AppleWorks for OS8?

Hi

No, that's not really what I was looking for. I can open said documents using AppleWorks in 10.6.8 (or Libre Office if I was running a newer OS) - it just would have been nice to open them in SheepShaver OS8.

If the answer to my question is "no" (IS IT?????) then I can always set up another SheepShaver folder running 9.0.4, which I'm sure there must be a version of AW6 for.

No, it was merely a "would be quite nice if..." sort of thing. I can open all such documents in AW6, in Libre Office, and have future proofed them by creating RTF and DOC versions too. And I've been using TextEdit or Bean as my WP apps for years now, not CW or AW. I don't need an old Mac - I can run OS 8.6 in SheepShaver.

Thanks for the offer - I'm actually ok for all documents I created in CW5 or older (before 2003); it's only the documents I created on an iBook in AW6 between 2003-2005. It's not a deal-breaker!

I've resolved it - if I really need to see a document in SheepShaver, I can open it in AW6 in 10.6.8 and save it as AW5 format, and CW5 will open it in 8.6.

Incidentally, CW5 has both MacLink import and export translators - I'm guessing Apple bought out DataViz, or at least their translators?

Interesting footnote:

I found an old backup of the DataViz folder for System Folder:Claris, so I copied that to SheepShaver. Since then, CW5 has opened AW6 files without a murmur, but gives "this document was created with an earlier ... and will be converted to v5.0" for all other CW docs, even its own!

Hi Michael

Not sure you read this topic through? Yes, I do have AW6 in 10.6.8 and that's fine for all my AW and CW documents.

It's just that I recently started using SheepShaver, at first, just to play a few old games. Then I thought it would be nice/fun to see some old documents as they were originally formatted in CW5 (AW6 changes the formatting sometimes). That was cool for all CW documents, but occasionally I would try to open a document created in AW6 and CW5 couldn't open it.

However, since adding the DataViz folder - from a 9.2.2 System Folder backup - to System Folder:Claris in SheepShaver, suddenly CW5 CAN open AW6 documents! However, it now "thinks" it's AW6 and therefore converts its own documents to CW5 format!! (Weird or what?)

MlchaelLAX wrote:

christopher rigby1 wrote:

Hi Michael

Not sure you read this topic through? Yes, I do have AW6 in 10.6.8 and that's fine for all my AW and CW documents.

Yes, I did read this topic through and I do not recall you ever mentioning that you currently run AW6 in Snow Leopard. I only responded to your comments about attempting to run AW6 in SheepShaver, which is will not do and then providing some additional information for those who need to run AW6 on modern day Macs.

Yes, confusing, I know. I suppose I was referring to my post above where I said :

"I've resolved it - if I really need to see a document in SheepShaver, I can open it in AW6 in 10.6.8 and save it as AW5 format, and CW5 will open it in 8.6."