Re: Converting Apple IIe (PFS:Write) to Mac or PC?

[ustai@msuvx2.memst.edu]

In article <1993Aug31.204252.79059@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>, dg04@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (DAVID GRUMBINE) writes:
> In article <25t3gu$dcd@news.acns.nwu.edu>, triona@merle.acns.nwu.edu (Kelly Mads
> en) writes:
>>(PFS:Write) just simply couldn't do anything on my machine.
>>But my real question is: IS there any way to convert PFS:Write files to ANY
>>kind of format that can be translated to the Mac? (i.e. AppleWorks,
>>ASCII...)
> 
> Well, I don't know exactly HOW PFS:WRITE stores it's stuff, but I do seem
> to recall that the PFS programs were written under the Pascal system Apple
> had.  I also seem to recall that Pascal was supposed to be the "official"
> programming language for Apple ]['s.  Because of this, some copy programs
> can't read the files at all (ie. Copy ][+ doesn't know anything about the
> Pascal file system, although it can do a bit or disk copy ok on them).

	I think the PFS filing system is kind of funky because the FST that
comes with the system software can't read it.  I had posted a similar message
last time and a couple of kind souls sent me the files to translate PFS files. 
If the kind souls that sent it to me last time didn't send it to you, write me. 
Btw, if you can manage to swing it, get that person to allow you to send a copy
of it to one of the Apple system software people...  They want it so that they
can look at it.  I couldn't get to speak to the "friend of a friend of a ..."
who's disks were being converted. 
	You'll need to have a 5.25" drive, btw.

-Tai