>> 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! > >There are many options. In my opinion, the easiest way to handle >word processing files is to print it via a serial port to the serial >port of a modern system. This has a couple of advantages: > > * It is faster and easier than converting each file to text then > using a terminal emulator or floppy drive to transfer it. You > mentioned OS X, which probably means that you couldn't read > Apple II floppies directly anyway. > * Printer codes are better documented than file formats in many > cases. This may allow you to preserve formatting if you have > access to the printers' documentation and a programmer. > >Of course, it will only work if you are printing text rather than >graphics. (Does this language fit in the ASCII character set?) > >You can also try tracking down the publisher of the software to >see if they have any suggestions (doubtful, if they even exist). >I was able to find the publisher name and address circa 1988 from >a catalogue: > >Cessler Educational Software >Byron.
This brings up a a thought of a program I found a couple years ago. It is a program that is meant to emulate a 2c on a 68k processor. I seem to recall that it is/was supposed to run on an early power mac also. In my attempts to use it, I never achieved getting it operational. I attempted to send a mail to this list some months back to see if anyone else who might want to bring things forward onto 'newer' machines that might run the program I am remembering. Ok, I just looked it up and it is called 'Catakig'. Anyone have any experience with that prog? Perhaps it might help both of us in our quest to 'bring things forward'. Thanks Don -- 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
