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Non fly fishing help

Postby fflutterffly » April 22nd, 2009, 7:02 am

Once again I don't know where to post this, but I know everyone reads the General Fly fishing threads first

I have found two floppy disc with some of my short stories, I think, and have no way of transposing them. Might someone be able to help me out? . One is on a Verbatim DataLife MF 2HD IBM format and the other is a mystery. These are first drafts I believe, which have never been edited (worked), sort of quick treatments.

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Re: Non fly fishing help

Postby RichardCullip » April 22nd, 2009, 7:15 am

3.5" (old style) or 5.25" (really old style)?

Any idea on the word processing program used to create the files?
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Re: Non fly fishing help

Postby rayfound » April 22nd, 2009, 7:33 am

Microsoft word will be able to open pretty much any legacy format. If you would like some help, you can email me the files, and I will try to turn them into a usable format. rayfound AT gmail dot com.

If your problem is just getting them off the floppy disks, I think your going to need to get a USB floppy drive for your computer. They run about $20, prob. cheaper on ebay or something.

The Verbatim 2MB brand was a common 3.5" disk.
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Re: Non fly fishing help

Postby Papasequoia » April 22nd, 2009, 7:58 am

I must be strange; I always read the 'off topic' section first. :doh:
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Re: Non fly fishing help

Postby fflutterffly » April 22nd, 2009, 4:08 pm

Papa! Please don't let us think of you any other way than strange. I like you just the way your are. :comfort:
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Re: Non fly fishing help

Postby Papasequoia » April 22nd, 2009, 7:17 pm

I blame the '60's.

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