[Ti] Really, really old Mac OS 1 to 8 work - need translator [Off List]

[John Griffin]

I came across some really old Word Processing files that were written  
between 1984 and 1990. Some were written in MacWrite versions 1 to 5,  
some in MacWrite Pro and the rest were (I am pretty sure) written in  
Write Now (probably 2.2 to 4.0). There are a few PageMaker files as  
well, but I have pretty well given up on those.

Does anyone know if a converter exists that will translate these  
files into an OS X Word Processor format (such as MS Word, Pages or  
even AppleWorks). None of these have any translators installed that  
will recognize these files in any way (they have a ‘clipping’ icon  
ascribed to them and will not open in anything). All text editors  
display them as gibberish.

I almost freaked out when I found these files backed up on floppies.  
I thought they had long ago been lost forever and they represent a  
lot of work from years ago.

jg