How can I get WordStar to work on the Commodore 128?
bill_h
> Terminal emulation problem: See WordStar Customization Notes 07/27/81
> for WordStar release 3.0, (publ. 1980) by Micropro International
> Corporation, 1299 Fourth Street, San Rafael, California 94901, USA. This
> publication was only issued to OEM.
Or, in the alternative, if you can find one:
Stuart Bonney's (EXCELLENT!!!) ''Wordstar Customizing Guide'', 1986
by Wordware Publishing. Covers a couple 3.x CP/M-80 versions as well
as a DOS one, listing table-wise the addresses of the various routines
and assorted values. Also great for comparing versions.
As usual, more than one way to accomplish a goal......
AdamAnt316
(running CP/M 3.0)? I have tried both versions 3.3 (for the Kaypro II) and 4.0
from the Deltasoft FTP archive. When I run it, weird characters appear on the
screen (with version 3.3, it's "01"s, with 4.0 it's "!"s). When I try to run
WINSTALL (using version 3.3), it sasy "this version of WINSTALL is not meant
for version 3.3" (even though it came with the rest of the files)when searching
for WSU.COM. Does anyone have any ideas? If it is hopeless, I am interested in
obtaining a copy of a WordStar disk that is known to work on a Commodore 128
running CP/M mode. I will even pay if the price is reasonable. If anyone is
willing to help me, either reply or e-mail. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
-Adam
John Laker
<adama...@aol.com> writes
for WordStar release 3.0, (publ. 1980) by Micropro International
Corporation, 1299 Fourth Street, San Rafael, California 94901, USA. This
publication was only issued to OEM.
John Laker, eng. (grad.), F.I.Diag.E.
rlv
all you need to configure. It would seem that the WSU file that was
uploaded was the wrong one. You are not likely to get any help from
that source. Look for some other version, such as Osborne, Televideo or
Xerox. Their native terminals are close enough that they should work.
I started with an Osborne Executive version that I got from a liquidator
in San Francisco. It worked from the getgo. Later, I used the
Lear-Siegler ADM-31 terminal setting and got an enhanced screen. About
a year afterthat I came across some files on a C= or CP/M site that was
called something like WS-COLR.lbr. It allowed even more configuration.
There are also files for WS4, which is built on NewWord and not WS3.
NewWord works better for printing for me than WS4, go figure. I still
need to keep using WS3 for screenwriting, as the addon, Feature Format,
only works with WS from 2.2 to 3.3.
Go back to the archives and start exploring, you should get lucky.
If I can find something in my cleanout, I'll give a shout. I have the
remains of the PDSC CP/M library and have a few official WS 2.2 disks.
I may have some others in the hidden piles, such as WS4, WS3.3 and
NewWord 2.x, but I wouldn't hesitate to go out there and get what you
can, rather than waiting on me..
In article <379FF5...@sunsouthwest.com>,
bil...@sunsouthwest.com wrote:
> John Laker wrote:
>
> > Terminal emulation problem: See WordStar Customization Notes
07/27/81
> > for WordStar release 3.0, (publ. 1980) by Micropro International
> > Corporation, 1299 Fourth Street, San Rafael, California 94901, USA.
This
> > publication was only issued to OEM.
>
> Or, in the alternative, if you can find one:
>
> Stuart Bonney's (EXCELLENT!!!) ''Wordstar Customizing Guide'', 1986
> by Wordware Publishing. Covers a couple 3.x CP/M-80 versions as well
> as a DOS one, listing table-wise the addresses of the various
routines
> and assorted values. Also great for comparing versions.
>
> As usual, more than one way to accomplish a goal......
>
>
In article <19990728223106...@ng-fq1.aol.com>,
adama...@aol.com (AdamAnt316) wrote:
> I am having alot of trouble getting WordStar to run on my Commodore
128
> (running CP/M 3.0)? I have tried both versions 3.3 (for the Kaypro II)
and 4.0
> from the Deltasoft FTP archive. When I run it, weird characters appear
on the
> screen (with version 3.3, it's "01"s, with 4.0 it's "!"s). When I try
to run
> WINSTALL (using version 3.3), it sasy "this version of WINSTALL is not
meant
> for version 3.3" (even though it came with the rest of the files)when
searching
> for WSU.COM. Does anyone have any ideas? If it is hopeless, I am
interested in
> obtaining a copy of a WordStar disk that is known to work on a
Commodore 128
> running CP/M mode. I will even pay if the price is reasonable. If
anyone is
> willing to help me, either reply or e-mail. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.
> -Adam
>
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r...@cnct.com
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For some strange reason I seem to remember reading that the C=128
came very close to emulating or at least sort of acting like a Kaypro in
many ways and since I have a Kaypro IV, most of the programs like WS3
DBase II etc. ran quite nicely on the 128 that came with the KP4.
-Bob
Don Maslin
: Mine ran fine with version 3.0 that was originally meant for the Kaypro.
: -Bob
Not too surprising as the Kaypro was a superset(?) of the ADM-3 while
the C=128 is(?) ADM-31 - somewhat more capable.
- don
JSusanj
>Not too surprising as the Kaypro was a superset(?) of the ADM-3 while
>the C=128 is(?) ADM-31 - somewhat more capable.
>
> - don
>
Actually, the C=128 is based on the ADM-31 but some additional things were
added to make it Kaypro compatible. That is why it should work fine with
Kaypro software.
Jeff S.
adi...@sftp.com
adama...@aol.com (AdamAnt316) wrote:
> I am having alot of trouble getting WordStar to run on my Commodore
128
> (running CP/M 3.0)? I have tried both versions 3.3 (for the Kaypro II)
and 4.0
> from the Deltasoft FTP archive. When I run it, weird characters appear
on the
> screen (with version 3.3, it's "01"s, with 4.0 it's "!"s). When I try
to run
> WINSTALL (using version 3.3), it sasy "this version of WINSTALL is not
meant
> for version 3.3" (even though it came with the rest of the files)when
searching
> for WSU.COM. Does anyone have any ideas? If it is hopeless, I am
interested in
> obtaining a copy of a WordStar disk that is known to work on a
Commodore 128
> running CP/M mode. I will even pay if the price is reasonable. If
anyone is
> willing to help me, either reply or e-mail. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.
> -Adam
>
http://oak.oakland.edu/oak/cpm/c128-pre.html
There is at least one program there on setting up WS for the 128.
I have WS4.0 set up to run with underlining, bold, color, etc on my
C-128.
Alan