[Scottish] OT: Desperately seeking Claris
No he covets, that's his nature. And how do we begin to covet Claris? Do we seek out things to covet? Make an effort to answer. ...in a sequitor to the discussion on computers for mothers, I'm desperately trying to track down a copy of Claris Works for Windows. My mother had been using Claris Works extensively on her old PC before it gave up the ghost (HD died) and I replaced it with a Linux box. It was a licensed copy on the Windows box (but I can't find the packaging/license anywhere, and the copies of the install floppies have blanked over the years). It no longer seems to be available to buy, and I can't find anything which will happily read the files. I'm willing to pay (gasps from the audience) for an official copy. (I know about the shareware thing that tries to convert Claris works file to RTF - it does run under WINE, but it's not very good) Ta, Colin ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] OT: Desperately seeking Claris
On Wednesday 24 November 2004 02:01, Colin McKinnon wrote: Hang on a sec, I answered this at 22:00ish on Tuesday night .. No he covets, that's his nature. And how do we begin to covet Claris? Do we seek out things to covet? Make an effort to answer. ...in a sequitor to the discussion on computers for mothers, I'm desperately trying to track down a copy of Claris Works for Windows. My mother had been using Claris Works extensively on her old PC before it gave up the ghost (HD died) and I replaced it with a Linux box. It was a licensed copy on the Windows box (but I can't find the packaging/license anywhere, and the copies of the install floppies have blanked over the years). It no longer seems to be available to buy, and I can't find anything which will happily read the files. I'm willing to pay (gasps from the audience) for an official copy. Really? How much? Ive just checked my normally chaotic floppy filing system. Very chuffed to say it took 10 secs to find 2 floppies that look genuine. The problem is I cant recall how many floppies there should be. OTOH the floppies dont say disk 1 of 7 . From the very little I remember of Claris Works it does a small no of simple things reasonably well so possibly 2 floppies is feasible. no scribbling on the labels and the writeprotect tab looks like its never been moved so you may be in luck. I have nothing running right now with a FDD so they are totally untested. You also get a free copy of FileMaker Pro (on 3 discs) as well. Will you be at the meeting on Thursday? Or should I give them to Lawrence? -- Willie Fleming [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
