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Article #823re: CP/M Wordstar files
From: prindle
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1986 13:47
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1986 13:47
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As far as I can tell, a CP/M wordstar file is nothing more than a text file with the upper bit significant on each character - in particular, a carriage return code (0d hex) is *hard* (starts a new paragraph), while a carriage return code with the high order bit set (8d hex) is *soft* (permissible for Wordstar to move during reformatting). Presuming Wordstar files under MSDOS were the same way (I don't know, but it sure makes sense), an 8 bit transfer should work just fine. Frank Prindle Prindle@NADC.arpa
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