Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!xmission!news.bbs-scene.org!macgui.com!dog_cow From: D Finnigan Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Wifi/Ethernet Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:49:15 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Mac GUI Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: gunshin.wiredns.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: technocratmedia-w1.news.bbs-scene.org 1392148155 31132 74.119.145.48 (11 Feb 2014 19:49:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@bbs-scene.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:49:15 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mac GUI Usenet Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:56414 Lewis wrote: > In message > D Finnigan wrote: >> Lewis wrote: >>> In message >>> erilar wrote: >>>> In article , Ted Lee >>>> wrote: >>> >>>>> On 2/2/14, 4:52 PM, erilar wrote: >>>>> > I see an enormous amount of trouble and expense as a result of being >>>>> > blocked from using almost every software program I currently use as >>>>> > well >>>>> > as every document and many graphics produced over the years since my >>>>> > first computer, many of which still ARE usable and reachable. >>>>> > That's >>>>> > what I see, whether I want to or not. >>>>> >>>>> Most of those went away when Classic and then Rosetta went away -- and >>>>> >>>>> that was long before Mavericks. >>> >>>> Once upon a time Apple programs were backward compatible, so it wasn't >>>> necessary to update all my data every time the OS climbed to a new >>>> number. >>> >>> Oh yea, I rememebr how eeasy it was to open Appleworks files from my >>> //c+ on the Mac. Oh wait. > >> It was pretty easy with Apple File Exchange. The IIc Plus had an 800 k DS >> drive. > > As I recall, you didn't open your old AppleWorks files, you converted > them, one-way, to the new format. ClarisWorks used the Claris XTND system. That allowed read/write capability of a variety of file formats. -- ]DF$ Apple II Book: http://macgui.com/newa2guide/ Usenet: http://macgui.com/usenet/ <-- get posts by email! Apple II Web & Blog hosting: http://a2hq.com/