Why are all of the people posting here trying to reinvent the wheel ? Are the files Dos 3.3 or Prodos ? That is the question to answer. If they are dos 3.3 will Appleworks open them ? If Appleworks opens them, then open each file and save them to a 800K 3.5 disk. Then have someone open them on an Macintosh and save them as Wordperfect 4.1/5 files on another dos formatted 1.44 meg floppy. Open the files on an pee-cee in Works and the program will translate the files to works. I have done this lots of times and 98% of the formatting will stay intact. Each document will have to be checked over for extra characters and garbage but they will be readable.
> ---------- > From: Apple2list[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > Don[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply To: Apple2list > Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 11:16 AM > To: Apple2list > Subject: Re: [Fwd: DuoDisk and 3.5" drives on the //c] > > > > >> 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 > -- 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
