Date   : Sun, 11 Oct 1987 17:17:09 GMT
From   : ihnp4!homxb!mtuxo!mtune!codas!killer!bobc@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Bob Calbridge)
Subject: Re: Wordstar 4 minimum memory usage.

In article <1833@aramis.rutgers.edu>, knutsen@aramis.rutgers.edu (Mark
Knutsen) writes:
> 
>   I got the MicroPro offer for WordStar 4.0 in the mail the
> other day; and I must say, for $89 I will seriously consider.  My CP/M
> machine is an ATR-8000 (anyone ever hear of THAT?), which normally
> functions as a smart drive/modem/printer interface for my Atari 800XL.
> It has 64K, so I'm wondering if WordStar will fit.  I've got CP/M ver.
> 2.2 (same as CP/M 80?  I dunno).  Can anyone answer the size question
> based on this admittedly limited system info?
> 
First of all, unless a version of CP/M for the 64180 is the only one that the
Wordstar 4.0 will run on, you shouldn't have any problem and even then it
would still be working as a banked system.  In gerneral, all versions of CP/M
through 3.0 (CPM/80 or CPM Plus) are limited to 64K.  Unless Wordstar is
itself close to 64K in size there should be ample TPA to hold the Wordstar
program and a significant amount of text.  Wordstar will shuffle text between
disk and memory as necessary to be able to handle whatever size file your disk
can handle.
And your ver. 2.2 is not CP/M 80.  CP/M 80 is version 3.0 or CP/M Plus
which is designed to run on a Z-80 machine.  This is not to say that you
can't run CP/M 80 on your ATR-8000 but it would have to have a Z-80 processor
running it.
Best,
Bob