Re: Apple IIe to iMac communication-- Appleworks

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Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

>ajrbourgeois@my-deja.com writes ...
>> 
>> Hello Apple II friends from France.
>> 
>> I just install my (new) iMac...
>> I need now to import the AWP files from my
>> Apple IIe to my iMac.
>> So, you'll find on the right my Apple IIe
>> equipped with two "Apple Disk II drives" and
>> an "Apple II Super Serial Card" (with a DB25
>> connector). On the left my (brand new) iMac.
>> 
>> Problem:
>>   How can I import my AppleWorks 1.3 files from
>>   the Apple IIe (ProDOS) to the iMac (MacOS 8.6
>>   and AppleWorks 5)?
>> 
>> Has someone THE answer to this worrying question?
>
>     Using a NULL modem connection, moving files A2-->Mac should be fairly
>easy. (See http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2T1TCOM.html .)
>
>     I do not know if any changes are required to get Appleworks v1.3 files
>working with Mac Appleworks 5. My guess is that database files will almost
>certainly not be compatible.
>
>     You may need to first save the stuff you want to transfer as Text files
on
>your Apple II system. Then, transfer the files and import them into Mac
>Appleworks 5. Someone on comp.sys.apple2 (where this is being cross-posted)
>should know much more about any necessary conversions.

This user should not have to use text mode.  iMacs come
with Macintosh AppleWorks (formerly ClarisWorks).  This
program imports Apple II AppleWorks format files.  Up to
AppleWorks 3 at least.  This answer comes from Apple.
Several months ago I helped a user with a similar problem.
He emailed me later to say that he called Apple and posed
the problem to them.  Not only did Apple remember the
Apple II version of AppleWorks, they suggested a solution.
The Macintosh "version" of AppleWorks, they said, could
import Apple II AppleWorks files.  So can the Windows
version, they said.

Of course I was surprised they have a Windows version of
AppleWorks.  I know there was a Windows version of the
old ClarisWorks, but I thought for sure with Jobs back he
would have removed it.  Instead, they continue to sell the
latest version of the software under the AppleWorks for
Windows label.