There   is   a  method,   that  I've  never   seen 
documented  anywhere,  of  speeding  up   WordStar's 
operation.   This  involves eliminating  the  delays  
that are  built  into  the program.   No  matter how 
fast your system  is  there still is a finite amount 
of  time that WordStar requires you to wait while it 
displays information screens or waits for prompts.  
   In particular, the delay that bothers me the most 
is  the one that involves the first  screen.   Short  
of  going  into WordStar with  DDT  and  just wiping  
out  this  screen (which would then mean   that  you  
would   have   to stare at  a   blank   screen   for 
several seconds) this is the best way of eliminating 
having  to  stare  at this  message.   
   There  are four delays built into WordStar that I 
know  of.  (I  am  using  version  2.26.)   The  hex 
locations,  ASCII  names  and default values are  as 
follows:
    
          02CFH         DEL1:         03
          02D0H         DEL2:         09
          02D1H         DEL3:         19
          02D2H         DEL4:         19
    
   For  those  of  you not familiar  with  modifying 
WordStar  you  can either  a) use  the  ASCII  names 
and/or  the hex location values with the install.com 
program to change the default values or  b) you  can 
use  DDT with the hex values in order in incorporate 
the changes. 
   Note:    these   delays   also   perform    other 
functions.   You might want to experiment with  them 
and see which you might want to keep non-zero.  I am 
currently  running with all of them set to zero  and 
it makes quite a bit of difference.
    
                          Ken Toy