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- MicroPro released a new version of WordStar last year that should
- prove most useful to programmers and others who need a heavy-duty
- text cruncher - if you can find someone who sells it!
-
- This new version has many features absent from earlier versions, including
- full support of DOS 2.0 pathnames - all file operations (edit, print, copy,
- rename, etc) are global across directory paths! There are no more overlays;
- it is one big EXE file. You can remove your program disk once it starts,
- and there is no wait for overlays to be shuffled. The sucker runs much
- faster than version 3.3, has context-sensitive function keys, and fully
- supports most "smart" dot-matrix printers. Plus, the documentation is
- quite well done.
-
- Only a few gotchas - first of all, it runs only on a PCjr! The patch
- below should let you run it on a regular PC. Also, there are no MailMerge
- or spelling corrector, but it works great if all you do is edit and print.
- Lastly, it is hard to find! I've seen a few discount places advertising
- it, and some local dealers stock it.
-
- To make it run on a PC, use the following commands:
-
- 1) Make a copy of your program disk!
-
- 2) Put it in A:, REN A:WSU.EXE W
-
- 3) DEBUG A:W
-
- 4) E 3CB2 EB (should have had a 74 there)
-
- 5) W (write file back to disk)
-
- 6) Q (quit DEBUG)
-
- 7) REN A:W WSU.EXE
-
- 8) Run the install program and enjoy!
-