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From: metro@asi.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: Wordstar filter for Osborne needed
Message-ID: <91@asi.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Feb-87 11:03:57 EST
Article-I.D.: asi.91
Posted: Fri Feb  6 11:03:57 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Feb-87 20:22:51 EST
References: <3383@cae780.TEK.COM>
Organization: Assessment Systems, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
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Summary: try using "pip" to start with.

In article <3383@cae780.TEK.COM>, alan@cae780.TEK.COM (Alan M. Steinberg) writes:
> Does anyone have a WORDSTAR filter program (public domain) for use on the 
> Osborne 1.  I need something to download WORDSTAR files without all the 
> control and spacing junk that is included in the normal WORDSTAR format.

If I remember right, pip has an option to strip off the high bit of all 
characters as it copies files.  Using this option, will convert your wordstar
file into a more traditional format.  Then the only thing you need to do
is delete the dot (.) commands and print formating characters (^S,^B,etc.)


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Metro T. Sauper, Jr.                              Assessment Systems, Inc.
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