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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!