp?n=41&t=4
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| | HABit Wordstar Converter Readme |
| | WordStar 2000 (first released in 1987) used a different file structure from that used in the other MS DOS versions and the WordStar 2000 option will need to be set in order to convert these files. | | | The author has tried to ensure that programming errors in Wordstar Converter have been reduced to a minimum and that the program functions correctly but the author cannot be held responsible for any losses sustained through the use of Wordstar Converter. | | | If the original Wordstar file included any accented letters or other European symbols, it is likely that, unless converted, they will not be rendered correctly in Windows programs. |
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http://www.hotkey.net.au/~hambar/habit/wsconvrm.htm
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| | Science Fiction Writer Robert J. Sawyer: WordStar: A Writer's Word Processor |
| | WordStar was first released in 1979, before there was any standardization in computer keyboards. | | | That WordStar lets me have separate marked blocks in each of its editing windows multiplies that power substantially: imagine doing a cut and paste job between two versions of a paper document, but being told that you could only have one piece cut out at a time. | | | Now, I'm a big fan of the WordStar control-key interface: for text applications, it lets me interact with my computer more efficiently than any other interface I've yet seen. |
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http://www.sfwriter.com/wordstar.htm
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| | Poynter Online - Feedback |
| | It seems the difficulties using older WordStar files are only a manifestation of the limitations of the user rather than to do with the age of a program. | | | By the time we got to this project, we had already saved the WordStar lite version (would you believe the whole text program in 283 bytes?) on the hard disk along with Xtree for easy file searching and copying. | | | Recently, I needed access to this script and had no problem retrieving the script on the XP Home Edition computer
The key is to use Windows to open up a Dos window, insert the Disk, boot WordStar, open the file and then use a clip tool. |
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http://www.poynter.org/article_feedback/article_feedback_list.asp?id=80486
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| | Oldies But Goodies |
| | If you are a newcomer to computing perhaps you have never heard of it but WordStar was probably the most widely used personal computer word processor of the early 1980's. | | | But the IBM machine had been out for only about six months and CP/M was already operating in machines like the Osborne 1 and Morrow. | | | I also use an early version of PageMaker to compose the newsletter and it recognizes WordStar-prepared text as an importable without change. |
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http://www.toggle.org/html/0306art2.htm
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| | This allows examination of the WordStar file on the DEC-20, and could be used for other 8-bit files as well. | | | Conversion time was 19 sec on the DEC-20 for 6000 lines of WordStar input. | | | The important thing is that every special feature in the input WordStar document is preserved, something which is not possible if the 8-th bit is just lopped off. |
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http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/dviold/wsltex.let
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| | Oki Data User's Guide for the OL840 WordStar Professional, Release 5 |
| | It should be noted, however, that any soft fonts to be used must be loaded prior to program use, and cannot be unloaded. | | | Printer installation for WordStar Professional is done by creating and modifying Printer Definition Files IPDFs). | | | Like WINSTALL, WSCHANGE first asks for the name of your WordStar program file. |
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http://my.okidata.com/Man840.nsf/MOCContents/38A56EA209BC5C4A852562F20040ED87?OpenDocument
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| | opening Wordstar files on XP - Software - The Lounge |
| | opening Wordstar files on XP Today I have been rumaging around loads of old floppy disks of mine and came across these files on a lot with a WSD extention, which I'm pretty sure must have been created in a program called wordstar on windows 3.1. | | | But if indeed all that was required was to strip off the high bit, any programmer at all should be able to write a program to do so in about 10 seconds work. | | | Back during the Windows 3.1 era, it wasn't unusual to find a program which could import Wordstar files, though I believe all they actually did was strip off the high bit. |
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http://my.opera.com/lounge/forums/topic.dml?id=85462
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| | WordStar Resource Site! |
| | WordStar Emulations and Other Utilities for Cross Word Processor Working are introduced here | | | WordStar Inset PIX to PCX graphics converter now available for DOS and Linux users. | | | WordStar for Windows resources and information can be found here |
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http://www.wordstar.org
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| | WordStar and You |
| | Way back then, a lot of programmers used WordStar for their programming editor. | | | And as a consequence, other programming tools had a tendency to acquire the WordStar editing commands. | | | This wasn't quite as bad as it seems, because most users only used floppy diskettes, and separating things onto different diskettes served the same purpose as separating things into separate subdirectories.) |
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http://home.nycap.rr.com/wlarmon/scrounge/wordstar.htm
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| | WordStar software for sale |
| | WordStar software was producer at various times by MicroPro, WordStar International, and others. | | | The following old Wordstar software packages are in stock at EMS Professional Software Unless otherwise specified, each product includes ONLY original manuals and media in usable condition. | | | EMS is not affiliated with the producers of any of the products below, or any other software vendors. |
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http://www.emsps.com/oldtools/w/wordstar.htm
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| | Cyber Resources for Journalists' Archive: Of WordStar Macros |
| | WordStar will ask whether you want to store the macro to disk. | | | However, it is possible to customise the display format in different ways. | | | (WordStar saves the macros under the file name |
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http://cyberjournalist.org.in/archive/macros.html
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| | WordStar Emulator - ZDNet Downloads |
| | The WordStar command set was used in many programs and allowed you to navigate and edit documents or program code without constantly reaching for the mouse, or remembering arbitrary combinations of the ALT, SHIFT, and Function keys to enter any command. | | | If you use WordStar but have to switch to Word this program will let you continue working the way you want. | | | The program is easy to install - you just need to place one file in your Word Startup folder to make it available to all your Word documents, and within Outlook if you set it to use Word as your e-mail editor. |
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http://msn.com.com/3000-2079-5993628.html
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| | Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits |
| | Cracking old WordStar files now amounts to a hobby for computer enthusiasts." (Most of those WordStar files, of course, are probably written on 5 1/2-inch floppy disks. | | | If you're old enough to remember using WordStar, the most prominent word-processing program (long before Microsoft Word) in the early days of computers, you can understand this conundrum: Digital archives are much more fragile than good old paper archives. | | | No current word processing programs will open a WordStar file, and the company stopped manufacturing the software in 1991. |
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http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=80486
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| | WordStar Converter Limitations in Word 7.0 for Windows |
| | Word 7.0 WordStar to to Feature WordStar Word 7.0 Comments ---------------------------------------------------------- Character Formatting: This is changed to plain text format in WordStar if the feature is not available. | | | Other Features: Tables See comment N/S Tables are converted to tab-delimited text in WordStar. | | | For information on what file converters are available in Word, click Answer Wizard on the Help menu, then type File Converters. |
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;156671
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| | the LOOSE wire blog: Stopping Terrorists With WordStar |
| | The files are all in WordStar, a software word processing program that is at least 15 years old. | | | All releases of WordStar work perfectly well on modern systems. | | | May 08, 2005 in Nothing to do with technology, really, Security, Software |
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http://loosewire.typepad.com/blog/2005/05/stopping_terror.html
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| | Msg#: 82 *WORDSTAR FORUM* 08/19/85 06:03:40 (Read 29 Times) From: ASSISTANT SYSOP To: WORDSTAR USERS Subj: COPY LINE TO END OF FILE Copy Line to End of File ^Qs^Kb^X^Kk^Qr^Kc^Qv^Kh This very useful key is sister to the key which moves lines to the end of file. | | | Often used to move a collection of redundant headings to the top of the file to serve as a table of contents for the file. | | | Msg#: 75 *WORDSTAR FORUM* 08/19/85 05:58:04 (Read 31 Times) From: ASSISTANT SYSOP To: WORDSTAR USERS Subj: MOVE LINE TO END OF FILE Move Line to End of File ^Qs^Kb^X^Kk^Qr^Kv^Qv^Kh This jewel is the prototype for text re-arrangement. |
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http://www.df.lth.se/~pi/compis/files/ftp.mayn.de/pub/cpm/archive/wstar/wskeys.mes
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| | One of it's compelling features is that it uses the internal fonts of my HP LJ and prints WAY FASTER that-a-way than the graphical-only approach of the more cartoon-oriented 'word processors'. | | | I somehow learned `chmod go-r' early on; then, when I needed to make a file executable, I deduced from the output of `ls -l' that `chmod u+x' would work, and it did, so I've always used that format. | | | wrote: >: Note, I've never actually used Wordstar myself, but I believe Wordstar >: started out in life on Data General RDOS before branching out to the >: microworld (I recall this being bandied about when I worked for Data General >: for 10 years from 1979 to 1989). |
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http://neil.franklin.ch/Usenet/alt.folklore.computers/20000108_Wordstar_keymap
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| | Those Wordmaster keystrokes, like vi and Emacs keystrokes, bring one thing to mind: software handshaking. | | | NO other big-name mass-market MS/PC DOS word processor remained true to those assignments, as far as I know. | | | But it would be an obvious step (to a computer programmer, anyway) to say, "Why use the Control key at all? |
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http://neil.franklin.ch/Usenet/alt.folklore.computers/19981211_TECO_and_WordStar
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| | Word Processing Conversion Software - User Guide |
| | Until the first specifier is encountered, entries apply to all formats. | | | However these changes are not stored in the document files. | | | When converting files from WordStar to other formats, WordPort |
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http://www.acii.com/wpt_man.htm
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| | Hints & Tips - WordStar® for Windows® |
| | Templates are the framework for WordStar® for Windows® documents. | | | By using templates, often-repeated formatting tasks can be automatically performed by WordStar® for Windows®. | | | Enter your software title or technical note number in the field below and click Go. |
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http://support.broderbund.com/how_to.asp?prodid=560
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| | Importing WordStar6 and WordStar for Windows documents? - LinuxQuestions.org |
| | Does anyone know how to import/convert old WordStar and WordStar for Windows documents to OpenOffice.odt format or PDF or RTF or anything that any slightly modern word processor is capable of opening? | | | There is an import filter available for Microsoft Word, but of course it doesn't work... | | | Having googled the internet for import filters for both Windows and Linux I've found none that actually work. |
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http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=379362
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| | If you rename the WordStar file WS.COM, it cannot return to WS.COM after using the R command to run another program *[Letters]* *[WordProcessing]* *[Database]* ?Daniel M. Ford%v4 n12 ^Dear FOGHORN:#Sep 1985$10 @Relative beginner managed to salvage data using public domain utilities. | | | Patch for fast disk drive access *[Letters]* *[O-1]* *[Hacking]* ?Doug Hurst%v4 n6 ^Zorba#Mar 1985$17 @Continued praise for this CP/M computer despite a few faults *[Letters]* *[Zorba]* ?Barry R. Plotnick%v4 n6 ^Keyboard Repair, WordStar and Envelopes#Mar 1985$20 @Simple Osborne keyboard repair. | | | *[Letters]* *[Database]* *[General]* *[Library]* ?David Ibbetson%v4 n10 ^Dear David#Jul 1985$11 @Comments on Turbo Pascal's switches, Fans, and WordStar 3.3 right margin default *[Letters]* *[WordProcessing]* *[Programming]* *[Osb]* ?William T. TeBrake%v4 n10 ^Dear FOGHORN#Jul 1985$14 @Likes Nuevo 80 column, doesn't like WS 3.3's lack of.RM and.PF, likes SuperFile from FYI for storing, sorting and retrieving textual material. |
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http://www.retroarchive.org/cpm/cdrom/FOG/FOGHORN/FOGHORN4.DTA
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| | Micropro tried to fix all the problems in the original WordStar, and rather than making their loyalists happy, they alienated them. | | | Keeping up with the growth was a big problem. | | | Our pre-tax profits were up to 25%, so we were starting to make enough money to play the software game like professionals. |
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http://www.wordplace.com/ap/ap_chap06.shtml
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| | Use overprint command for carriage return with no line feed and then print the underline character *[WordProcessing]* *[Printer]* ?Brad Baldwin%v2 n5 ^Lost In Spaces#Oct 1983$20 @Q.) Why are SuperCalc cells not computed correctly A.) Order of recalculation is the problem. | | | 4-30 and patch WordStar as shown *[WordProcessing]* *[Printer]* ?Brad Baldwin%v2 n5 ^Lost In Spaces#Oct 1983$21 @Q.) Where can I find communications software for the Executive. | | | A friendly word processing package can lighten that chore *[Programming]* ?Chris Russell%v1 n5 ^A Typewriter Becomes A Printer#Feb/Mar 83$67 @Setting up the Silver Reed EX55 and Wilker Daisy Interface board to work with WordStar the O-1 *[Printer]* *[WordProcessing]* ?Barbara Elman%v1 n5 ^Word Processing News#Feb/Mar 83$70 @Bimonthly newsletter from Word of Mouth Enterprises. |
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http://www.retroarchive.org/cpm/cdrom/FOG/FOGPCOMP/FOGPCOMP.DTA
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| | High-Tech Dictionary Definition |
| | WordStar is a word processing program orginally developed by MicroPro International. | | | WordStar was the dominant word processor for the CP/M operating system, and was adapted to the MS-DOS/PC-DOS platform as well. | | | MicroPro lost market share at an incredible rate in the early to mid 1980's by releasing a very buggy product known as WordStar 2000 to compete with WordPerfect. |
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http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/definition.html?lookup=5827
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| | WordStar 5.0 Professional |
| | WordStar 5.0 Professional is the business standard in word processing software and is now more powerful and easier to learn. | | | WordStar Professional includes comprehensive footnoting, end noting, and annotating capabilities to make research documentation easier than ever. | | | WordStar Professional brings you the easiest access ever to laser printers, including PostScript. |
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http://www.retrosoftware.com/14009.html
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| | Griffin-Allwood Homepage - Wordstar |
| | Phil and others have created a number of macros and information files for WordStar for Windows: | | | Phil has created a number of macros and information files for WordStar 7: | | | From this site you can obtain his WordSTAR Keystroke Add-In for Microsoft Word. |
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http://www.glinx.com/~grifwood/WordStar.html
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| | Why OpenOffice.org 2.0 Is Your Best Choice |
| | I've started writing with vi on Unix and WordStar on CP/M. Over the years, I've used Lotus Word, WordPerfect and, yes, every version of Microsoft Word for Windows from 2.0 to 2003. | | | I've been running a late beta of OpenOffice.org 2.0 on both my SuSE 9.3 and 10 Linux boxes and on Windows XP. | | | Along the way, I've also used spreadsheets starting with VisiCalc, with many years spent on Lotus 1-2-3 and Quattro Pro and for the last five years, Microsoft Excel. |
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1874157,00.asp
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| | Jim's Random Notes - WordStar's commands were mnemonic? |
| | Almost everybody had a different first preference (back then it could have been Emacs, vi, Word Perfect, WordStar, Brief, Leading Edge Word Processor, or who knows what else). | | | Depending on who you talked with, WordStar's command keys were either the greatest thing since the invention of the microchip, or they were cumbersome, non-intuitive, and generally the worst possible user interface ever devised. | | | No, Ctrl+E to move up a line doesn't make a whole lot of sense in the mind, but it makes perfect sense to a touch-typist's fingers after only an hour or so of practice. |
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http://www.mischel.com/diary/2005/08/22.htm
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| | Word Star 4.0 for DOS or CP/M |
| | You may be able to find copies of versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5 and 7.0 at computer shows or on Ebay. | | | We are able to convert Wordstar Files into most modern Word Processing Formats. | | | All product names referenced herein are trademarks of their respective companies. |
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http://www.triousa.com/Wordstar
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| | CCA and Wordstar 7 |
| | Closing the offending program will clear the problem. | | | The Rexx scripts and the macros need to be modified for location of these files. | | | Once back in the WordStar VDM, press to have the macro insert the file created by the Rexx script into the WordStar 7 document. |
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http://home.tulsaconnect.com/dwhawk/ws.html
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| | Wordstar Pro 4.0 Level 2 |
| | A PREVIEW OF WORDSTAR PRO 4.0 LEVEL 2 | | | Create a fansite for Wordstar Pro 4.0 Level 2 | | | Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Wordstar Pro 4.0 Level 2 to receive a rating. |
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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wordstar_pro_40_level_2
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| | ABA Law Practice Management |
| | Soft fonts cluttered my hard disk with font files for every size and | | | Corel that WordPerfect would go the way of WordStar, but I didn't believe it. | | | some macros to mimic the WordStar control-key interface before I was productive. |
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http://www.abanet.org/log/lpm/newsarticle11673_front.shtml
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| | Engadget 1985 - Engadget |
| | While the lack of a standard 5.25-inch floppy drive is a frustrating oversight, you can pony up the $295 for the option and use it to load WordPerfect and VisiCalc, since we’re not huge fans of the bundled software, WordStar and CalcStar. | | | But we’re really impressed with the recent lap-tops from companies like Toshiba, and the Kaypro 2000 looks like it’s destined to be a major step forward. | | | Kaypro’s added some nice touches though, including a detachable keyboard and a battery that can run for up to four hours after charging for a day. |
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http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000430055334
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| | Microsoft Office Word - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Word for Macintosh was written to match the Mac's user interface, and as such it had little in common with Word for DOS; it eventually became the source for Word for Windows 1.0. | | | Although MS-DOS was a character-based system, Word for DOS was the first word processor for the IBM PC that showed typeface markups such as bold and italics directly on the screen while editing, although this was not a true WYSIWYG system. | | | Other DOS word processors, such as WordStar and WordPerfect, used simple text-only display with markup codes on the screen or sometimes, at the most, alternative colors. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_word
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| | Technorati Tag: wordstar |
| | We've received a number of reports today that users in China can't get... | | | To contribute to this page, just post to your blog and include this code. | | | Become a member to save searches in a Watchlist. |
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http://www.technorati.com/tag/wordstar
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