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

[themacuser]

MacWrite still runs in Classic.
On 08/12/2005, at 2:29 PM, Matt Covey wrote:

> You could run MacWrite/etc in Mini vMac - a miniature Macintosh  
> emulator (http://minivmac.sourceforge.net/) and then just save the  
> files to RTF/text/etc or copy and paste into AppleWorks/etc.
>
> Also, I still run WriteNow under Classic on 10.4.3
>
> ++matt
>
>
>> 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.
>>
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