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Article #998Re: Wordstar filter for Osborne needed
From: metro
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1987 16:03
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1987 16:03
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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.) -- Metro T. Sauper, Jr. Assessment Systems, Inc. Director, Remote Systems Development 210 South Fourth Street (215) 592-8900 Philadelphia, PA 19106
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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!cbmvax!bpa!asi!metro From: metro@asi.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc Subject: Re: Wordstar filter for Osborne needed Message-ID: <91@asi.UUCP> Date: Fri, 6-Feb-87 11:03:57 EST Article-I.D.: asi.91 Posted: Fri Feb 6 11:03:57 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 7-Feb-87 20:22:51 EST References: <3383@cae780.TEK.COM> Organization: Assessment Systems, Inc., Philadelphia, PA Lines: 15 Summary: try using "pip" to start with.