Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!generous@lll-tis-b.ARPA From: generous@lll-tis-b.ARPA (Curtis C. Generous) Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: Re: WordStar to ASCII Message-ID: <2967@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 14:18:56 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.2967 Posted: Thu Nov 7 14:18:56 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Nov-85 04:56:53 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 41 In article <15584@styx.UUCP> you write: >(From: BEBO%SLACVM.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA) > > >Date: 7 November 1985, 08:47:51 PST >From: Bebo White (415) 854-3300 x2907 BEBO at SLACVM >To: INFO-CPM at AMSAA.ARPA >Subject: WordStar to ASCII > >Does anyone have a program/utility that I can run on my CompuPro 816 >to convert WordStar files to straight ASCII? > >Thanks in advance for your help. > > Bebo White > Stanford Linear Accelerator Center There is a utility program which is part of the TURBO POWER TOOLS which does exactly what you want. I can't seem to find the source code anywhere, but if I do, I will be glad to tell you exactly how it is done. If my memory does not fail me, you might want to try this command, which I suspect might also work: PIP ascii.fil = wordstar.fil [Z] The Z option masks out the most significant bit from the source file. I believe that WS uses that bit for it's internal use. Let me know if this works. -Curtis- Curtis C. Generous generous@lll-tis-b.ARPA {akgua,allegra,cbosgd,decwrl,dual,ihnp4,sun}!idi!styx!generous Tel: (415) 422-6907 Lawrence Livermore National Lab Dept L-275 POB 808 Lawrence, CA 94550