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		LocoScript 2 has an integral spelling checker and is much faster all around than LocoScript 1 and has the ability to use a wide variety of external printers - all lacking on the original version.
		Many will be happy with LocoScript as their main word processor, not only because it is supplied with the PCW but because it offers users a very friendly environment in which to work.
		LocoScript 1 can print out around 150 characters but with LocoScript 2 this has been increased to a massive 400+ with the ability to define a further 16 of your own.
	www.znode51.de /pcwworld/t120/user_0/pcwcol.asc (2190 words)

	LocoScript - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In its "heyday" in the mid-80s LocoScript had a reputation with its users as being relatively easy to learn, particularly in comparison to its best-selling contemporaries WordPerfect and WordStar.
		In some other respects, LocoScript borrowed from prevailing mainstream PC software design - for example, as opposed to WordStar and WordPerfect's myriad control keys, most of the program's (by modern standards, modest) functionality was accessed by drop-down menus located in a menu bar at the top of the screen, with accelerator keys for individual commands.
		Locoscript allowed the user to give meaningful names to areas 0-7, making them useful for sorting and categorizing files, and used areas 8-15 for deleted files, termed "limbo" files.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/LocoScript (580 words)

	Amstrad PCW LocoScript Disk Conversions to PC
		We can handle all versions of LocoScript on either 3" CF2 or 3.5" disks, and versions can be mixed on the same disk.
		Please note that any other types of file on the disk(s) - such as saved phrases, bits of the LocoScript program and printer definition files - are not converted as they are not relevant to the PC environment.
		Please note however that currently we are unable correctly to convert LocoScript text that is in Greek, Cyrillic (Russian) or Old Icelandic.
	www.luxsoft.demon.co.uk /lux/lconv-k.html (2118 words)

	comp.sys.amstrad.8bit FAQ v1.27 1 / 16 1/1 - faqs.org.ru
		LocoScript Professional or LocoScript Easy documents can be read by LocoScript 2.50 or later on the PCW if they have been saved in the LocoScript 2/3 format, a feature offered by LocoScript Professional 2 or LocoScript PC Easy (version 1.01 or later).
		To export from LocoScript on the PC to the PCW you need v2.50 or later of LocoScript on the PCW.
		CP/M and LocoScript use a so-called bank switching system that allows the use of more than 64kb: the remainder of memory will go into drive M. A PCW with 256kb has 110kb drive M, a 512kb model has 368kb drive M. Increasing M can be very useful, as e.g.
	faqs.org.ru /en/hardware/amstrad8bit-faq-4.htm (4713 words)

	comp.sys.amstrad.8bit FAQ v1.27 1 / 16 1/1 - allanswers.org
		LocoScript Professional or LocoScript Easy documents can be read by LocoScript 2.50 or later on the PCW if they have been saved in the LocoScript 2/3 format, a feature offered by LocoScript Professional 2 or LocoScript PC Easy (version 1.01 or later).
		To export from LocoScript on the PC to the PCW you need v2.50 or later of LocoScript on the PCW.
		CP/M and LocoScript use a so-called bank switching system that allows the use of more than 64kb: the remainder of memory will go into drive M. A PCW with 256kb has 110kb drive M, a 512kb model has 368kb drive M. Increasing M can be very useful, as e.g.
	www.allanswers.org /hardware/amstrad8bit-faq-4.htm (4713 words)

	Software for the PCW
		The PCW8256/8512 was supplied with Locoscript version 1 but later machines were supplied with Locoscript 2 except for the PcW9256 which reverted back to Locoscript 1.
		Locoscript 2 is an improvement on Locoscript 1 in several ways; it is faster, supports external printers and includes the facility to copy, format and verify discs.
		Locoscript 3 introduces scaleable fonts to enable different sizes of characters and Locoscript 4 enables graphic images to be imported and limited colour printing.
	www.king27.freeserve.co.uk /software/softbasics.htm (932 words)

	File transfer
		Locoscript Software, however, have recently been taken over by SD Microsystems, but I believe that SD will continue to supply all Locoscript products.
		It is primarily intended to transfer Locoscript files from the PCW into one of the Locoscript programs on the PC, but it will transfer ASCII files as well.
		Locoscript files should be converted into ASCII "Simple text files".
	www.king27.freeserve.co.uk /otherstuff/filetransfer.htm (1151 words)

	The LocoScript PC range (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		If you wish to continue using LocoScript as your main word processor then the latest desktop or laptop PCs are no longer suitable.
		And we can even copy your PCW document discs across to PC discs so you’ll be able to continue to use the familiar LocoScript word processor and have access to all your LocoScript PCW documents and Loco data files.
		And as LocoScript is running directly from MSDOS you have rock-solid stability.
	members.aol.com /sdmicro/locopcs.htm (1022 words)

	The Catalogue for your Amstrad PCW
		Included with LocoScript 3 is the full and original LocoScript 3 manual, giving full details of the program.
		With LocoScript 4 and the Printer Support Pack you can print straight away on most PCWs, but on the 8256/8512 and 9256 you’ll also need the Locomotive Power Pack.
		When you install LocoScript 4 the installation program puts together a new LocoScript Start-of-day disc to print on your new printer - either instead of or alongside the Amstrad PCW printer.
	www.locomotive.com /locopcw.htm (3939 words)

	hcc!Amstrad User Group PCW add-ons & peripherals
		A definite minus is the type of connector used: apparently this is based on a model for another type of computer and the connection between the expansion port of the PCW and the Grafpad II is not very solid (to make an understatement).
		With this early version this is one-way traffic only: the LocoScript PC (which usually comes with the package) files can be send to the PCW but this has to be done using ASCII.
		Version 3 (as well as 4) uses soft fonts: these are loaded from the computer to the printer and thus consume memory: having additional RAM M-drive size available is handy in such cases.
	www.amstradcg.nl /erand.html (2180 words)

	UKT Support - Amstrad PCW16
		Nothing at present, it is a "serial port" that is spare and could be used in the future for connecting to other computers or to connect to a modem so that the PcW16 could be used as an email and/or Internet terminal.
		Locoscript have a package called Locolink available which can be run on the old PCW.
		The PcW16 already has part of Locolink built in and if a cable connecting to Locolink running on an old PCW is detected when you call up the PcW16 file selector to Import a file, it will automatically offer the option of copying across files from the 3" disks on the other machine.
	www.uktsupport.co.uk /amstrad/faq/amstpcw2.htm (2431 words)

	PcW10 Gallery
		It came with 512kb and a 3.5" disc drive: good old LocoScript was provided (literally: it was a version 1) by Amstrad but newer versions were released by LocoMotive quite soon.
		Plus: it is supposed to be able to use older PCW add-ons through the edge expansion connector as well, provided for the remarks on the available space, as made earlier.
		In short: it should have been THE Joyce for the die-hard but to my knowledge it was marketed in England only and was therefore not that wide spread as the ones produced during the joint-venture with Schneider.
	www.fvempel.nl /pcw10.html (1313 words)

	About AnsibleIndex Plus
		You start with your document in LocoScript, using normal LocoScript commands to identify the words and phrases you wish to index.
		LocoScript `reverse video' marks are normally used, but you can set the program to use a variety of others.) AnsibleIndex Plus does the rest: it sorts your subjects into alphabetical order and lists the page numbers on which they appear.
		LocoScript 1 gives you no way of counting the number of words in a document.
	ai.ansible.co.uk /aix.html (1115 words)

	Amstrad PCW spares.
		Locoscript 2 Master 3 inch disc (ver 2.28) with manuals and in box of issue.
		Locoscript 4 (version 4.09) 3.5 inch Start-of-day disc for PCW9512 with 3.5 inch drive or PcW9512+ and a 3.5 inch Master disc for use with any 3.5 inch drive machine, complete with manual and other leaflets.
		Locoscript 4 (version 4.11) 3.5 inch Start-of-day disc for PCW9512 with 3.5 inch drive or PcW9512+, a 3.5 inch Master disc for use with any 3.5 inch drive machine and printer drivers disc.
	www.pcwking1.netfirms.com /pcw4u2.html (2374 words)

	models
		The PcW9256 was introduced in 1991, with 256k, a fl and white screen, and a new revamped matrix printer.
		CP/M Plus v1.12, and LocoScript 1.50, and Mallard BASIC 1.48 were included in the package.
		This is the most difficult model to upgrade, although an extra drive, more memory in the form of a Rampac, and an extra printer can be added, there may be some compatibility problems with other types of hardware.
	www.btinternet.com /~Kathleen.Thorpe/models.htm (523 words)

	Ordering LocoScript Software
		All versions of LocoScript for the PCW or PCs require an MSDOS compatible printer and NOT a Windows-only model.
		LocoScript also requires a standard parallel printer port on PCs and won't print via a USB connection.
		All goods are checked prior to despatch to ensure satisfactory condition as far as possible and all computer discs are load-tested.
	www.locoscript.ukf.net /order.htm (1014 words)

	PCW Word Processor
		You do this within Locoscript by using the Save to ASCII function which will read the Loco document and write a new copy on your disk with just the text intact - all style information will be lost.
		Either the dedicated word processing program called Locoscript (the main "raison d'etre" of the machine) or possibly the generic CP/M operating system that allows some other programs to be run and allows disc housekeeping tasks such as disc copying to be performed.
		The information may be freely copied as it is unlikely to change (well it hasn't in the last 12 years!!) so feel free to take copies for your own web site, HTML it, add it to your ftp site or just put a pointer to this file from your own page.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /cliff.lawson/pcwwordp.htm (1058 words)

	tim warriner
		I wrote a basic Locoscript convertor a while ago, the details of which are further down this page.
		It can be useful if you no longer have the Locoscript editor but have a lot of Locoscript files.
		The Locoscript file format is not released to the public so I had to try to work it out myself using the files I had, therefore it may not get perfect results all of the time.
	www.timwarriner.com /software/locoscript.html (296 words)

	OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum
		An oddity of the second disk drive on the PCW 8512 was that unlike the first drive (2 sides @ 180kb, not 320 kb total as stated on your page), it could store 720kb of data on a double-sided disk which it treated as single-sided.
		As far as I was concerned, the worst drawback with using LocoScript was the laboriousness of constructing tables - you had to do this with line-draw characters, using fixed-pitch fonts to avoid having to fiddle endlessly with the formatting.
		The second-worst thing with Locoscript 1 was having to wait - seemingly interminably - when saving a long document to disk, because the program had to scroll all the way to the beginning of the text before it could start writing to the disk.
	www.old-computers.com /museum/doc.asp?c=189&st=1 (223 words)

	Amstrad PcW16
		The PCW series, which were first sold in 1985, were sold as single purpose word processing machines targeted at the typewriter market.
		Locoscript was text based but featured drop down menus and was considered much more user friendly than other word processors of the time.
		The PCW series was based on the Z80 CPU and could also run a number of applications under CP/M (the OS that Microsoft DOS was cloned from).
	toastytech.com /guis/pcw.html (796 words)

	JOYCE Library
		Plus the contents of the cover and, in some cases, comments from me. The latter does not mean that the relevant book is, or the others are, inferior, just an indication of the value I think can be attributed to that book.
		The outputting of text to the printer is covered early on, as are the various ASCII file options.
		Cover: this book makes it clear from the start that LocoScript is what makes the PCW a wordprocessor, but that otherwise it's a proper computer capable of all manner of things beyond wordprocessing and basic database management.
	www.fvempel.nl /library.html (2801 words)

	hcc!Amstrad User Group: exchange of data to and from a PC
		The secret is in the operating system that makes LocoScript what it is: a customised version of CP/M. Moreover, the LocoScript file format is block-based and has a remarkable format.
		The theory is to convert files on the PCW to a sort of Morse code (acoustic) and to record this on the PC (an incredible noise, that is).
		But ASCII only has 256 characters and LocoScript has 600+ so that quite a lot of the characters may be changed and you will need to be edit later using Find&Replace options.
	www.amstradcg.nl /econvers.html (2674 words)

	FID files on Amstrad CP/M
		LocoScript 2 v2.30 and later; LocoScript 3; and presumably LocoScript 4.
		On a +3, a PCW16 or in the LocoScript environment, this will always be 'FID'; but PCW CP/M actually searches for "*.FI?" (see FIB files to discover why).
		LocoScript will try to centre the message on its startup screen.
	www.seasip.demon.co.uk /Cpm/amsfid.html (2672 words)

	Amstrad PCW discs converted to PC format.
		Locoscript 4 files to PC format (either as R.T.F. files or Word documents) using a new process so the extra
		I can copy Locoscript data files from your PCW Hard Drive and then convert them to PC Rich Text Format files even if your machine is no longer working.
		If things are still not clear as to what will or will not be returned to you when I do the conversion/transfer please feel free to Telephone or E-mail me and ask.
	www.pcwking.netfirms.com /conversions.html (2100 words)

	Amstrad LocoScript files (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		I also have a public domain program written by John Elliott at Oxford that creates a PCW environment within a PC.
		LocoScript 3 or later with an appropriate printer driver can therefore be run (admittedly very slowly) on a PC so that the layout of the document is preserved.
		I am also in touch with an expert at extracting data from damaged disks.
	www.st-andrews.ac.uk /its/newsletter/1998/01/amstrad.html (177 words)

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		If you are working in Basic and you need to refer to a Locoscript 1 file, the only way is to abandon Basic and load Locoscript.
		It was written from a purely pragmatic angle and may not be able to reproduce every file faithfully if you do fancy things.
		A Locoscript file, like most others, is made up of records each containing 128 bytes.
	www.gaby.de /ftp/pub/cpm/znode51/pcwworld/b103/user_0/locotype.doc (728 words)

	What's all this about CP/M & PCWs?
		LocoScript has a number of features which are not available in many of the other advanced word processors on the market.
		In 1999 LocoScript Software were taken over by SD Micros.
		This does not run LocoScript but will accept and convert LocoScript files to its own file formats; this machine is bundled with a new operating system and an integrated package of "office" software written by Creative Technology.
	www.diskdoctor.co.uk /cpm.html (535 words)

	Amstrad PCW LocoScript Disc Conversions to PC
		Amstrad PCW LocoScript Disc Conversions to PC Amstrad PCW LocoScript and other
		We can handle all versions of LocoScript on either 3" CF2 or 3.5" discs, and versions can be mixed on the same disc.
		Please note that any other types of file on the disc(s) - such as saved phrases, bits of the LocoScript program and printer definition files - are not converted as they are not relevant to the PC environment.
	www.luxsoft.demon.co.uk /lux/lconv.html (2110 words)

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		When you have typed your file into the computer, from Locoscript's Disc Management screen, move over the filename.
		To print a pound sign, just type in a hash symbol in its place - the hash is the symbol that looks like a noughts-and-crosses board and is shown on the keyboard - #.
		Then use the "Copy file" function (f3 in Locoscript 1, see your manual if you use Locoscript 2) to copy this new ASCII file into Group 0 of your TypeSet disc.
	www.gaby.de /ftp/pub/cpm/znode51/pcwworld/b104/user_0/typeset.doc (3300 words)

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