Re: PC program to read 2e disks?

[knelson@acs.ryerson.ca (Ken Nelson)]

Mark McWiggins (markdmc@netcom.com) wrote:
: A friend wants to convert a bunch of writing she did in Years Past on
: an Apple 2e. She used Apple Works and Apple Writer.

: Any suggestions for a PC program or a service bureau that can convert
: these into some usable PC format? Right now she's using Word Perfect
: 5.0.

: Thanks in advance for any help whatever.
: -- 
: Mark McWiggins      Hermes & Associates	 +1 206 957 0848 (24 hrs.)
: mark@hermes.com     Box 52885, Bellevue WA 98015  +1 206 957 7654 (fax)

	You don't say if you still have access to the APIIe. There is a 
commercial program called Crossworks which runs on the PC and uses a null 
modem cable (included) which will transfer the files directly into 
Wordperfect on the PC. If the Applewriter files are in Prodos you should 
be able to take them into Appleworks on the APII and then into the PC via 
Crossworks.
	The other alternative is find someone with a Mac using system 7.5 
and Clarisworks ...the Prodos disks can be read directly by the Mac and 
Clarisworks can read the files and write them out to a MSDOS disk in 
Wordperfect format.
	Of course the real answer is to get rid of the PC and get a Mac 
with Worperfect...then you can read and write to all three platforms and 
more.

	Ken