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- WORDSTAR, CP/M EDITION, RELEASE 4, HERE AT LAST!!!
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- SPECIA╠ NOTIC┼ -- JIM WELCH¼ THE NORTHEASTERN REPRESENTATIVE OF ì
- MICROPRO CORPORATION WILL INTRODUCE WORDSTAR¼ CP/═ EDITION¼ ì
- RELEASE 4¼ AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING OF THE BC╙ CP/═ GROUP, FORSYTH ì
- DENTAL CENTER¼ 14░ THE FENWAY¼ THURSDAY¼ SEPTEMBER 10¼ 7:3░ PM« ì
- All are welcome. Please come. Beginners' Clinic at 7:00 PM.
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- Oε Jul∙ 23¼ MicroPr∩ Corporatioε announceΣ releasσ 4.░ oµ ì
- WordSta≥ fo≥ CP/M« Shipmen⌠ oµ upgrade≤ t∩ registereΣ user≤ i≤ ì
- scheduleΣ t∩ begiε oε o≥ abou⌠ Augus⌠ 20« Upgrade≤ caε bσ ordereΣ ì
- b∙ callinτ MicroPr∩ Custome≥ Servicσ a⌠ (800)227-560╣ 9:0░ AM-9:0░ ì
- P═ EST« Thσ cos⌠ oµ thσ upgradσ i≤ $8╣ plu≤ statσ ta° anΣ ì
- shipping« ┴ $1░ discoun⌠ oε order≤ placeΣ beforσ thσ enΣ oµ ì
- Augus⌠ i≤ availablσ t∩ BC╙ member≤ b∙ askinτ fo≥ extensioε 6667« ì
- Iε additioε t∩ upgrades¼ ne≈ copie≤ oµ Wordsta≥ ┤ caε als∩ bσ ì
- ordered from Customer Service.
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- Notσ -- MicroPr∩ ha≤ ß uniquσ upgradσ policy« An∙ legitimatσ ì
- cop∙ oµ WordSta≥ (CP/═ o≥ MS/PCDOS¼ norma∞ releasσ o≥ OE═ releasσ ì
- sucΦ a≤ Kaypr∩ o≥ Osborne¼ etc.⌐ caε bσ upgradeΣ t∩ thσ curren⌠ ì
- CP/═ o≥ MS/PCDO╙ version.
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- Wσ werσ no⌠ ablσ t∩ obtaiε ß cop∙ iε timσ t∩ writσ ß revie≈ ì
- fo≥ thi≤ issuσ oµ thσ newsletter╗ however¼ ß revie≈ wil∞ bσ ì
- forthcoming« Thσ followinτ detail≤ oµ thσ ne≈ releasσ havσ beeε ì
- selecteΣ froφ thσ MicroPr∩ brochurσ oε thσ CP/═ Edition.
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- RAM REQUIREMENTS: 54K TPA with math, 51K TPA without.
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- DISK REQUIREMENTS: At least two 5 1/4" double density drives.
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- DISTRIBUTIO╬ FORMATS║ CP/═ Generiπ (8ó ss/sd)¼ Kaypro¼ Osborne« ì
- Applσ duσ iε October« Note║ Wσ caε conver⌠ an∙ oµ thesσ format≤ ì
- t∩ virtuall∙ an∙ forma⌠ tha⌠ yo⌡ requirσ (witΦ thσ exceptioε oµ ì
- Vecto≥ Graphiπ harΣ sector).
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- TERMINA╠ SUPPORT║ 2╖ terminal≤ supporteΣ b∙ default¼ extensivσ ì
- patching options to allow other terminal installations.
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- PRINTE╥ SUPPORT║ MucΦ bette≥ suppor⌠ oµ lase≥ printer≤ anΣ do⌠ ì
- matri° printers« Suppor⌠ oµ tw∩ installeΣ printers« Note║ thi≤ ì
- versioε oµ W╙ wil∞ no⌠ suppor⌠ backgrounΣ printinτ (usσ ß hardwarσ ì
- printer buffer instead!).
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- HIGHLIGHTS║
- UNDO
- KEYSTROK┼ MACROS
- FOUR-FUNCTIO╬ MAT╚ CALCULATORì
- USE╥ NUMBE╥ anΣ ZCP╥ NAME─ DIRECTOR┘ SUPPORT
- ONSCREE╬ BOLDFACIN╟ anΣ UNDERLININ╟ (iµ you≥ termina∞ support≤ this)
- TH┼ WOR─ PLU╙ SPELLIN╟ CHECKER
- MULTIPL┼ RULE╥ LINE╙ (whicΦ caε bσ saveΣ witΦ you≥ document)
- GO-TO-PAGE
- PRIN╘ MULTIPL┼ COPIE╙ anΣ t∩ ASCII ìè MULTI-LINE HEADERS and FOOTERS
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- FULL LIST OF ENHANCEMENTS:
- 1 Undo
- 2 Keystroke macros
- 3 Built-in four-function math calculator *
- 4 User number support
- 5 Onscreen bold and underline *
- 6 The WORD Plus spelling checker and expanded dictionary
- 7 Stored ruler lines active while editing
- 8 Go to page
- 9 Print multiple copies
- 10 Multi-line headers
- 11 Multi-line footers
- 12 Laser printing capability
- 13 Automatic paragraph indentation
- 14 Automatic hanging indent
- 15 Continuous/noncontinuous underline
- 16 Improved install program
- 1╖ Ne≈ prograφ modificatioε processe≤ (thi≤ mean≤ tha⌠ al∞ patcΦ ì
- point≤ arσ documenteΣ anΣ ß too∞ i≤ provideΣ t∩ d∩ thσ patches)
- 1╕ Proportiona∞ spacinτ (dependinτ oε printe≥ capability¼ ì
- require≤ additional RAM) *
- 19 Improved documentation
- 20 Easier-to-use indexing
- 21 Index every word
- 22 Word count
- 2│ Ctr∞ ke∙ witΦ keypaΣ move≤ curso≥ intuitivel∙ (hardwarσ ì
- dependent)
- 24 User-programmable function keys
- 25 Function keys provide alternative interface *
- 26 Improved speed
- 27 Improved use of memory
- 28 Specify printer at print time
- 29 Access two printers from one computer
- 30 Print to ASCII
- 31 Print to shared printer
- 32 Print to disk including all escape sequences
- 33 Cleaner menus
- 34 Block math *
- 35 Improved, easier-to-use conditionals
- 36 Merge-print math capability
- 37 Column replace mode
- 38 Convert to uppercase from lowercase
- 39 Convert to lowercase from uppercase
- 40 Help for each command
- 41 Improved help contents
- 42 Removable help messages in separate (optional) file
- 43 Find and replace across page breaks and soft spaces
- 44 Find and replace from cursor to end/beginning of file
- 45 Improved find and replace of control characters
- 46 Improved use of wildcards in find and replace
- 47 Move to end of sentence
- 48 Move to end of paragraph
- 49 Move to any characterè 50 Move to previous sentence
- 51 Move to previous paragraph
- 52 Move to any previous character
- 53 Delete rest of sentence
- 54 Delete rest of paragraph
- 55 Delete up to any character
- 56 Restore default page numbering
- 5╖ ImproveΣ mergσ printinτ (.DF⌐ allow≤ use≥ defineΣ characte≥ t∩ ì
- separate variables
- 58 File insert (.FI) now works while printing as well as merging
- 5╣ Print-timσ formattinτ (.PF⌐ no≈ work≤ whilσ printinτ anΣ ì
- merging
- 60 Page number (.PN) now works while printing and merging
- 61 Line height (.LH) now active while editing and printing
- 62 Embed a copy of the ruler line into text (.RR)
- 6│ Storσ lef⌠ margiε iε documen⌠ t∩ bσ activσ durinτ editinτ ì
- (.LM)
- 6┤ Storσ righ⌠ margiε iε documen⌠ t∩ bσ activσ durinτ editinτ ì
- (.RM)
- 65 Microspace justification on dot matrix printers (.UJ)
- 66 Variable character width on dot matrix printers (.CW)
- 67 Variable line height on dot matrix printers (.LH)
- 68 Alignment/word wrap may be changed while editing (.AW)
- 69 Line space changes may be stored within document (.LS)
- 70 Justification changes may be stored within document (.OJ)
- 71 Multi-user support
- 72 Installable tab stops
- 73 Can remove status line
- 74 Can read and write column blocks (Ctrl KR and CTRL KW)
- 75 Improved status line contents
- 76 Improved flag column contents
- 77 Toggle near-letter quality print mode within a document
- 78 Define print controls while editing
- 79 Define form feed character while editing
- 80 Print at fixed position when using different fonts
- 81 Italics (on some printers)
- 82 Auto indentation in nondocument mode
- 83 Set tab expansion in nondocument mode
- 84 User defined tabs based on file type in nondocument mode
- 85 Strip high order bits from file in nondocument mode
- 8╢ Conver⌠ harΣ carriagσ return≤ t∩ sof⌠ carriagσ return≤ ì
- automatically
- 87 Predefined macro for result from last math (Esc =)
- 88 Predefined macro for last mathematical equation (Esc #)
- 89 Predefined macro for formatting numbers (Esc $)
- 9░ Curso≥ placeΣ wherσ i⌠ wa≤ lef⌠ afte≥ las⌠ "save-and-resumeó ì
- editing
- 91 Maximum right margin increased to 255
- 92 Support for full page terminals
- 93 Backspace is destructive
- 94 Delete key deletes character
- 95 Visible soft spaces for increased spacing control
- 96 Create file to modify more than one copy of WordStar
- 9╖ Changσ wha⌠ WordSta≥ consider≤ ß worΣ fo≥ worΣ deletσ ì
- operations (Ctrl T)è 98 Improved custom printer install
- 99 Delete files using wildcards
- 100 Limit directory displays using wildcards
- 101 Suppress file types from directory
- 102 Protect a file
- 103 Spell checker is user installable
- 104 Find and correct spelling errors
- 105 Automatic spelling correction
- 106 Find rhyming words
- 107 Help solve word puzzles
- 108 Locate anagrams
- 109 Automatic soft hyphenation in spelling checker
- 110 Look up correct spelling of a word
- 111 Check frequency (redundancy) of word use
- 112 Alphabetize and text file or word list
- 113 Homonym help
- 114 ZCPR named directory support
- 115 "Large file"indicator on status line
- 116 Print from command line
- 117 Print then exit from command line
- 118 Open document from command line
- 119 Open nondocument from command line
- 120 Print nondocuments and maintain onscreen formatting
- 121 Can format merge-print string variables
- 122 Can format merge-print numeric variables
- 123 Memory usage control
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- Thi≤ i≤ no⌠ aε advertisement╗ however¼ baseΣ oε m∙ experiencσ ì
- witΦ thσ DO╙ versioε oµ WordSta≥ 4.░ (most¼ bu⌠ no⌠ al∞ ne≈ ì
- feature≤ arσ commoε t∩ botΦ CP/═ anΣ MS/PCDO╙ versions)¼ yo⌡ wil∞ ì
- wan⌠ t∩ conside≥ upgrading« Onσ oµ thσ mos⌠ significan⌠ feature≤ ì
- i≤ thσ extensivσ patchinτ inf∩ provided« WitΦ earlie≥ version≤ oµ ì
- WordStar¼ thσ use≥ communit∙ compileΣ anΣ maintaineΣ completσ ì
- listing≤ oµ use≥ modifiablσ patcΦ locations« MicroPr∩ learneΣ ì
- froφ thi≤ anΣ witΦ releasσ 4.0¼ ha≤ provideΣ thi≤ informatioε a≤ ì
- wel∞ a≤ ß prograφ t∩ facilitatσ use≥ patchinτ oµ WordStar« Thσ ì
- configurablσ option≤ anΣ patcΦ location≤ fa≥ exceeΣ thosσ founΣ iε ì
- earlier WordStar releases.
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- 08/10/87 Jim Byram
- BCS CP/M Group