

WSConvert will convert your WordStar documents to a format which is readable by modern systems. Markdown can also be used directly in several webpages ( Github, Medium etc.) Features and bugs This utility uses some Pandoc specific markdown features (superscript, subscript, footnote.) that might not be recognized by some converters. The Pandoc utility can convert Markdown to most document formats: docx, pdf, epub, latex. Easy and intuitive to learn and write it's also simple to convert from/to other formats. Markdown is an easy to understand file format, with a good set of text formatting options.

You can find a copy on Dos abandonware websites. If you would like to try it, it can be run in a DosBox virtual machine.

Its keyboard shortcuts are still available as plugins for several text editors and word processors. Some writers still use it as a main tool for writing. Wordstar, one of the most popular an powerful word processor of the '80s, is still considered a very capable word processor, with focus on writing, no distractions, no breaks in the flow of writing. This is a simple conversion utility written in Python to convert documents created with the WordStar word processor to more modern formats.
