Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-21 Thread t...@io.com
On Jan 20, 8:51 am, John Carmonne wrote: > On Jan 20, 2011, at 6:48 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > That's nothing. I have MS Word docs from 20 years ago that MS Word 2011 > > does not open. > > > File formats change ... just be glad you're not NASA and have to decipher > > 45 year old data tap

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-20 Thread Vic
On Jan 20, 10:01 am, Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Jan 20, 2011, at 7:51 AM, John Carmonne wrote: > > > Hmm, sounds like Binary, been there;-) > > Binary data, with fun things like different endedness and things like 14 bit > bytes, etc. > > However this old data is proving invaluable, a re-analysi

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 20, 2011, at 7:51 AM, John Carmonne wrote: > Hmm, sounds like Binary, been there;-) Binary data, with fun things like different endedness and things like 14 bit bytes, etc. However this old data is proving invaluable, a re-analysis of old Pioneer data is solving some mysteries about th

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-20 Thread John Carmonne
On Jan 20, 2011, at 6:48 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > That's nothing. I have MS Word docs from 20 years ago that MS Word 2011 does > not open. > > File formats change ... just be glad you're not NASA and have to decipher 45 > year old data tapes starting by reconstructing the tape mechanism BEFO

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-20 Thread Alex Barnes
On Jan 20, 2011, at 7:48 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > File formats change ... just be glad you're not NASA and have to decipher 45 > year old data tapes starting by reconstructing the tape mechanism BEFORE > trying to decipher the data! Thats why NASA was shut down :) -- You received thi

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 20, 2011, at 6:33 AM, rogerd095 wrote: > > Which platform you prefer is a matter of choice. It's just a pity that > AppleWorks 6 seems quite a bit less polished than ClarisWorks 5.0 - or > even v.4.0, for that matter. > Or the late lamented still-missed Claris spreadsheet which was base

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
That's nothing. I have MS Word docs from 20 years ago that MS Word 2011 does not open. File formats change ... just be glad you're not NASA and have to decipher 45 year old data tapes starting by reconstructing the tape mechanism BEFORE trying to decipher the data! -- Bruce On Jan 20, 201

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-20 Thread John Carmonne
>> >> Realistically, yes you do. While it's not as dire as it used to be before >> the advent of Classila, OS 9 is still almost useless on the modern web. >> > Apologies for any misunderstanding. For the sake of clarity, I should > perhaps have finished my post by adding 'to run AppleWorks.' >

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-20 Thread rogerd095
On Jan 19, 11:29 pm, Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Jan 19, 2011, at 2:12 PM, rogerd095 wrote: > > > On Jan 18, 1:56 pm, Lawrence David Eden wrote: > >> I run AppleWorks 6 on my G4. You don't need OS9. > > > Conversely, AppleWorks runs perfectly well on OS 9. You don't need OS > > X! > > Realisticall

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 19, 2011, at 2:12 PM, rogerd095 wrote: > On Jan 18, 1:56 pm, Lawrence David Eden wrote: >> I run AppleWorks 6 on my G4. You don't need OS9. > > Conversely, AppleWorks runs perfectly well on OS 9. You don't need OS > X! Realistically, yes you do. While it's not as dire as it used to be

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-19 Thread rogerd095
On Jan 18, 1:56 pm, Lawrence David Eden wrote: > I run AppleWorks 6 on my G4. You don't need OS9. Conversely, AppleWorks runs perfectly well on OS 9. You don't need OS X! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - wi

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-19 Thread John Carmonne
On Jan 17, 2011, at 5:44 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: > Hi Group, > I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. > I am using G4 & G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 > I do not want to put OS9 on them. > Wm > AppleWorks 6 runs on OS 9 all the way through !0.6.6. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA Sen

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-18 Thread Alex Barnes
IMO Appleworks is better than iWork. On Jan 17, 2011, at 10:42 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > > On Jan 17, 2011, at 9:23 PM, Yersinia wrote: >> >> Appleworks rocks, YEAH!! Wow, didn't know it would work with Leopard or on >> a Macintel. I've been running 6.2.9 since I was on OS 9, and kept it when

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-18 Thread Lawrence David Eden
I run AppleWorks 6 on my G4. You don't need OS9. Larry Hi Group, I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. I am using G4 & G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 I do not want to put OS9 on them. Wm -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3,

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread Clark Martin
On Jan 17, 2011, at 9:23 PM, Yersinia wrote: > > Appleworks rocks, YEAH!! Wow, didn't know it would work with Leopard or on a > Macintel. I've been running 6.2.9 since I was on OS 9, and kept it when I got > Tiger but I'm still with my PPCs (now running 10.4.11 on the Quicksilver 867 > and iB

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread Yersinia
On 1/17/11 10:57 PM, Dana Collins wrote: On 1/17/11 9:43 PM, John Callahan of jcalla...@stny.rr.com sent On Jan 17, 2011, at 8:44 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: Hi Group, I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. I am using G4& G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 I do not want to put OS9 on them. Wm

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread Dana Collins
On 1/17/11 9:43 PM, John Callahan of jcalla...@stny.rr.com sent > > On Jan 17, 2011, at 8:44 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: > >> Hi Group, >> I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. >> I am using G4 & G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 >> I do not want to put OS9 on them. >> Wm > > > >> Nothing repl

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread John Callahan
On Jan 17, 2011, at 8:44 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: Hi Group, I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. I am using G4 & G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 I do not want to put OS9 on them. Wm Nothing replaces Appleworks :-( :-(:-( :-(!!! -- You received this message because you are a member o

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread DAN A CURRIE
On 1/17/11 7:44 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: Hi Group, I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. I am using G4& G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 I do not want to put OS9 on them. Wm I have a G5 2.5 dualie running 10.5.8 and I am currently using Appleworks 6.2.4 and have been for years with no probl

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread Alex Barnes
I think there is an OS X version of OpenOffice. On Jan 17, 2011, at 6:54 PM, Tina K. wrote: > On 2011/01/17 18:44, Wm. Arnold so eloquently wrote: >> I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. >> I am using G4& G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 > > AppleWorks will run just fine on your PPCs runn

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/01/17 18:44, Wm. Arnold so eloquently wrote: I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. I am using G4& G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 AppleWorks will run just fine on your PPCs running Tiger. The alternatives are iWork ($79), Office ($150), or NeoOffice (free). Tina -- iMac 20"

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread Alex Barnes
iWork? I can run Appleworks on my MacBook Pro though. It doesn't even need Rosetta! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list

Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread Wm. Arnold
Hi Group, I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. I am using G4 & G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 I do not want to put OS9 on them. Wm -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Mac