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From: wilker@gauss.math.purdue.edu (Clarence Wilkerson)
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Subject: Re: Need WordStar utility
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Date: 27 Dec 90 13:49:49 GMT
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 Aha! Some versions of WordStar supported direct write to screen
memory on the (few) machines that had screen memory as part of
system RAM. I suspect that setting the high bit is the way the
Osborne knew to highlight the current character.