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From: smits@ve7apu.uucp (Bob Smits - VE7EMD)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Re: Need WordStar utility
Summary: Use FiFileFixer(Dos)
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Date: 14 Dec 90 04:57:52 GMT
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In article <4474@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US> tcs@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US (Ted C. Smith) writes:
>> Files created with WordStar must contain some binary characters, which
>is
>> ruining the "raw" upload of program code to the uC board.
>> 
>Actually, I doubt that anyone created such a program for CP/M as PIP was
>available to all way back in the begining.  The command to use is 
>PIP B:newfile.txt=A:oldfile.ws[Z]<cr>.
> 
>In the DOS world, a couple of utility programs are available.  For
>example, XWORD converts WordStar to a number of different formats,
>including ASCII.
> 
When I was still using my old WordStar on an 8080 S-100 CPM system, 
used Irv Hoff's "filt.com" program. It would strip all the high
order bits, etc and give you a plain ASCII file. It's probably 
available on CompuSee's CPM forum. (My version is probably buried
in the basemenon an 8" floppy....somewhere....maybe)

A similar program is available froStarFixer called FileFixer that
does a similar job for MSDOS WordStar afficionados.
Good Luck in your search.
Bob