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Subject:Re: File Conversion From:"Nagai, Paul" <pnagai -at- VISA -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 4 Feb 1999 11:27:12 -0800
Vic,
> From: Fragnito, Vic[SMTP:Vic -dot- Fragnito -at- ALLIEDSIGNAL -dot- COM]
> I have just came across volumes of dated material created in DisplayWriter
> 4. I need to convert this to a usable format Word or Frame and at this
> stage even ASCII would be beneficial. As you can see, I do not possess
> DisplayWriter software and I believe the company is out of business now.
> Could anyone suggest some program or package capable of converting
> DisplayWriter to anything usable? I would truly appreciate it.
>
Check: http://www.blueberry.com/formats.htm
And last I checked, IBM was still around :)
Unless DisplayWriter is different from IBM DisplayWrite ... :(
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Paul Nagai
Visa International
phone: 510-864-8215
fax: 510-864-8219
pnagai -at- visa -dot- com
