WordStar [SEP] operating system
M emulator, such as "CPMEmu" for Linux and the Raspberry Pi, or "CP/M for OS X" for macOS.
In October 2014, WordStar support was added to vDos, a derivative of DOSBox but optimized for business applications; vDos allows WordStar 4.0 and above to run under 32- and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows from XP through 10.
WordStar emulation.
Although no current version of WordStar is available for modern operating systems, some former WordStar users still prefer WordStar's interface, especially the
of Windows. In particular, WordStar 3.x cannot save files.
One work-around is to use the DOSEMU emulator on Linux, which correctly implements the FCB interface; the DOSBox emulator does not, even on Linux. WordStar 4.0 does not have this problem because it uses the newer MS-DOS interface for input/output. OS/2 can run WordStar in a DOS session. Another option is using the FreeDos Operating System.
Another option is to run the CP/M versions of WordStar using a CP/