Re: Appleworks files on Apple II as

[Jack Friess <jfriess@wctc.net>]

On Saturday, 09 Nov 1996 07:29:44 GMT, Jedd asked:
 
> Need to get zillions of speeches stored in Appleworks files on Apple
> II as moved into an indexing system. Know Macs inside and out; quite
> well actually, but not the Apple II line.
> 
> questions:
> 1)       where can I get specs on Apple II as model?

If you switch over to csa2.marketplace there are several people 
selling (for almost nothing) Apple II manuals.  Otherwise, check with 
your library, or your local schools--they may still have Apple IIs and 
may have a manual you can borrow.


> 2)      I understand they used 5 1/4 in floppies - how to get info off
> of this, or can I use LocalTalk to hook up to a Mac?

We do this regularly in our school.  The kids use AppleWorks on A2s in 
the classroom to key in text for projects, and the import that test 
into ClarisWorks docs.  As Tom Z. suggested/hinted, the best way is to 
get the files onto a 3.5 disk from the 5.25 is on a IIgs with both 
drives.  We do this regularly.  We copy the files from the 5.25 to the 
3.5 on the gs, and then on the Performa 550 with System 7.1p (or 
better) move them from the A2 format to Mac formated 3.5 disks.

About the LocalTalk, the answer is yes.  Your A2 has to be a IIe or 
IIgs with AppleTalk installed.  For the A2e, you need an Apple II 
WorkStation Card (A2WSC) and LocalTalk (either Apple or PhoneNet) 
connectors.  For the IIgs, you still need the network connectors, but 
LocalTalk/AppleTalk is built in, like the Mac (but you need to 
configure the machine through the control panel).

> 3)      Is AppleWorks the precursor to ClarisWorks?

Yes.  And most versions of ClarisWorks I've worked with (v2.x through 
v4.x) will import AppleWorks files directly, whether they are word 
processing, database, or spreed sheet docs.

> 4)      Can word read AppleWorks?

I don't know, but probably not.  You'd have to import them into 
ClarisWorks, save out as an RTF file (unless Word will import 
ClarisWorks directly, that I don't know either!), and them import them 
into Word.

BTW, I'm assumeing you are doing this all on the Mac platform.  If 
not, and you are trying to get these to a Word doc on a PC, you can 
still do it, but there would be different/more steps.

> 5)      Have I been misinformed? Is what I'm told is an "Apple II as"
> really an "Apple II gs"

An Apple II comes in the following models:  Apple, Apple II, Apple 
II+, Apple IIe, Apple IIe enhanced, Apple III, Apple IIgs (and there 
are at least 3 versions of the gs, of which I'm not too familiar).

As Tom Z. was suggesting/hinting, if you have a IIgs, you can run IIx 
software on it.  For your conversion project, the IIgs with both 
drives (5.25, 3.5) would be the most efficient.

Good Luck.


Jack Friess
Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA