Re: Copy Files from an Apple IIGS to a PC

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a2mg@aol.comNomail (A2MG) wrote in message news:<20040919234039.25434.00000932@mb-m04.aol.com>...
> > I want to get
> > some old (as in, version 3.0) Appleworks files from the 3.5 disks to
> > the PC so that I can archive them.  
> 
> Do you want to store them on the PC as AppleWorks 3.0 files, or do you want
> them converted to PC files (like MS-Works, Word, text), and then stored on the
> PC?
> 
> 
> Beverly Cadieux 
> TEXAS II an international newsletter for users of AppleWorks(R) 5.1

I figured I'd store them as ASCII files.  Apparently I'm going to have
to "print" them to ASCII thru Appleworks in order to get them into a
format that can be read by a PC.  Correct?

There's an iMac and an eMac at work here; we're going to try to
connect a PC-compatible USB floppy drive to each one and see if it can
read my ProDos formatted disk.  I have a feeling it won't work, but
right now that's the easiest solution.  The next attempt will be to go
over to a computer lab at the local university where I hear they have
Mac's, and see if any of them have floppy drives.  At this time it
seems the IIGS -> Mac -> PC conversion is the "best bet".

I'll post here and let you all know how it goes.  Thanks so much for
your help!