New Firmware Upgrade coming Friday-Monday - Page 5

DaleDe · 12-04-2009, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Solicitous

Are you certain of that? Isn't the software GPL'd?

If you use software that is GPL'd you have to supply all the source code for free. I am not sure they want to go that far. Besides you can always load the lBook version.

Dale

theducks · 12-04-2009, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Musicman

Ahhh... Wordstar! Dot commands, control key short cuts, really the best most flexible word processor I ever used...

And it would run with only 640K Ram

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ThomasMcKean · 12-04-2009, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 6charlong

I've just about reached the same conclusion about eReader. I've started getting ePub versions of the few books I view as essential and deleted my links to B&N and eReader.com. This reminds me of what happened when "the big boys" took ownership of a word processor I once used. It was called Wordstar and was pretty good, but desperately in need of an update. Old line executives don't seem to understand the finer points of the digital economy.

That book cover yew see under my name to the left... I wrote most of it on WordStar using a Kaypro 4/84 CP/M computer. The book went on to win a literary achievement award and it got me on Oprah.

But that a was a while ago, back when I couldn't afford anything decent. Still, if nothing else it proves that WordStar was a capable processor. The way they programmed overlays to fit the entire program into 64K was nothing short of brilliant.

omro · 12-04-2009, 03:34 PM

That's very cool.

Totally unrelated and I'm merely curious...

Dare I ask why you say "yew" which is a type of coniferous tree, rather than "you" which is a personal pronoun?

6charlong · 12-04-2009, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ThomasMcKean

That book cover yew see under my name to the left... I wrote most of it on WordStar using a Kaypro 4/84 CP/M computer. The book went on to win a literary achievement award and it got me on Oprah.

But that a was a while ago, back when I couldn't afford anything decent. Still, if nothing else it proves that WordStar was a capable processor. The way they programmed overlays to fit the entire program into 64K was nothing short of brilliant.

I could out-type Wordstar in CPM but that was a limitation of the hardware I was using. Wordstar was fast.

As I remember it, they hired a new CEO from a big name company when Wordstar was the wordprocessor and he laid off the programming staff. Something about how they wanted a permanent job writing code and he wasn't going to waste the money.

So along came MSDOS and Word Perfect, which kept their programmers working to stay ahead of the technology and Wordstar drifted into history. I hope that doesn't happen to eReader but it doesn't look good.

Musicman · 12-04-2009, 03:47 PM

Oh well..... Looks like ESlick Firmware 2.0 has Ereader DRM Support.

Heres the link to their board...

http://forums.foxitsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=16414

Also now supports Epub
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/ebook/update.html

kennyc · 12-04-2009, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ThomasMcKean

That book cover yew see under my name to the left... I wrote most of it on WordStar using a Kaypro 4/84 CP/M computer. The book went on to win a literary achievement award and it got me on Oprah.

But that a was a while ago, back when I couldn't afford anything decent. Still, if nothing else it proves that WordStar was a capable processor. The way they programmed overlays to fit the entire program into 64K was nothing short of brilliant.

Off topic question. I have a ton of old wordstar files from when I used it for writing. I've not been able to find any conversion tool (for little or no money) to convert to text or MS Word. Are you aware of anything? Or know of a method of getting it to text or a standard format. (I do still have a version of wordstar that runs under windows)

Thanks.

jusmee · 12-04-2009, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

And it would run with only 640K Ram

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aah youngsters! I had Wordstar running under CP/M in 64k ram. PCs, DOS, etc hadn't even been invented.

kennyc · 12-04-2009, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jusmee

aah youngsters! I had Wordstar running under CP/M in 64k ram. PCs, DOS, etc hadn't even been invented.

I was there as well. Wordstar was my first word processor. Datastar was my first DBM application.

Those were the days.

theducks · 12-04-2009, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Off topic question. I have a ton of old wordstar files from when I used it for writing. I've not been able to find any conversion tool (for little or no money) to convert to text or MS Word. Are you aware of anything? Or know of a method of getting it to text or a standard format. (I do still have a version of wordstar that runs under windows)

Thanks.

Have you been here
http://www.wordstar.org/wordstar/pages/convert_faq.htm

kennyc · 12-04-2009, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

Have you been here
http://www.wordstar.org/wordstar/pages/convert_faq.htm

I think I have, but will check again.

Thanks!

Yeah, the various versions cost money and/or the free conversion (for MSWORD) don't exist any more as they were discontinued or etc....

Robertb · 12-04-2009, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Musicman

Oh well..... Looks like ESlick Firmware 2.0 has Ereader DRM Support.

Heres the link to their board...

http://forums.foxitsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=16414

Also now supports Epub
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/ebook/update.html

Dear Musicman,

Missed you!!

Robert

Ladyrixx · 12-04-2009, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

I think I have, but will check again.

Thanks!

Yeah, the various versions cost money and/or the free conversion (for MSWORD) don't exist any more as they were discontinued or etc....

If you can get it printed out, scan it and run an OCR programme on it. That's what I had to do with some old word-processor files I had.

jusmee · 12-04-2009, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Ladyrixx

If you can get it printed out, scan it and run an OCR programme on it. That's what I had to do with some old word-processor files I had.

Maybe "print" it direct to a PDF file and run the OCR on that. Saves the trouble and inaccuracies of scanning.

Musicman · 12-04-2009, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Robertb

Dear Musicman,

Missed you!!

Robert

I have been here keeping my eye on things, just been quiet.

Looking forward to the coming Firmware upgrade on Monday...

12-04-2009, 03:47 PM	#66
Musicman Evangelist Posts: 440 Karma: 364 Join Date: May 2009 Location: New York Device: EZ-Reader - Samsung Nook's- Nook S/T w/Glow - Kindle Fire - Nova 2	Oh well..... Looks like ESlick Firmware 2.0 has Ereader DRM Support. Heres the link to their board... http://forums.foxitsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=16414 Also now supports Epub http://www.foxitsoftware.com/ebook/update.html Last edited by Musicman; 12-04-2009 at 03:55 PM.

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