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'Logical, beautiful, perfect' WordStar rises again
Older than the floppy drive and long favored by writers and typists alike, WordStar makes a comeback thanks to the efforts of this Hugo-winning sci-fi author. Here's how to try it.
Hugo Award-winning science fiction writer Robert Sawyer was a huge WordStar fan, and now he's revived the iconic word processor. In an unexpected twist of technological nostalgia, WordStar has been rediscovered and is making a surprising comeback on modern computers. With a DOS emulator program -- Sawyer and I both recommend DOSBox-- you can run WordStar on Linux, Macs, and Windows PCs.
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