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  1. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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  4. │ AT&T PC6300 SUPPORT BBS - Bulletin Service                         │
  5. │                                                                    │
  6. │ SUBJECT:  WordStar on the PC6300                                   │
  7. │ PROVIDED BY:  AT&T PC-Hotline                                      │
  8. │                                                                    │
  9. ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  10. │                                                                    │
  11. │    ERROR MESSAGE                                                   │
  12. │       The error message "Error E46:  @@@@" indicates that two      │
  13. │       files WSMSGS.OVR and WSOVLY1.OVR are missing. In dual        │
  14. │       floppy setup, when WordStar files are on one disk and the    │
  15. │       data is on another, the WordStar disk must be inserted in    │
  16. │       drive A: and the data disk in drive B:. You can copy these   │
  17. │       two files (and resolve this problem) onto your data disk.    │
  18. │       This holds true for a hard disk. You must have OVLY1.OVR     │
  19. │       in order to create or edit files and you must have           │
  20. │       WSMSGS.OVR in order to display help menus. Also, remember    │
  21. │       that WS.COM must be in the drive/directory you are in to     │
  22. │       execute commands (i.e. run, merge, etc.).                    │
  23. │                                                                    │
  24. ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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  26. │    STARINDEX                                                       │
  27. │       If you get the message "Too little memory" while trying      │
  28. │       to initiate STYLE.COM or STARINDX.COM in WordStar 3.3,       │
  29. │       these debug programs will fix it.                            │
  30. │                                                                    │
  31. │           A>DEBUG STARINDX.COM                                     │
  32. │           -E375 72                                                 │
  33. │           -E12A 73                                                 │
  34. │           -W                                                       │
  35. │           WRITING XXXX BYTES                                       │
  36. │           -Q                                                       │
  37. │           A>                                                       │
  38. │                                                                    │
  39. │           A>DEBUG STYLE.COM                                        │
  40. │           -E100 E9 7D 03                                           │
  41. │           -E480 B8 80 00 A3 03 00                                  │
  42. │           -E487 E9 7A FC                                           │
  43. │           -W                                                       │
  44. │           WRITING XXXX BYTES                                       │
  45. │           -Q                                                       │
  46. │           A>                                                       │
  47. │                                                                    │
  48. ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  49. │                                                                    │
  50. │    CORRECTSTAR                                                     │
  51. │       When running CorrectStar in WordStar and you get the         │
  52. │       message you are out of memory, reconfigure your              │
  53. │       config.sys file with buffers=20 and files=40.                │
  54. │                                                                    │
  55. │                                                                    │
  56. │    If you call CorrectStar from the WordStar main menu, you will   │
  57. │    get the following message:                                      │
  58. │                                                                    │
  59. │       Illegal Interrupt No. CCh at 06E6:03BF                       │
  60. │                                                                    │
  61. │       Not ready error reading drive A                              │
  62. │       Abort, Retry, Ignore?                                        │
  63. │                                                                    │
  64. │    Pressing R for retry allows the program to continue with no     │
  65. │    further problems.                                               │
  66. │                                                                    │
  67. ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  68. │                                                                    │
  69. │    GARBAGE IN FILE                                                 │
  70. │       If you ever TYPE a WordStar document you see a lot of        │
  71. │       garbage (extended ascii characters). The reason for          │
  72. │       this is WordStar turns on the high-order bit on some         │
  73. │       bytes, this turns standard ascii characters (0-127)          │
  74. │       into extened ascii (128-255). They print on our screen       │
  75. │       with the TYPE command because of extended graphics           │
  76. │       characters available in our video controller board ROM.      │
  77. │       If you import this file into 1-2-3, Lotus turns off all      │
  78. │       these high-order bits as part of its normal import           │
  79. │       process, giving you a readable ascii file.                   │
  80. │                                                                    │
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  82. └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
  83.