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From: GUBBINS@TOPS20.RADC.AF.MIL (Gern)
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Subject: Re: want LOTUS 123 and WordStar
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Date: 22 Aug 89 15:48:16 GMT
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Clarkson students mostly used a Clarkson written (and owned by) Word 
Processor called Galahad.  If my facts are straight, it was orginally 
written by Russ Nelson of Painter's Apprentice and Freemacs fame for 
IMSAI 8080A under the Northstar (not-so-much-of-a) operating system.  It
was then coverted to run under CP/M-85 when the Z-100s came by Dr. Bray,
then converted to Z-DOS thru a 8085-to-8086 translator from another class
project.  Russ returned to Clarkson as a Staff member and cleaned it up.
Since the beginning, there has been a new, revised, and improved version
of Galahad about every 2 months (-:.   Lancelot is the companion spell
checker.   Clarkson offered in the past this package for $49, I don't know
if the offer is still good.   Galahad is now converted to and running on
the Z-248s that all students will now have this year at Clarkson.


The Word Processor I recommend is WatchWord V3.x from S&K Technology.
It is relatively easy to use, VERY powerful if you read the manual and
use it to the max (I haven't yet... (-: ) is available both for the Z-100
MS-DOS and PC/EGA systems and is about $100.   Check out REMark magazine
for lastest info.  I believe S&K offers a demo version disk for $5.00.

If you have your heart set on WordStar for whatever self-inflicted painful
reasons you have, REMark/Pat Swayne released a WordStar V4.x to Z-100
converter patch/info that is available by anonymous FTP on SIMTEL20
in PD1:<HZ100>WS4Z100.ARC.

Cheers,
Gern
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