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

[Jane]

I would simply put the clippings into a text editor in Mac OS 9, then  
take those over to X that way.

On Dec 7, 2005, at 9:18 PM, John Griffin wrote:

> 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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