Re: Apple IIc to Mac -- HELP!

[Jack Friess <jfriess@wctc.net>]

Karin <karinjl@empnet.com> wrote:
 
> I have a number of disks of documents created in Word Perfect on an
> Apple IIc and want to be able to use them on a Mac. I've located a
> IIgs with disk drives of both sizes and understand that this should
> allow me to copy the files onto the smaller disks, from there, reading
> them on my Mac should be a breeze. However, when I put the Word
> Perfect disk in and started the IIgs, a message came up saying that
> the WP system could not be loaded.

Hi Karin:

I'm assuming the IIc disks you have are ProDOS 5.25 disks, right?  
Here's what I would try:

1) Copy the files from the 5.25 disks to ProDOS formated 3.5 disks 
(which you can do on your GS--just drag and drop).

2) Then take your 3.5 ProDOS disks to a Mac with 7.1P or greater and 
ClarisWorks.  You will be able to copy these file (drag and drop) to 
the hard drive.   Or else find Apple File Exchange to run on a Mac 
with less than 7.1P and transfer the files to the Mac HD.

3) Try opening the files through ClarisWorks (which has many Word 
Perfect translators, but I'm not sure one for the IIc).

If this doesn't work, and depending how much you want those files, you 
may have to go back to the IIc and see if your Word Perfect program 
will run on the IIc (if may be corrupted, and that's why it wouldn't 
run on the gs).  If it will run on the IIc, then (and this will be the 
tedious part) open and resave all your files as ASCII/text files, 
repeat steps 1) - 2) above, and then open them with you Mac WP.

There may be other options, too, if these fail.  Don't give up! :-)


Jack Friess
Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA