[Hidden-tech] A Tricky Challenge Š

[David Spound]

Hi Steve,

I wonder about if the ³geniuses² at that Apple store could help. Granted,
they are also likely to be too young to remember MacWrite, but it might be
worth a try. Another idea (also a long shot) would be to call the IT
departments at some local colleges to see if they have any old Macs sitting
in closets gathering dust.

Good luck,

David

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on 6/9/08 10:45 AM, Steven Solomon at ssol at well.com wrote:

> 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

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