On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> > > On Oct 31, 2008, at 1:28 PM, richardsan san wrote: > > > i'm guessing this guy[apparently much older than me] asked me this > > question: > > "When I put the 3 inch disc in my old Mac, the screen says: "The PC > > Exchange document "Property" could not be opened because the > > application > > program that created it could not be found". > > That is an old, old OS 7 error message. PC Exchange went away as of OS > 8, iirc,( but it's been a HELL of a long time) > > Try opening it with the likely suspects, and if all else fails try it > with MS Word in 'Recover text from any file' mode in the file open > dialog. > > If it's spitting out OS 7 errors, it could be any number of antique > file formats. > > If the old mac in question is internet-capable, send the file to > yourself and try opening it with text edit or textwrangler...you might > be able to make out enough of the stuff in the file header to make a > reasonable guess as to what kind of file it is. > > But if it's a PC 2.5" floppy from the OS 7 era, I'll lay odds it's a > WordPerfect or Microsoft Word file. > > good on ya, bruce! i'll see if i can get him to send the file. -- "...don't tell them anything! they haven't even tortured you yet!" TRAC! TRAC! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
