Talk:WordStar/Archives/2014

WS 4.0 and directories
“By that point, MicroPro had dropped the generic MS-DOS WordStar and version 4.0 was exclusively for IBM compatibles. However, it continued to use the old DOS 1.x OS calls, which did not support directories and limited its usability on machines with hard disks.”

Somebody has got things very wrong. Up to version 3.4 (the first that could handle all 256 ASCII characters and therefore translated to several languages including Finnish) WS was unable to handle directories, but version 4.0 was completely redesigned and did indeed include directory support. On the other hand, 4.0 was available for CP/M computers too.

“There were also WordStar 5, 5.5, 6, and 7.”

And that’s all that there was to it …? Oh, c’mon! Somebody ought to write a more complete review; I’m just afraid I can’t do it myself. Or should I try? Harjasusi (talk) 07:23, 2 April 2014 (UTC)