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#51

General Discussion / Re: Changing Screen color in W...

Last post by Forum Admin - June 04, 2014, 11:12:26 AM

I'll pass on the marriage offer, thanks. You're welcome, glad to have been of assistance.


Regards
Mike

#52

File Conversion / Wordstar 7 to save as Plain Te...

Last post by lord_horn_asstr - June 04, 2014, 09:21:44 AM

Hello,

Gleaning information here on the forums, I understand that wordstar 7 works in a NON-DOCUMENT mode in order to get plain text files, openable by any text editor.

Can someone guide me please on HOW to enable the NON-DOCUMENT mode? I can't seem to find it anywhere on the WS 7 options.

Best regards and thank you.

#53

General Discussion / Re: Changing Screen color in W...

Last post by lord_horn_asstr - June 04, 2014, 08:39:44 AM

This is AWESOME, Mike. It works EXACTLY as you said it would. Now, I can craft my long stories in peace, in the flicker of the computer monitor and nothing else.

Marry me!



Thank you so much, again.

Regards

[WS.EXE]

#54

General Discussion / Re: Changing Screen color in W...

Last post by Forum Admin - June 04, 2014, 01:08:35 AM

In a DOS window

Firstly, make a copy of WS.EXE, for example, assuming your WS folder is named WS, type:

cd WS
copy WS.EXE WS-SAFE.EXE

dir WS*.EXE

You should now have both a WS.EXE and a WS-SAFE.EXE.

We will use a further copy of WS.EXE called WSMONO.EXE to play with the screen colours, leaving your original WS.EXE as a master backup.

Start WSCAHNGE by typing:

WSCHANGE

In WSCHANGE, press ENTER to select to modify WS.EXE.

In the next screen, in the box, type WSMONO.EXE and then press ENTER. This will save any changes into a new version of WordStar called WSMONO.EXE.

In the WSCHANGE Main Menu screen, type A. The Console Menu will open.

In the Console Menu, type B to open the Video Attributes Menu.

In the Video Attributes Menu, type E, and then press ENTER to select the Standard Monochrome option, and then type X three times to close the menus, and then type Y to save the changes.

To test your changes, type WSMONO

If you want to set individual colours, select option A in the Video Attributes Menu, otherwise proceed as before.

If you want to return to your original settings just type WS.


Regards
Mike

#55

General Discussion / Changing Screen color in WS 7 ...

Last post by lord_horn_asstr - June 03, 2014, 10:14:51 PM

Hello,

My first post here, kindly excuse any mistakes.

I own WS4.0 and WS7.0. Both for DOS. The 7.0 was recently acquired.

I am used to the serene typing at night, lights off, in black and white (mono, not coloured) screen of WS4. However, opening WS 7.0 was shocking because it emulates the horrid Microsoft EDIT colors - Blue screen and white characters.

Can some kind soul guide me to ensuring that I can run WS 7 in a mono mode (that is, without colors) or, at least help me change colors from Blue/White combo to the more peaceful Black/white combo?

Thanks and best regards

#56

File Conversion / Re: Inset .PIX to useable grap...

Last post by noelswanson - May 15, 2014, 12:20:00 AM

Hi

I have a bunch of /INSET images, each of which has three versions: .PIX .FST and .WSG
At least, I presume these are all images.

I tried the pix2pcx.exe but it tells me that 'delta.pix is not a bit-mapped graphics file'

Any suggestions on how I can extract/convert these images?

Thanks!

Noel

PS the captcha / antispam thing on this is terrible! It has taken me about 10 attempts to register myself and then submit this post.

#57

File Conversion / Re: Convert Word to Worstar

Last post by rur42 - March 16, 2014, 09:15:27 PM

Yes, that works too.

Thanks

#58

File Conversion / Re: Inset .PIX to useable grap...

Last post by Forum Admin - March 12, 2014, 04:28:38 AM

Hi Tom,

I've started to work on the downloads so that you can get the pix2pcx program.

If you haven't already created a login account on the main site Home page you will need to do so - unfortunately the forum and Web site logins are separate. Being a registered member of the main site will enable downloads.

In the Main Menu select WordStar for DOS, and then in the WordStar for DOS sub-menu that will appear below, select Downloads. I haven't fully sorted out this yet so you'll probably see pic2pcx listed immediately, if not, look in the WordStar for DOS Utilities folder to find it.

I will work on limiting the WordStar for DOS Downloads to just that, or I'll move the Downloads to the main menu instead. I'll also start adding the other downloads that used to be on the site.

Regards
Mike

#59

File Conversion / Re: Convert Word to Worstar

Last post by Forum Admin - March 12, 2014, 02:25:09 AM

If you're trying to copy and paste text you could tell word to save as plain text (*.txt) and try opening that, or copy and paste into Windows Notepad to strip out any formatting and hidden commands, and then save or copy and paste that into WordStar.

#60

File Conversion / Re: Convert Word to Wordstar

Last post by rur42 - March 12, 2014, 01:01:48 AM

No I haven't tried Star Exchange.  I've never seen it, it is not in any of my WS6 or WS7 directories -- not in my WSWin directory.  There's no convert file.  I've been moving my WS6 & 7 from one computer to another since the 90's, and long ago lost or misplaced any setup files I once had.

I am muddling through however.  I can copy Doc or RTF (and in some cases pdf) text and paste it in a WS file -- I lose the formatting, but for most cobbled together jobs I can relatively quickly format in WS6.   If I can get a doc file to load in Wordperfect 8, I can then "save as" WS5 file -- but not all of them will load.  (Still WP8 has a very good selection of conversion options)