You should be able to read the apple II files with an older version of Claris works (3 or older). if that works convert to cw 4 then to cw 5, then cw 6. i don't think you can go straight to cw 6 from cw 4. But, i may be wrong, since i'm not perfect. Also maclink plus file conversion software for Mac. (i'm having a senior moment, i hope that is the right name.) You might even web search for a older copy of a mac version of gutenberg and/or a translator.
have you tried the Appleworks user group at http://www.awug.org/ appleworks list at http://www.macnuthome.com/awlist/ charles lenington okcpcug Conor McDonough Quinn wrote: > > Dia dhaoibh, a chairde! > > > It seems that Apple2list works again. I forward a message I tried to > > send a couple months ago (and couldn't because it was rejected by the > > server with an strange message about an exceeded quota). > Ah, so that's what happened! A few months ago, I joined the list and sent > out a message, but nothing happened, and then I didn't have time to follow > it up. So if I could, I'd like to present it again in condense form. > > I am a linguist working for a langauge revitalization project run by the > Penobscot Nation, a Native group indigenous to the Penobscot River > watershed in central Maine. > > In the 1980s a 495-page dictionary manuscript of the Penobscot language > was typed up on an Apple II (IIe, by all guesses) using the Gutenberg word > processing application. Unfortunately, all of the disks (about 30) went > missing for 20 years, during which Penobscot language workers were stuck > photocopying out printouts, since OCR would have created a big mess: two > of the distinctive characters in the Penobscot font set were > distinguished by just *one* dot on the old dot-matrix printout. > > Happily, these disks have now turned up, and, extra luckily, they even > have a copy of the Gutenberg application with them. We are of course now > beginning the process of shifting all of this information over into a > more modern format (primarily hoping to end up on OSX). Once we recover > the basic text file (complete with weird 1980s formatting tags!), we'll be > shifting the format-centric dictionary layout data into a more powerful > XML-tagged form. > > The Penobscot Nation is working hard to revitalize their language---at > present, only two living native speakers are left---and this dictionary is > central to this work. Since time is of essence, in this project we're > looking to avoid making time-consuming mistakes that others may have > discovered, and also minimize our wheel-reinventing, so that we can get > from the text-recovery stage to the hand-dandy flexible XML stage as soon > as possible. As such, I am wondering if any of you out there have had > any experience in the realm of text recovery/transfer from the Apple II > era up to more recent systems, or otherwise have suggestions (or > warnings!) about how to carry out this kind of work. Any and all advice > will be greatly appreciated! > > Sla/n, > bhur gcara > > -- > Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ > / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
