Date   : Fri, 14 Dec 1990 09:01:09 -0500
From   : Jay Sage <sage@ll.mit.edu>
Subject: Pure ASCII Files from WordStar

Ken Tindle said:

>> Files created with WordStar must contain some binary characters, which is
>> ruining the "raw" upload of program code to the uC board.  

   WordStar files created in DOCUMENT mode have many characters with the high
bit set, especially when justification has been turned on.  However, if you
create the document in NONDOCUMENT mode, then it should be a pure ASCII file,
or so I have always believed.

>> I need a real, flat ASCII file on disk- so is there easily available a
>> utility to massage WordStar output?

   There are utilities that will do this, but why don't you try using
WordStar's own nondocument mode?