WordStar 2000
WordStar, originally from MicroPro, was a popular word processor during the early 80s. It was ported to a number of CP/M architectures as well as Unix and PC/MS-DOS. It competed directly against many word processors, including WordPerfect, Microsoft Word for DOS, and Multimate. By the late 80s most business word processing had moved to WordPerfect. In the early 90s, Microsoft Word for Windows took over.
Also see a history of WordStar: A Potted History of WordStar and some earlier 0.x versions at The WordStar Collection
Wanted: Pre-1.0 versions were sold publicly. WordStar 0.87 redump, WordStar 0.89, WordStar 0.91, WordStar 0.92, (Google results indicate these existed) WordStar 1.0. Early WordStar 2.0 releases were reported to be copy protected.
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Release notes
The initial release of WordStar 2000 was very poorly received by the public. WordStar 2000 was a complete re-write in C, where WordStar 3.x had been translated Z80 assembler. The product used different file formats, and operated differently, requiring much re-learning. The original WordStar 2000 r1.00 release was copy protected, making it harder to install and incompatible with some PC clones.
Wanted: Manual scans. Wanted: Dumps of revision 2.0 and 1.00.
Due to the problems, WordStar 2000 was maintained as a seperate product, while WordStar 4, 5, 6, and 7 were based on a different clone called NewWord.
Installation instructions
The Revision 3, a maintenance release from 1988, release below is not copy protected.
Information
- Product type
- Application Word Processor
- Vendor
- MicroPro
- Release date
- 1985
- Minimum CPU
- 8088
- User interface
- Text
- Platform
- DOS
- Download count
- 38 (3 for release)
Downloads
| Download name | Version | Language | Architecture | File size | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 WordStar 2000 Release 1.01 (5.25-360kb) |
2000 Release 1.01 | English |
|
1.38MB | 1 |
|
WordStar 2000 Release 3.00 (1988-02) (5.25-360k) |
2000 Release 3.00 | English |
|
72.01MB | 0 |
|
WordStar 2000 Release 3.00 (5.25) |
2000 Release 3.00 | English |
|
1.96MB | 2 |
|
WordStar 2000 r1.01 for UNIX PC (5.25-DSDD) |
2000 r1.01 for UNIX PC | English |
|
2.22MB | 0 |