[Hidden-tech] A Tricky Challenge…

[Steven Solomon]

Folks,

I've got a challenge for the really geeky Mac pack-rats out there. I  
just moved and ran across a long lost micro floppy with some  
documents from roughly 9/90 to 9/95. They are likely created in  
MacWrite, MacWrite II, and MacWrite Pro. The disc is double sided,  
but not HDD, and drives that will read this ancient and intermediary  
format are pretty rare. Somewhere in my piles of unpacked boxes are  
the original applications discs, but I'm not sure I'll come up with  
them any time soon.

So, what I seem to need is somebody with a really old Mac, likely  
able to run OS8 or before, and an ancient microfloppy drive. With  
that set of tools, I figure we can convert these files to RTF or  
plain text. YES, Dancer Computers, and others no longer have the  
tools. Most of the folks at these places are too young to even  
remember MacWrite.

So, if you know anybody that can help with this problem, pass the  
info along, or at least enjoy this stroll down memory lane to the  
days when MacWrite was a revelation.

Thanks!

S

Steven Solomon
Writer, Inventor, Near Futurist
ssol at interactiveguild.com
http://www.interactiveguild.com
413.537.4536

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