WordStar (English Wikipedia)

"Word-Star". BYTE (advertisement). January 1980. p. 49.
Williams, Gregg; Welch, Mark; Avis, Paul (September 1985). "A Microcomputing Timeline". BYTE. p. 198. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
Shuford, Richard S. (May 1983). "Word Tools for the IBM Personal Computer". BYTE. p. 176. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
Brand, Stewart (1989). Whole Earth Software Catalog. Quantum Press/Doubleday. ISBN 9780385233019. "In my estimation, WORDSTAR is one of the most poorly designed word-processing programs ever written— a huge, elaborate farrago of klugy patches, sort of like a Rube Goldberg machine gone berserk.... one of my requirements before signing the contract was that I wouldn't have to use WORDSTAR to write the book."
Pournelle, Jerry (March 1985). "On the Road: Hackercon and COMDEX". BYTE. p. 313. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
Shapiro, Ezra (June 1986). "Upgrade Fever". BYTE. p. 329.
"Your troubles are over / There's a NewWord for efficiency (advertisement)". PROFILES. March 1984. pp. 57–58. Retrieved 2013-10-16.

arstechnica.com

Purdy, Kevin (2024-08-07). "Sci-fi writer and WordStar lover re-releases the cult DOS app for free". arstechnica.com. Retrieved 2024-08-17.

atarimagazines.com

Review: Wordstar 6.0. Atarimagazines.com. Retrieved on July 17, 2013.

books.google.com

Arredondo, Larry (1984-03-26). "Review: WordStar 3.3". InfoWorld. p. 66. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
Cowan, Les (August 1982). "A Usable WordStar Manual is Born". PC Magazine. p. 150. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
van Gelder, Lindsy (August 1983). "On The Road To Software Stardom". PC Magazine. p. 156. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
"Micropro Fights for Office Market". InfoWorld. 1985-04-15. pp. 20–21. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
Stinson, Craig (1985-02-05). "WordStar 2000: MicroPro Odyssey". PC Magazine. p. 33. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
Caruso, Denise (1984-11-19). "NEW WORDSTAR ON THE WAY". InfoWorld. p. 15. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
Wortman, Leon A. (1985-01-07). "Wordstar 2000". InfoWorld. p. 47. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
Angel, Jonathan (1986-05-19). "NewWord 3 Is Now More Than Clone Of WordStar". InfoWorld. p. 57. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
Machrone, Bill (1985-04-02). "MicroPro Revamps WordStar 2000". PC Magazine. p. 34. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
Willett, Shawn (1993-05-24). "Merger is first step to a consumer orientation for WordStar". InfoWorld. p. 31. Retrieved 2011-03-06.

computer.org

Bergin, Thomas J. (Oct–Dec 2006). "Word Processing Timeline". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2011-03-06.

doi.org

Bergin, Thomas J. (Oct–Dec 2006). "The Origins of Word Processing Software for Personal Computers: 1976-1985". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 28 (4): 32–47. doi:10.1109/MAHC.2006.76. S2CID 18895790.

dvorak.org

John C. Dvorak.
Dvorak, John C. "Whatever Happened to WordStar?". Dvorak Uncensored. John C. Dvorak. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
Dvorak, John C. "Whatever Happened to NewWord? "Dvorak News Blog". Retrieved 2024-04-28.
Dvorak, John C. (July 1998). "What Ever Happened to... WordStar?". Computer Shopper. 18 (7). SX2 Media Labs: 430. Archived from the original on 2008-12-13.

facebook.com

Comment, August 28, 2015, Anne Rice, Facebook

feigenson.us

Feigenson, Walter (2009-04-23). "William F Buckley and WordStar". Wally's Follies. Retrieved 2017-07-20.

geocities.com

"CtrlPlus". Archived from the original on 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2017-02-07.

georgerrmartin.com

Martin, George R.R. (2020-04-14). "This, That, and T'Other Thing".

gnu.org

45 Emulation Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
"NEWS.24.5". www.gnu.org.

medium.com

Kirschenbaum, Matthew (2014-07-25). "Software, It's a Thing". Medium. Retrieved 2017-07-20.

monash.edu.au

ringtail.its.monash.edu.au

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njmonthly.com

Keller, Joel (2007-12-19). "Madison resident Andy Breckman writes for the TV show Monk". New Jersey Monthly. Retrieved 2017-07-20.

nytimes.com

Lewis, Peter H. (1986-01-07). "PERIPHERALS; PATH IN JUNGLE OF SOFTWARE FOR WRITING". The New York Times. pp. C7. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-09.

scrounge.org

"WordStar and You".

semanticscholar.org

api.semanticscholar.org

Bergin, Thomas J. (Oct–Dec 2006). "The Origins of Word Processing Software for Personal Computers: 1976-1985". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 28 (4): 32–47. doi:10.1109/MAHC.2006.76. S2CID 18895790.

sfwriter.com

Sawyer, Robert J. "WordStar: A Writer's Word Processor". Robert J. Sawyer. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
Sawyer, Robert J. (2009-06-23). "RJS on WordStar cited in paper about accessibility for the blind". sfwriter.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
Sawyer, Robert J. (2024-08-12). "Complete WordStar 7.0 Archive". sfwriter.com. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
Sawyer, Robert J. (2024-07-30). "WordStar for DOS 7.0 Archive". sfwriter.com. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
Sawyer, Robert J. (2024-08-12). "WordStar for DOS 7.0 archive updated". sfwriter.com. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
Sawyer, Robert J. (2014). "WordStar and vDos". Retrieved 2014-10-19.

techspot.com

"Classic word processor WordStar gets a new "plug-and-play" release by one of its most loyal users". TechSpot. 2024-08-07.

theregister.com

Proven, Liam (2024-08-06). "WordStar 7, the last ever DOS version, re-released for free". theregister.com. Retrieved 2024-08-17.

web.archive.org

Petrie, Michael (2013-04-11). "A Potted History of WordStar". WordStar Resource Site. Archived from the original on 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
Will WordPerfect for Windows steal the crown? Computer Shopper, February 1, 1992, Daniel J. Rosenbaum Copy
Bergin, Thomas J. (Oct–Dec 2006). "Word Processing Timeline". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
Beleaguered WordStar poised to rebound if management can spark user demand, Software Industry Report, November 4, 1991 Copy
WordStar for Windows is a good deal, Computer Shopper, January 1, 1992, Steve Gilliland Copy
Is the boom (almost) over? (indications that the market for Windows-based applications is slowing down), Soft-Letter, October 20, 1992 Copy
Martin, George R.R. (2011-02-17). "The Social Media". Archived from the original on 2013-08-03. Retrieved 2017-07-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
"WordStar History". wordstar.org. Archived from the original on 2017-01-02.
Dvorak, John C. (July 1998). "What Ever Happened to... WordStar?". Computer Shopper. 18 (7). SX2 Media Labs: 430. Archived from the original on 2008-12-13.
"CtrlPlus". Archived from the original on 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
"WordStar Emulator". wordstar.org. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06.
45 Emulation Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
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wordstar.org

Petrie, Michael (2013-04-11). "A Potted History of WordStar". WordStar Resource Site. Archived from the original on 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
Petrie, Michael. "WordStar History". www.wordstar.org.
"WordStar History". wordstar.org. Archived from the original on 2017-01-02.
"WordStar Emulator". wordstar.org. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06.

wordtsar.ca

http://wordtsar.ca/, WordTsar, Retrieved November 21, 2018

worldcat.org

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Lewis, Peter H. (1986-01-07). "PERIPHERALS; PATH IN JUNGLE OF SOFTWARE FOR WRITING". The New York Times. pp. C7. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-09.