Martin is an impressive man. Not only can he kill off characters like it’s NBD, and magically make you care for characters who have been historically evil, but millions of words about an imaginary land without any help from the vast information of the Internet. He also despises spell check and autocorrect.The author, and creator behind HBO’s “Game of Thrones”, writes everything for the series on a DOS machine using WordStar 4.0 as a word processor.That’s not to say he never uses the Internet. He has a separate machine for email, surfing the web, and “taxes.” He’s actually, though not quite as funny as., posted shortly after the episode, is a true gem.You’re welcome.— George RR Martin (@GRRM)But when it comes to writing, Martin hates spellchecks and autocorrects.“I don’t want a capital. If I’d wanted a capital, I would have typed a capital,” said Martin on Conan. “I know how to work the shift key.”He also hates spell check, according to the interview, which makes perfect sense given all the words and names that he’s making up as he goes.“I don’t want any help,” he said.At least, he doesn’t have to worry about viruses or hackers messing with his work.Editor’s Note: I originally mis-cited the tweet in the post. It has been corrected.
On Thursday April 23, 2015 M.Green said:Annarita Guarnieri - Have I got news for you.Seek out vDOS, a new programme (October 2014) that will allow the installation and running of WordStar 4.0. I haven't used it yet myself, as I have only just downloaded it, but many people apparently have successfully. So it would seem to be the answer to a maiden's prayer, if like me you have thousands of WordStar files you were thinking you'd have to give up.
Now it seems you don't have to - what a relief!For more info, try:Good luck! On Friday November 14, 2014 M.Green said:A journalist, I started off with WordStar 3.3, I think it was, using it on an Epson PX-8, with CP/M system, in 1984, and used it on that machine for the next five years, while also later using an Epson PC Portable (weighing 6.5Kgs!) with WordStar 3.45 for PC's. I only moved up to WordStar 4.0 in the early 2000's, and still use it for many 'notes', mainly because it is more convenient, and because I already have an investment in THOUSANDS of WS files, so I can't give it/them up.WordStar was a small, neat and efficient way of creating files that you mostly needed on your computer, rather than printed off, maybe.
Wordstar Word Processor
I can use STRIP.EXE to strip off the high bit, if I need to import the file as.txt, into a Windows programme like Word.