CFOG's PIP, May 1987, Volume 5 No. 7, Whole No. 55, page 2
What Do You Want From WordStar 4.0?
by Allen Gruber, San Rafael, CA
Would you perhaps be interested in a WordStar 4.0 for CP/M with direct ZCPR/Z-System support built in? Does the thought of WS recognition of named directories make your blood run hot? Does the idea of PATH searching by "Run Command" from inside. WS drive all thought of Paulina Porizkova from your brain? Do I have your attention?
This little fantasy is not yet realized... BUT, recent conversation with an unamed but highly placed source* within MicroPro revealed that direct ZCPR support for WS 4.0 is now being given serious consideration. What MicroPro does NOT have is an indication of how much, if any, interest there is out there in the buying public for this, may I say laudable, concept.
If you as a ZCPR user are potentially interested in WS-ZCPR handshake capability, this source* has asked me to pass on his request to the Z-User community to please send letters expressing that interest... SOON, as major development decisions will be made within the next few weeks. It is also my thought that this will be an unparalelled opportunity for end-user input and ideas on how Z-Wordstar should operate.
So get those post-cards and letters comin' in folks. (Our source* asks that you NOT call.) Send them to:
*Mr. Lee Lensky
Project Manager for WordStar
Attention: CP/M Marketing
MicroPro International Corporation
33 San Pablo Avenue
San Rafael, CA 94903
Swamp 'em with enthusiasm!
[If ZCPR3 is not your 'thing', you should write to MicroPro, anyway. Tell them what you want in WS 4.0. For starters, how about the old WordStar hyphenation algorithm, rather than the NewWord hyphenation algorithm. Take a look at articles in PIP in the past several months, and some in this month's issue, and see what you do and do not like about NewWord and WordStar 4.0 for MS-DOS. Bombard MicroPro with letters. -- bhc]