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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I accidentally started a business. I bought the Kaypro, and to pay for it, offered a number of services, word processing, spreadsheets, form letters, etc., to six businesses in the area. A year later, through word of mouth, I had so much business that I had to either drop out of college (for the second time), or sell the business. I sold the business, and the guy I sold it to, built it into a good-sized company. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Thanks, </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Logan G. Harbaugh<br><a href="mailto:logan@lharba.com">logan@lharba.com</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>530-243-1346</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>1547 Magnolia Ave.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Redding, CA 96001</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><a href="http://www.lharba.com/">www.lharba.com</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Ipg-smz [mailto:ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Brownstein via Ipg-smz<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 20, 2019 11:17 AM<br><b>To:</b> ipg-smz@netpress.org<br><b>Cc:</b> Mark Brownstein<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ipg-smz] Style your Google Docs to look like WordStar<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>I had a word processing business before I went both feet into writing. When I started using WordStar, I used a program called Smartkeys to map the Burroughs Redactron keyboard to WordStar. Eventually, I had to migrate over to WordStar. <o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 11/19/2019 11:35 AM, Logan Harbaugh via Ipg-smz wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For me, it wasn’t the interface that I miss it was the ability to jump to page 243 of a 400 page document in less than a split jiffy. No distractions, no worrying about formatting, just plain writing. My favorite was Xywrite on CP/M (on a Kaypro II), but the same themes apply. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Thanks, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Logan G. Harbaugh<br><a href="mailto:logan@lharba.com">logan@lharba.com</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>530-243-1346</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>1547 Magnolia Ave.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Redding, CA 96001</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><a href="http://www.lharba.com/">www.lharba.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Ipg-smz [<a href="mailto:ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org">mailto:ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Phil Shapiro via Ipg-smz<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 19, 2019 10:23 AM<br><b>To:</b> ipg-smz<br><b>Cc:</b> Phil Shapiro<br><b>Subject:</b> [Ipg-smz] Style your Google Docs to look like WordStar</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> We all know that sjvn would much prefer to be writing in WordStar (from circa 1981), using the CP/M operating system.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> Well, now you can, using this importable style for Google Docs. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="https://userstyles.org/styles/130410/wordstar-customizable-theme-for-google-docs" target="_blank">https://userstyles.org/styles/130410/wordstar-customizable-theme-for-google-docs</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> Fun to have open on your laptop when you're at conferences. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> You just tell people nonchalantly, "I prefer writing in WordStar. I just upgraded to the latest version of WordStar.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>(pause) Do you use WordStar, too?"</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> phil</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Don't forget to change to Courier font -- for the real thing experience.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><br><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>--<br>Phil Shapiro, <a href="mailto:pshapiro@his.com">pshapiro@his.com</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html">http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html</a><br><a href="http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro">http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html">http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html</a><br><br>"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>"Learning happens thru gentleness."</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></body></html>