[arachne] Re: WORDSTAR 4 AND OTHER DOS EDITORS

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On Mon, 26 May 2008 23:53:57 -0400, Brian C. Murphy wrote:

> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!

> With respect to the choices of decent DOS editors in the discussion a few

> days ago, I forgot at the time to mention that a company called TRIO, whi
> ch
> can be found on the Internet, still sells copies of Wordstar 4.  I am not

I have never liked Wordstar since I first used it nearly 30 years ago.

But for those who prefer its weird keystoke commands, I note that Word
Perfect 5.1 has WordStar as one of its emulations.

    
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