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Article #1001Re: Wordstar filter for Osborne needed
From: pozar
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1987 03:44
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1987 03:44
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In article <91@asi.UUCP> metro@asi.UUCP (Metro T. Sauper) writes:
>In article <3383@cae780.TEK.COM>, alan@cae780.TEK.COM (Alan M. Steinberg) writes:
>> Does anyone have a WORDSTAR filter program (public domain) for use on the
>> Osborne 1. I need something to download WORDSTAR files without all the
>> control and spacing junk that is included in the normal WORDSTAR format.
>
>If I remember right, pip has an option to strip off the high bit of all
>characters as it copies files. Using this option, will convert your wordstar
>file into a more traditional format. Then the only thing you need to do
>is delete the dot (.) commands and print formating characters (^S,^B,etc.)
>
You do remember right. The command for striping the high bit off of
a file would be:
PIP filename.NEW=filename.OLD[z]
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!lll-lcc!well!hoptoad!pozar From: pozar@hoptoad.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc Subject: Re: Wordstar filter for Osborne needed Message-ID: <1759@hoptoad.uucp> Date: Fri, 6-Feb-87 22:44:20 EST Article-I.D.: hoptoad.1759 Posted: Fri Feb 6 22:44:20 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 8-Feb-87 04:52:26 EST References: <3383@cae780.TEK.COM> <91@asi.UUCP> Reply-To: pozar@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Pozar) Organization: Syncstream (San Francisco) Lines: 26