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Old 12-04-2009, 03:58 PM   #67
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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.
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