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Re: Appleworks format converter?

Thanks I'll give it a try. I've already converted about 200 files by text dumping them out of Appleworks. The big lesson I've learned from this experience is to quit using proprietary/corporate file formats. I'm going to stick with TXT or RTF for material I want to see more than 5-10 years from now on my PC, and be able to easily switch between Linux, Mac, etc.
I've found that about 5% of my 10 year old files were unreadable. The disks were primarily 5.25" Maxell brand, stored in dust-free cases in a normal room temperature environment (65-75 degrees year round), no direct sunlight.
In some cases I could use Copy II+ to copy the data onto a new disk, but a portion of the new file contained many garbage characters and needed heavy editing before it would transfer properly via zmodem as a text file. 

Bruce wrote:


CrossWorks is on the Asimov ftp site.

On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:39:41 -0500, Paul Bramscher
<brams006_nospam@tc.umn.edu> wrote:
I've successfully (easily) connected my Apple //c via printer cable to my Mac iici, which is on my home network. I can easily transfer files between Windows, Linux, Mac, and Apple // computers without disks at this point.
However, I've got some Appleworks (Apple //) format files that I'd like to convert to RTF (if possible) or straight ASCII. Is there a PC or Mac (m68k) free utility that will do this?
I'm loathe to open all of the files on the Apple // and convert to plaintext, then transfer them. Would be faster to convert after transferring them, rather than before. Thanks.