WordStar, an old DOS application help?

[Bovon]

I have a friend who contacted me asking for help retrieving some old files from her old DOS based machine which as an application called WordStar. I remember this application back when I had a DOS machine, but never used it.

She needs to recover those files and hopefully open them in a Windows environment.

I told her that I believe the files can be recovered to a diskette on drive A: thru a copy command, but after that.. I don't know what else.

Even if the files can be archived to a diskette(s), I have no earthly idea what the text format might be and if the files can be read in any Windows type text application like Word Perfect, MS Word, Word Pad etc. etc.

Anybody here have any input?

[fancyf]

Hello Bovon

here's a page with detailed info on how to convert them:
http://www.wordstar.org/wordstar/pages/convert_faq.htm

:t

[Bovon]

:t Hey lady...thanks!! we will investigate all helpful inputs..

How ya been?..
Bov

[fancyf]

I'm doing OK, thanks :)
I've had a lot to deal with lately.. but I'll get there!
"funniest" part is, when you think you've had all you could take
life throws you something else! -- feeling challenged? here's another one! :r

[Bovon]

Originally posted by fancyf
when you think you've had all you could take
life throws you something else! That... I readily understand..and let me add to that just a bit.. About the time you think there just couldn't be anything else left to jump out and getcha...watch out!!

[Billforce]

Originally posted by fancyf
I'm doing OK, thanks :)
I've had a lot to deal with lately.. but I'll get there!
"funniest" part is, when you think you've had all you could take
life throws you something else! -- feeling challenged? here's another one! :r

The old axiom..."Smile, things could be worse, so I smiled and sure as hell, they got worse":t

[mireland]

Originally posted by Billforce
The old axiom..."Smile, things could be worse, so I smiled and sure as hell, they got worse":t

sounds like you got my attitude..the way things are going for me, personally, I'd have to be dead to make an imrovement...:D

[RampageIII]

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice - pull down your pants and slide on the ice." - Dr. Sidney Freeman - M*A*S*H*

Great stress reliever! http://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/w/thumbs.gif

[Bovon]

Dang!!.. I went and looked to see if the thread had been moved to the Community forum!..ha!

Slide on the ice??.. I think not!!

Mother Nature and Father Time have already done a number in that area, and an ice slide would get the rest!!

Cheers

[fancyf]

Originally posted by Bovon
That... I readily understand..and let me add to that just a bit.. About the time you think there just couldn't be anything else left to jump out and getcha...watch out!! Yea.. well there's always something so it's hard to beleive there wouldn't be anymore... )-|
And Rampage, I'll pass on that technique if you don't mind! :x

So did that page help Bovon? Was she able to recuperate her files?

[Bovon]

Originally posted by fancyf
So did that page help Bovon? Was she able to recuperate her files? Donno FancyF...her `puter may have broke...(she runs XP)..and that could be the reason (har har). I sent her a URL to this page, and nothing yet..

I went and looked the page over tho.. and I think the answer is there..the problem now would be..could she learn DOS commands and recover the files to a diskette

[Ammok]

Gosh bovon, Wordstar!! that takes me back a bit, to 1992 even. The files will import to word and wordperfect fine, only issue i ever had was that it loses the formatting if you use"_______2 or "-------" to split passages or paragraphs up. Thx for the memory, Bovon, and keep pluggin away FF, don't let the illiterate sons of guns grind you down. or something.:) :t

PS rampage, like your style.:D