converting/opening OS 9 docs in OSX 10.6
Not sure where else to post this question. I want to move a large quantity of documents
originated in "legacy" apps (OS 8.6) such as MacWrite II, Adobe Pagemaker, Illustrator,
Aldus Freehand over to an Imac with 10.6. I know the path is 'broken' for many docs
such as those created in apps that no longer exist....that is a given. I believe the upgrade
path for converting MacWrite II docs for OSX ended with Appleworks 6.2 which i haven't
even tried running on SL but have my doubts it would run in 10.6...same with Claris Works.
Short of a miraculous app that i've overlooked which can convert anything created in
the above mentioned apps for 10.6 readability/editing... i am leaning toward a strategy
of preserving most of this stuff in .pdf format and then putting the old Beige G3/8.6
machine in storage.
Is there any sort of .pdf batch converting app where I could say, put the old machine
in target firewire mode and convert these using such an app residing on the destination
(10.6) machine? Just trying to come up with the most logical way to approach this...
I know back in the day i had an app called something like MacLink Plus Deluxe(Data Viz?)
that did a good job of file format converting...but guessing that's history.
Would it make more sense technically to convert these files to .pdf before moving them
to 10.6 or better to do it using a .pdf converter located on the 10.6 machine and accessing
them on the old machine's HD via Firewire mod
Thanks as always for any advice!
Mike
iMac, 17" 10.5, 24" 10.6....