Re: Convert Appleworks 3.0 Files to MS-DOS

["Jayson Smith" <nospamratguyspambegone@nospamplease.bellsouth.ihatespam.net>]

Hi,
On the GS, try to get hold of a command shell called Davex.  This is a
Prodos8 application.  I think Asimov has disk images of it.  Davex has a
built-in 'type' command which will print at least certain types of
Appleworks files to the screen.  It also has a 'como' command which can
redirect the output of another command to a file or printer.  So by
combining those two commands you should be able to get a text dump of your
Appleworks documents.  You could even make a text file with the proper
commands, then exec that file, to do it automatically.  Once that's done, it
should just be a matter of transferring the newly made text files to the Mac
then to the PC.
Hope this helps.
Jayson.

"mlgstudios" <mlgstudios@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have a IIGS with about 150 word processor files that I want to
> convert to Text, or even better some version of MS Works or MS Word.
> I have a Mac SE that will act as the intermediate computer, copying
> files off the IIGS formatted disks and dropping them on the PC
> formatted disks.
>
> I am aware that you can print a file to ASCII from Appleworks;
> however, this is very very tedious considering the number of files I
> need to convert.  I'm hoping that some program out there can do a
> batch convert or something.
>
> I am somewhat skilled with VBScript, so if the files end up as text
> with odd control characters or bad formatting, I can take care of it
> on the PC.
>
> The end result is that I would like these Appleworks word processor
> files on the PC and viewable with a text reader like Notepad or
> Wordpad.  But, if there's something that will translate directly to a
> Microsoft program, all the better.
>
> The Mac SE I have is not connected to the Internet nor do I think it
> could be, but as I have PC Exchange on it I can grab whatever I need
> with my PC and move it to the Mac.
>
> I know this has been posted before, but I didn't find any recent
> messages.  Everyone mentions Crossworks, which seems to be unavailable
> now. I.E. I can't find a place to buy a copy anywhere.
>
> Thanks so much,
>
> Matt