WordStar for PCjr

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

This appears to be NewWord 2 rebranded by MicroPro. Supports 40 column mode and runs on the PCJr.

Product type
Application Word Processor
Vendor
MicroPro
Release date
1984
Minimum CPU
8088
Minimum RAM
128KB
Minimum free disk space
360KB
User interface
Text
Platform
DOS
Download count
43 (0 for release)

Downloads

Download name Version Language Architecture File size Downloads
WordStar for PCjr Release 1.00.7z for PCjr Release 1.00 English 149.32KB 0

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