Maureen, My Brother 7550 word processor has a convert function that converts a Word Processing file into an ASCII file. Get into File Management and click on Convert. George Young ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen S Cassidy" <maureen.s.cassidy@worldnet.att.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > Hi Alfred, > > I have the material on floppy disks. I just dug them out and tried to copy > a couple of them a few minutes ago but they wouldn't copy. The WP is a > Brothers 1997. The floppies are just "regular" 3.5Mb DD. > > Maureen > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alfred D. Eller" <adeller@santel.net> > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 9:14 PM > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > 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 ==== > To unsubscribe from this list send a message to GEN-COMP-TIPS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > ============================== > 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 >
Thanks, George. I will try it. It has been such a long time since I've used my WP that I probably forgot how, but I still have my instruction booklet. Ill let you know how it works out. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "gyoung" <gyoung5345@wideopenwest.com> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 6:56 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions Maureen, My Brother 7550 word processor has a convert function that converts a Word Processing file into an ASCII file. Get into File Management and click on Convert. George Young ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen S Cassidy" <maureen.s.cassidy@worldnet.att.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > Hi Alfred, > > I have the material on floppy disks. I just dug them out and tried to copy > a couple of them a few minutes ago but they wouldn't copy. The WP is a > Brothers 1997. The floppies are just "regular" 3.5Mb DD. > > Maureen > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alfred D. Eller" <adeller@santel.net> > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 9:14 PM > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > 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 ==== > To unsubscribe from this list send a message to GEN-COMP-TIPS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > ============================== > 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