Re: Visicalc, Appleworks, and the IIe Card...

[oaaland@aol.com (O Aaland)]

I have a Macintosh Performa 550 with a IIe card inside of it.  My Dad has
used a IIe since roughly 1979, and has LOTS of files that he needs still. 
Many of these files are on Visicalc. (Yes, the ORIGINAL visicalc,
copyrighted 1979.)

<I can convert appleworks files to Macintosh real easy, but I can't for the
<life of me figure out how to get VisiCalc files to AppleWorks.  There is a
<way, because in AppleWorks' Manual, it says that you have to use the
<ProDOS User's Disk to copy your VisiCalc Files to a ProDOS disk, and open
<them in AppleWorks.

<There is the problem.

<The ProDOS User's Disk will not read the VisiCalc Save Disks because this
<version is too old or something.  After all, it is still using the 13
<SECTOR format!

<Is there any way to do this?  I would like to use my expansion slot for a
<accelerator, rather than the clunky IIe card.  PLEASE HELP!!

If the VisiCalc disks are in 13 sector format the first step will have to
be get them to a 16 sector disk. The DOS 3.3 System Master has a program to
do this. Use CONVERT13 to transfer the files to a 16 sector DOS 3.3 disk.
The using the ProDOS Users Disk transfer these files to a proDOS disk. You
should then be able to read them on your Mac.

Owen Aaland