![]() ![]() Martin, of A Song of Ice and Fire fame, used a DOS-based version of WordStar, and probably still does today. MicroPro sold versions of WordStar for CP/M (including Apple II CP/M) and MS-DOS. It competed directly against many word processors, including WordPerfect, Microsoft Word for DOS, and Multimate. It was ported to a number of CP/M architectures as well as Unix and PC/MS-DOS. According to the market research firm InfoCorp, WordStar was the most popular word processor in 1984 with 24% of the worldwide market. WordStar, originally from MicroPro, was a popular word processor during the early 80s. WordStar, introduced in 1979 by MicroPro International, became the best selling word processor soon after it was introduced.Apricot will sell MS-DOS 4.0 to European customers as the controlling program for network servers that support a new family of Apricot microcomputers. Apricot Computers pre-announces MS-DOS 4.0, the first multitasking version. This is the first MS-DOS version Microsoft offered in a shrink wrap packaged product for smaller OEMs or system builders.However, I'll do my best to help other WordStar users get the most out of vDos, and I've provided fairly extensive documentation on using WordStar under vDos here: Its running on a TRS-80 (CP-500) computer, under the CP/M (SO-08) operating s. By the late 80s most business word processing had. This was a 'state of the art' word processor in the early eighties - WordStar. ![]() By the late 80s most business word processing had moved to WordPerfect. WordStar, originally from MicroPro, was a popular word processor during the early 80s. WordStar, originally from MicroPro, was a popular word processor during the early 80s. This support is a wonderful gift to us WordStar users, but it's quite understandably unsupported and undocumented by Jos, who has already been more than generous with his time and genius. Our patron saint Jos Schaars has released a new version of vDos, and it has some added support for the word-processing program WordStar for DOS, allowing the on-screen display of italics, underlining, and strikeout. ![]()
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