[vfib71]

I know this maybe somewhat off topic for this thread but thought it was the best place to ask. I have a 3 1/2" floppy that I have a bunch of Appleworks GS files on that I used on my Apple IIGS when I was back in High School. How can I open these from a external floppy drive or is there an easier way to extract the data and open? B.T.W. - I now have a 1.5GHz Powerbook G4 running OS 10.3.4.

[thePurpleGiant]

To transfer the files to your Mac you have two options:

1) Buy a USB floppy drive an copy them on.
2) Copy the files onto a PC or older Mac, then email them to yourself or burn them to CD.


But as for actually opening the files, I'm not sure if any current program will import AppleWorks GS files. You're talking pretty old school there. but hey, I guess it's worth a shot.

[Person Man]

Originally posted by thePurpleGiant:
But as for actually opening the files, I'm not sure if any current program will import AppleWorks GS files. You're talking pretty old school there. but hey, I guess it's worth a shot.

MacLinkPlus will read and translate AppleWorks GS files for you, but only the Word Processor files. Any other type of file (spreadsheet, database, etc) can't be translated.

You can also (assuming you have the IIgs or an emulator with AppleWorks GS on it) use AppleWorks GS to export the files as plain text files and put them on a disk and copy them to other machines and open them.

[Arkham_c]

Originally posted by Person Man:
MacLinkPlus will read and translate AppleWorks GS files for you, but only the Word Processor files. Any other type of file (spreadsheet, database, etc) can't be translated.

You can also (assuming you have the IIgs or an emulator with AppleWorks GS on it) use AppleWorks GS to export the files as plain text files and put them on a disk and copy them to other machines and open them.

You could probably use one of the Apple IIgs emulators like this:

http://www.bernie.gs/Bernie/

Then find an old copy of AppleWorks GS such as here:

http://whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/th...eworks_gs.html

Then, save it as rtf or plain text or whatever.

[Person Man]

Originally posted by vfib71:
I have a 3 1/2" floppy that I have a bunch of Appleworks GS files on that I used on my Apple IIGS when I was back in High School. How can I open these from a external floppy drive or is there an easier way to extract the data and open? B.T.W. - I now have a 1.5GHz Powerbook G4 running OS 10.3.4.

I should also point out that if the floppy is an 800K floppy disk you won't be able to read it with an external floppy drive (like a USB drive). Those can only read the 1.44 MB High Density disks, not the older 800K disks.

[Big Mac]

Originally posted by Person Man:
I should also point out that if the floppy is an 800K floppy disk you won't be able to read it with an external floppy drive (like a USB drive). Those can only read the 1.44 MB High Density disks, not the older 800K disks.

Wow, you're right Person Man! I had never heard of this limitation previously, even during the height of the iMac craze. Most of my old disks are 800K disks, simply because 800Ks were cheaper. That is really disappointing knowledge, but at least I know now that I should cherish my Quadra and 8600 more.

[arekkusu]

This doesn't help the original poster with his new PowerBook, but for completeness, you can transfer files between a ][gs and any Mac that has a serial port, even if it doesn't have an 800k floppy drive. Just hook the two machines together via serial cable and use AppleTalk.