alan@cae780.UUCP (01/29/87)
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.
Thanks,
G. Steinberg
(Posted by my brother...)
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Alan Steinberg
tektronix!cae780!alan
Or would you rather be a fish...metro@asi.UUCP (02/06/87)
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
pozar@hoptoad.UUCP (02/07/87)
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] -- Tim Pozar UUCP pozar@hoptoad.UUCP Fido 125/406 USNail KLOK-FM 77 Maiden Lane San Francisco CA 94108 terrorist cryptography DES drugs cipher secret decode NSA CIA NRO IRS coke crack pot LSD russian missile atom nuclear assassinate libyan RSA
Ghenis.pasa@xerox.com (02/11/87)
"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." Here's a quick and dirty solution, using PIP, a program which was included with your Osborne CP/M disks: PIP myfile.TXT=myfile.WS [Z] This will create a file with all the high bits set to zero (that's what the [Z] option does). Since the high bit is used by WordStar for all the junk you want to get rid of... Pablo Ghenis, Secretary OKOK (Osborne Komputer Owners' Klub) Pasadena, California