Thanks, Patti. They are essay type files. I have some that were "homework" eg my auto bio which was a final exam for a writing course and also the first 12 pp of my thesis, etc. Is this what you mean by "what type of files"?? I printed them out to hand in to my professors and also saved them to disk for my own use. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patty Gaddis" <geneamom@comcast.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions Maureen, What kind of files are they? I don't have the files I converted a few years back from a word processor after we lost our hard drive. But, I know I used MS Word to open them. They were on floppy. I remember I had to do something to the files first, then I could read them. Let me know what type they are and I'll see if I can't help. Patty At 09:14 PM 7/23/2004, you wrote: >You would have to find someone who knows something about the word proccessor >that you used and what kind of format it used to saved the text. And, if >anyone knows of a way it can be converted and transferred to ascii text for >a computer. > >Was it floppy disks or tape? > >I don't know diddly about word processors before computers. > >Alfred D. Eller >RootsMagic-Users-Admin@RootsWeb.com >================ ============== >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Maureen S Cassidy" <maureen.s.cassidy@worldnet.att.net> >To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 6:19 PM >Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > > Thanks Art. > > > > When I first started writing my Master's Thesis I didn't own a computer > > (1997) so I put all my work on my WP. In 1998 I got my computer but soon > > after had to take a long break from school. Now I'm starting back and need > > that material in my computer. > > > > Maureen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "dolphin213" <dolphin213@cox.net> > > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 6:26 PM > > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > > > > > > Maureen, > > > > >I too have a "conversion" question (of which Roy's post reminded me). > > > > > >I have several floppies from my word processor which I would like to > > convert > > >so I can put the material on my computer. Is there any way of doing >that?? > > > > This will not take any type of conversion process. Simply copy the files > > from the floppies to your hard drive and open them with your processor > > program. Or if they need editing, you can open them directly from the > > floppy with your word processor, edit them and save them back to floppy or > > your hard drive. > > > > Art > > > >==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== >Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: >http://www.cyndislist.com > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== DO NOT open unexpected file attachments from people, even if you know them. Verify with the sender first. This may be your only line of defence, other than AV Software, against mail "viruses" ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Maureen, Actually, I meant when you go to Windows Explorer (or My Computer) and click on your a:/ drive to see what files are on the floppies, what file extension is on the files. I am assuming they were put on 3 1/2" floppies. I could view the file names in WE. Patty At 09:10 PM 7/23/2004, you wrote: >Thanks, Patti. > >They are essay type files. I have some that were "homework" eg my auto bio >which was a final exam for a writing course and also the first 12 pp of my >thesis, etc. Is this what you mean by "what type of files"?? I printed them >out to hand in to my professors and also saved them to disk for my own use. > >Maureen > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Patty Gaddis" <geneamom@comcast.net> >To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 8:40 PM >Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > >Maureen, > >What kind of files are they? I don't have the files I converted a few >years back from a word processor after we lost our hard drive. But, I know >I used MS Word to open them. They were on floppy. I remember I had to do >something to the files first, then I could read them. > >Let me know what type they are and I'll see if I can't help. > >Patty >At 09:14 PM 7/23/2004, you wrote: > >You would have to find someone who knows something about the word >proccessor > >that you used and what kind of format it used to saved the text. And, if > >anyone knows of a way it can be converted and transferred to ascii text for > >a computer. > > > >Was it floppy disks or tape? > > > >I don't know diddly about word processors before computers. > > > >Alfred D. Eller > >RootsMagic-Users-Admin@RootsWeb.com > >================ ============== > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Maureen S Cassidy" <maureen.s.cassidy@worldnet.att.net> > >To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 6:19 PM > >Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > > > > > Thanks Art. > > > > > > When I first started writing my Master's Thesis I didn't own a computer > > > (1997) so I put all my work on my WP. In 1998 I got my computer but soon > > > after had to take a long break from school. Now I'm starting back and >need > > > that material in my computer. > > > > > > Maureen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "dolphin213" <dolphin213@cox.net> > > > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 6:26 PM > > > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > > > > > > > > > > Maureen, > > > > > > >I too have a "conversion" question (of which Roy's post reminded me). > > > > > > > >I have several floppies from my word processor which I would like to > > > convert > > > >so I can put the material on my computer. Is there any way of doing > >that?? > > > > > > This will not take any type of conversion process. Simply copy the >files > > > from the floppies to your hard drive and open them with your processor > > > program. Or if they need editing, you can open them directly from the > > > floppy with your word processor, edit them and save them back to floppy >or > > > your hard drive. > > > > > > Art > > > > > > > >==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > >Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: > >http://www.cyndislist.com > > > >============================== > >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== >DO NOT open unexpected file attachments from people, even if you know them. >Verify with the sender first. This may be your only line of defence, other >than AV Software, against mail "viruses" > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== >Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: >http://www.cyndislist.com > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237