Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-21 Thread t...@io.com
On Jan 20, 8:51 am, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: On Jan 20, 2011, at 6:48 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: That's nothing. I have MS Word docs from 20 years ago that MS Word 2011 does not open. File formats change ... just be glad you're not NASA and have to decipher 45 year old

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-20 Thread rogerd095
On Jan 19, 11:29 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Jan 19, 2011, at 2:12 PM, rogerd095 wrote: On Jan 18, 1:56 pm, Lawrence David Eden lde...@comcast.net wrote: I run AppleWorks 6 on my G4. You don't need OS9. Conversely, AppleWorks runs perfectly well on OS 9. You

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-20 Thread John Carmonne
Realistically, yes you do. While it's not as dire as it used to be before the advent of Classila, OS 9 is still almost useless on the modern web. Apologies for any misunderstanding. For the sake of clarity, I should perhaps have finished my post by adding 'to run AppleWorks.' Which

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
That's nothing. I have MS Word docs from 20 years ago that MS Word 2011 does not open. File formats change ... just be glad you're not NASA and have to decipher 45 year old data tapes starting by reconstructing the tape mechanism BEFORE trying to decipher the data! -- Bruce On Jan 20,

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 20, 2011, at 6:33 AM, rogerd095 rogerd...@googlemail.com wrote: Which platform you prefer is a matter of choice. It's just a pity that AppleWorks 6 seems quite a bit less polished than ClarisWorks 5.0 - or even v.4.0, for that matter. Or the late lamented still-missed Claris

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-20 Thread Alex Barnes
On Jan 20, 2011, at 7:48 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: File formats change ... just be glad you're not NASA and have to decipher 45 year old data tapes starting by reconstructing the tape mechanism BEFORE trying to decipher the data! Thats why NASA was shut down :) -- You received this

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-20 Thread John Carmonne
On Jan 20, 2011, at 6:48 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: That's nothing. I have MS Word docs from 20 years ago that MS Word 2011 does not open. File formats change ... just be glad you're not NASA and have to decipher 45 year old data tapes starting by reconstructing the tape mechanism BEFORE

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-20 Thread Vic
On Jan 20, 10:01 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Jan 20, 2011, at 7:51 AM, John Carmonne wrote: Hmm, sounds like Binary, been there;-) Binary data, with fun things like different endedness and things like 14 bit bytes, etc. However this old data is proving

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-19 Thread John Carmonne
On Jan 17, 2011, at 5:44 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: Hi Group, I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. I am using G4 G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 I do not want to put OS9 on them. Wm AppleWorks 6 runs on OS 9 all the way through !0.6.6. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA Sent from

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-19 Thread rogerd095
On Jan 18, 1:56 pm, Lawrence David Eden lde...@comcast.net wrote: I run AppleWorks 6 on my G4. You don't need OS9. Conversely, AppleWorks runs perfectly well on OS 9. You don't need OS X! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-18 Thread Lawrence David Eden
I run AppleWorks 6 on my G4. You don't need OS9. Larry Hi Group, I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. I am using G4 G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 I do not want to put OS9 on them. Wm -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3,

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-18 Thread Alex Barnes
IMO Appleworks is better than iWork. On Jan 17, 2011, at 10:42 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On Jan 17, 2011, at 9:23 PM, Yersinia wrote: Appleworks rocks, YEAH!! Wow, didn't know it would work with Leopard or on a Macintel. I've been running 6.2.9 since I was on OS 9, and kept it when I got

Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread Wm. Arnold
Hi Group, I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. I am using G4 G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 I do not want to put OS9 on them. Wm -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread Alex Barnes
iWork? I can run Appleworks on my MacBook Pro though. It doesn't even need Rosetta! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/01/17 18:44, Wm. Arnold so eloquently wrote: I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. I am using G4 G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 AppleWorks will run just fine on your PPCs running Tiger. The alternatives are iWork ($79), Office ($150), or NeoOffice (free). Tina -- iMac 20

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread Alex Barnes
I think there is an OS X version of OpenOffice. On Jan 17, 2011, at 6:54 PM, Tina K. wrote: On 2011/01/17 18:44, Wm. Arnold so eloquently wrote: I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. I am using G4 G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 AppleWorks will run just fine on your PPCs running

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread DAN A CURRIE
On 1/17/11 7:44 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: Hi Group, I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. I am using G4 G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 I do not want to put OS9 on them. Wm I have a G5 2.5 dualie running 10.5.8 and I am currently using Appleworks 6.2.4 and have been for years with no

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread John Callahan
On Jan 17, 2011, at 8:44 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: Hi Group, I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. I am using G4 G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 I do not want to put OS9 on them. Wm Nothing replaces Appleworks :-( :-(:-( :-(!!! -- You received this message because you are a member

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread Dana Collins
On 1/17/11 9:43 PM, John Callahan of jcalla...@stny.rr.com sent On Jan 17, 2011, at 8:44 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: Hi Group, I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. I am using G4 G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 I do not want to put OS9 on them. Wm Nothing replaces Appleworks

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread Yersinia
On 1/17/11 10:57 PM, Dana Collins wrote: On 1/17/11 9:43 PM, John Callahan of jcalla...@stny.rr.com sent On Jan 17, 2011, at 8:44 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: Hi Group, I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. I am using G4 G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 I do not want to put OS9 on them. Wm

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread Clark Martin
On Jan 17, 2011, at 9:23 PM, Yersinia wrote: Appleworks rocks, YEAH!! Wow, didn't know it would work with Leopard or on a Macintel. I've been running 6.2.9 since I was on OS 9, and kept it when I got Tiger but I'm still with my PPCs (now running 10.4.11 on the Quicksilver 867 and iBook