Tariq Rashid wrote: >hi - i know this is crazy - but is there any hope of unpacking old >Impression Publisher DTP files and extracting the text and graphics? > >If at all possible - it should be easier than "importing" - i don't care >about the page arrangment - just the contents. > >PS - what a great DTP application that was .. i ran it in 1MB RAM and had no >hard disk - all from floppies! > > I know nothing of Impression, but it would seem likely, like Scribus .sla files, the images were not embedded in the file format, but only their paths. Also, something running on 1MB RAM and floppies would probably be dealing with image resolutions that would be rather disappointing be today's standards.
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. Greg
