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>Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:18:10 -0600
>From: Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
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>Subject: Re: #8893 MAC Help
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Nisus Writer Pro <http://www.nisus.com/> is one of the Macintosh word 
processors that I use regularly, and it will open Mac WordPerfect 
files.  MacLink Plus will translate MacWrite II and MacWrite Pro files, 
as well Mac WordPerfect 2 and 3 files.  MacLink Plus translates to and 
from many Windows and Mac file formats. 
<http://www.dataviz.com/products/maclinkplus/mlp_xlators.html>

WordPerfect 3.5e will run on a recent G5 Mac (under Tiger 10.4.11 
w/Classic), and allow cut and paste or "save as" export of the 
documents.  If I recall correctly, WordPerfect will open MacWrite 
files.  Corel released this final version of WordPerfect for Mac as 
freeware, so many copies are around and can be legally given to 
colleagues, I believe.

If you only need the text, and are not trying to save formatting, then 
FileJuicer can be a useful tool.  Filejuicer can extract text, sound 
and images from many file formats (including PowerPoint), and can often 
save most of the text from corrupted files. 
<http://echoone.com/filejuicer/>

Mac compatible external USB floppy drives can be purchased from many 
sources for around $30, including Amazon.com and Jr.com.  This might 
get around the need for finding a working '80's vintage Mac. 
MegaMacs.com sells Macs of varying vintages, as does eBay.  But again, 
I think there is more value and reliability in using a recent G5 with 
Classic for the conversions than in buying archaic hardware.

I wouldn't want to transport this computer, but I've still got a 
working Mac 8500 with a floppy drive, which I could potentially put it 
in service of this project.  I'm not sure I could bring myself to deal 
with Word 2007, but I could at least produce RTF documents :-)

Derek


--On Thursday, July 17, 2008 3:35 AM -0400 LLTI-Editor 
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> A colleague on my campus is looking to buy or borrow a working
> late-1980s era Mac that will open about 50 single-sided diskettes,
> created between (roughly) 1985-1996 on his old Mac SE. All of these
> contain documents written in either MacWrite or Word Perfect.
>
> He's also looking for some advice or instruction on how I might
> convert all of those documents to Word 07.



Derek Roff
Language Learning Center
Ortega Hall 129, MSC03-2100
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
505/277-7368, fax 505/277-3885
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