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From: was@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM (Bill Stubblebine)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Re: Wordstar to Ascii.
Message-ID: <8190003@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM>
Date: 4 Jul 90 16:13:51 GMT
References: <51482@robin.cs.nott.ac.uk>
Organization: HP Logic Systems Division - ColoSpgs, CO
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> I have ... stumbled on a little problem: many characters [in WS disk
> formatted output] have bit 7 set to 1.
> ...
> The solution:  copy the file resulting from WordStar's "P" command with
> the PIP utility, using the "z" option - it zeroes bit 7.  The command
> line should look like:
>	PIP newfile=oldfile[Z]

	Silly me.  I assumed that everyone who uses WS has a copy of
	the WS survival kit utilities.  My favorite is WSDOCON.COM,
	which converts clear text (no bits 7 set) to *AND* from WS
	format.

	This and many other excellent utilities are in the venerable
	WORDSTAR.LBR collection, available on many BBSs, including
	Royal Oak and SIMTEL20.