**** SPEEDUP FOR WORDSTAR 3.xx **** WORDSTAR 3.0 and 3.3 both have built-in delays for 2MHz terminals and micros. These involve everything from the sign-on message to the menus. On a Big Board micro or any micro that runs at 4+MHz, like the Xerox 820-II, these delays can be reduced to next to nothing. The result is that WORDSTAR runs much fas ter. As dramatic as the changes are for the 820-II, they are even more dramatic (in contrast to their particular slowness) for the 16-bit micros with 4 and 4+MHz terminals. The speed-up changes can be made with either DDT.COM (WORD STAR 3.0 is a SAVE 96 -- see special note for WS with the RANDOM HOUSE THESAURUS below*) or with WORDSTAR's patcher. For those who don't think 3.3 has a patcher, type "+" (even though it's not listed) in screen 1 of WINSTALL. You'll be delighted by what you find: a undocumented "Custom Modification Routine." While the HEX values in 3.3 are different that those in 3.0, to date, it appears that the labels still work. Here are the labels and the HEX values for the changes with the new values**: --WS 3.0-- --WS 3.3-- LABEL HEX LABEL HEX NEW VALUE DEL1: 02CF :DEL1 2CFH 01** DEL2: 02D0 :DEL2 2D0H 01** DEL3: 02D1 :DEL3 2D1H 01** DEL4: 02D2 :DEL4 2D2H 01** DEL5: 2D3H :DEL5 2D3H 01** DELCUS: 02AE :DELCUS 2AEH 00 DELMIS: 02AF :DELMIS 2AFH 00 In addition, experienced users will want to reduce the Help Level to Zero when WORDSTAR boots up. ITHELP: 0360 USE WINSTALL 00 *If you're running the RANDOM HOUSE THESAURUS modification to WORDSTAR 3.0 (to date, it's not available for 3.3), you must use DDT to make the changes (WSINSTALL for 3.0 will not change a THESAURUS-installed WORDSTAR). The save for it is "SAVE 105." If you'd like to get the delays out of a WS-THESAURUS, change locations 4798 and 4799 to 01. **The manual for WORDSTAR 3.0 (p. E-16), recommends changing these in proportion. The proportion from DEL1 to DEL5 is approxi mately 1, 3, 6, 12, 3. However, I have had no problems with the values above as long as the Help Level is zero. For slower micros, like the IBM-PC, it will be necessary to use higher values for more pause. For the IBM-PC, you might try 01, 04, 20, 00, 00. Roger C. Schlobin, 802 N. Calumet Rd., Chesterton, IN 46304