Re: Convert AppleWriter 1.0 binary files to text files

["Peter Ibbotson" <spambox@ibbotson.demon.co.uk>]

"Bryan Villados" <news003@macgeek.org> wrote in message
news:8BuKa.124901$x67.5450534@twister.socal.rr.com...
> Hey, guys!
>
> I have a friend that came across two diskettes that have data he'd like to
> convert to Windows/Notepad format. All the data was created using
AppleWorks
> 1.0.
>
> Reading on the web, AppleWriter 1.x stored the files at binary files,
which
> is accurate with what I have (AppleWriter 2.0 started storing files as
text
> files). Fortunately, one of the disks has AppleWriter 1.0 on it, and I'm
> able to run the program and read the files.
>
> I've already converted the data disks to .DSK format, and I'm able to read
> the disk images under Windows in CiderPress. When I view any of the
"TEXT."
> files (AppleWriter 1.x appended TEXT. to the beginning of each filename),
I
> see garbage (I'm assuming the cause is by the text not being in the same
> ASCII range that Windows normally use).
>
> Are there any processes I could use to convert these binary files to text
> files? I read that AppleWriter 2.0 could possibly convert them, but I
don't
> have a copy of version 2.0.
>
> Thanks!


IIRC the text format just has the high bit set, it certainly wasn't anything
special. I remember using it as the editor for an assembler I wrote for DOS
3.3. Best bet is to try some simple bitmasks.

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