On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 at 20:50, Curt Vendel via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have many DEC files that I’ve recovered from old VMS backups to a PC. > > Many are Word-11, ALL-IN-1 WPS and VMS Mail MAI files. > > They don’t open well in programs like the Windows Text editors > > Is there a program on Windows that can open these files and recognize all of > the formatting and control commands so they can be properly viewed?
Wow, I bet they don't! That's a great question. I used tools such as that myself, decades ago, but I didn't get to keep any documents. I've even had the issue of importing from Word 6 into Word 97 and later. I run Word 97 even now, under WINE on Ubuntu, not because there's anything in 97 I need -- there isn't -- but because it uses the same file-format as versions up to 2003 (Win)/2004 (Mac). I'd rather run an even older, lighter version such as Word 95 or Word 6 for NT, but they use an older file-format modern WPs can't import. A late version of WordPerfect for DOS *might* do it... I have WP6.2 for DOS running on PC DOS 7.1 and it runs fine on modern hardware. I'm not confident, though. -- Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: [email protected] - Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: [email protected] Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven - Skype/LinkedIn: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 - ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053
