Date   : Wed, 04 Jul 1990 16:13:51 GMT
From   : hpfcso!hpldola!hp-lsd!was@hplabs.hpl.hp.com (Bill Stubblebine)
Subject: Wordstar to Ascii.

ns@iddth.UUCP (ns):

> I have ... stumbled on a little problem: many characters [in WS disk
> formatted output] have bit 7 set to 1.
> ...
> The solution:  copy the file resulting from WordStar's "P" command with
> the PIP utility, using the "z" option - it zeroes bit 7.  The command
> line should look like:
>   PIP newfile=oldfile[Z]

       Silly me.  I assumed that everyone who uses WS has a copy of
       the WS survival kit utilities.  My favorite is WSDOCON.COM,
       which converts clear text (no bits 7 set) to *AND* from WS
       format.

       This and many other excellent utilities are in the venerable
       WORDSTAR.LBR collection, available on many BBSs, including
       Royal Oak and SIMTEL20.