>>>>We're still using an old Word97 copy I have. Still fulfils 99% of our domestic word processing needs. Really didn't like Word 2007. Now if only I could find my old copy of Wordstar :-)
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>>>I think I might be able to get a copy of the CP/M version of WordStar from a few people I know... got a 8" floppy drive?
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>>You seem to be older than me. My CP/M machine had a 5.25" floppy... formatted in some weird 640K format that nothing else could read. And a real disk with - drum roll - 10M (formatted to 9.4). And a green monitor :). And an excellent keyboard. I guess the keyboard and the crt outlived the rest of it.
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Perhaps not quite as old as one might assume -- I only happen to know a few folks who have working CP/M systems -- some of which were "frankenstiened" from various bits acquired from salvaged parts. Most of those systems that were built had 8" floppies formatted at 1.2MB. My first introduction to microcomptuers was back in 1979 when school had acquired a pair of TRS-80 micros back when I was in the 10th grade.