On Mon, 02 May 2005 20:02:16 -0400, MW <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>I've been hunting around a bit for a program to convert some old files
>off of a 5.25 floppy for a friend (old scientific data he wants).
>
>Found one called "Conversion Plus", which would probably do the job,
>but <ouch>, its $70!
>
>Anyone have possible freeware suggestions?
>
>
What format are they ( .doc etc )?
Plenty of conversion apps out there...

Regards,



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Email: anyoldname(*AT*)gmx(*dot*)co(*dot*)uk

I've been hunting around a bit for a program to convert some old files
off of a 5.25 floppy for a friend (old scientific data he wants).

Found one called "Conversion Plus", which would probably do the job,
but <ouch>, its $70!

Anyone have possible freeware suggestions?

Thanks!

-Mike

On Tue, 03 May 2005 00:58:22 +0100, Steve H <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Mon, 02 May 2005 20:02:16 -0400, MW <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>
>>I've been hunting around a bit for a program to convert some old files
>>off of a 5.25 floppy for a friend (old scientific data he wants).
>>
>>Found one called "Conversion Plus", which would probably do the job,
>>but <ouch>, its $70!
>>
>>Anyone have possible freeware suggestions?
>>
>>
>What format are they ( .doc etc )?
>Plenty of conversion apps out there...


Some sort of .doc format. Could be apple, could be pc. "Conversion
Plus" claims to convert *any* of the old popular formats, and I was
hoping there might be something similar that was freeware.

Thanks,

Mike

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, MW
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>
>I've been hunting around a bit for a program to convert some old files
>off of a 5.25 floppy for a friend (old scientific data he wants).
>
>Found one called "Conversion Plus", which would probably do the job,
>but <ouch>, its $70!
>
>Anyone have possible freeware suggestions?
>
Should be something out there ....

What file extension(s) do these files have, and do you know the name of
the programme with which they were created, and under which OS?
--
Roger Hunt

MW <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

>
> I've been hunting around a bit for a program to convert
> some old files off of a 5.25 floppy for a friend (old
> scientific data he wants).
>
> Found one called "Conversion Plus", which would probably do
> the job, but <ouch>, its $70!
>
> Anyone have possible freeware suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Mike
>

More info, if you can. For instance: "IBM" floppies? Apple ][?
DEC? Lisa?

J
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On Tue, 03 May 2005 00:59:36 GMT, (E-Mail Removed)lid wrote:

>MW <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
>>
>> I've been hunting around a bit for a program to convert
>> some old files off of a 5.25 floppy for a friend (old
>> scientific data he wants).
>>
>> Found one called "Conversion Plus", which would probably do
>> the job, but <ouch>, its $70!
>>
>> Anyone have possible freeware suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -Mike
>>
>
>More info, if you can. For instance: "IBM" floppies? Apple ][?
>DEC? Lisa?
>

I think they were either .doc files from an apple computer (possibly a
II or IIe); I assume if they were older Microsoft .doc from a PC, I
could actually open them with current software....maybe I am wrong
about that.

-Mike

MW wrote:
> On Tue, 03 May 2005 00:59:36 GMT, (E-Mail Removed)lid wrote:
>>MW <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>news:(E-Mail Removed):

>>>I've been hunting around a bit for a program to convert
>>>some old files off of a 5.25 floppy for a friend (old
>>>scientific data he wants).
>>>
>>>Found one called "Conversion Plus", which would probably do
>>>the job, but <ouch>, its $70!
>>>
>>>Anyone have possible freeware suggestions?


>>More info, if you can. For instance: "IBM" floppies? Apple ][?
>>DEC? Lisa?

>
> I think they were either .doc files from an apple computer (possibly a
> II or IIe); I assume if they were older Microsoft .doc from a PC, I
> could actually open them with current software....maybe I am wrong
> about that.

You might give this Webware site a try:

DocMorph
http://docmorph.nlm.nih.gov/docmorph/
Document conversion tools (50 types of files) Convert to PDF; TIFF;
text; synthesized speech


Susan

MW <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
Message-ID<(E-Mail Removed)>:

>
> I've been hunting around a bit for a program to convert some old files
> off of a 5.25 floppy for a friend (old scientific data he wants).
>
> Found one called "Conversion Plus", which would probably do the job,
> but <ouch>, its $70!
>
> Anyone have possible freeware suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Mike

If you could upload a sample file to:

http://www.yousendit.com/

and post the link here in this thread, maybe I or someone else could
take a crack at finding a conversion utility.

Ron May

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Ron May
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>MW <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>Message-ID<(E-Mail Removed)>:
>
>>
>> I've been hunting around a bit for a program to convert some old files
>> off of a 5.25 floppy for a friend (old scientific data he wants).
>>
>> Found one called "Conversion Plus", which would probably do the job,
>> but <ouch>, its $70!
>>
>> Anyone have possible freeware suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -Mike
>
>If you could upload a sample file to:
>
> http://www.yousendit.com/
>
>and post the link here in this thread, maybe I or someone else could
>take a crack at finding a conversion utility.
>
I have ClarisWorks for Windows (OK it's payware, but very old), which
has potential, I think, for something useful.
--
Roger Hunt

Susan Bugher wrote:

> You might give this Webware site a try:
>
> DocMorph
> http://docmorph.nlm.nih.gov/docmorph/
> Document conversion tools (50 types of files) Convert to PDF; TIFF;
> text; synthesized speech

Susan, I have some pdf files that won't let me select and copy the text.
I guess that's some form of copy protection. Do you (or anyone else) know
if DocMorph can convert pdfs like this to text? TIA.