Q: Re: Old Software

Hello,

On the MacDraw files...

EasyDraw...

http://www.eazydraw.com/MacDraw.htm

GraphicConverter...

http://www.lemkesoft.com/

On MacWrite, I don't know, wish I had one to test on several Apps.

I did some MacWrite conversions to Pages yesterday. I had some old records from 1989 to 1995 that were in ClarisWorks and MacWrite formats.

Pages would not open any files except AppleWorks 6. I had to convert by opening the MacWrite files in Claris Works and saving as CW files. I then I opened and saved the CW files as AppleWorks with AppleWorks 6. Now Pages could open and save the file as .pages.

This gets pretty involved as you need older computers to run the applications capable of converting the files. Luckily I have an iBook G4 with OS X 10.7.11 and Classic environment which did the most work.

dalstott wrote:

 

Luckily I have an iBook G4 with OS X 10.7.11 and Classic environment which did the most work.

I think you mean an iBook G4 with OS X 10.4.11...?

Good catch Mike. To err is human but to really foul things up requires a computer.

Also, Appleworks 6.2.9 running in Snow Leopard Server installed into Parallels 8 should open many of these files:

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