First of all, I wasn't even sure which forum to post this question under. Anyway, I have a client who made a request that I retrieve some files that were initially created on a Tandy word processor, and all that he has are the disks. Does anyone know if this is even possible? If so, how?
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Is there a way to transfer files from and old Tandy word processor to a PC?
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Have you looked at the files using Notepad or some simple text editor?
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First task would be to get the file from the word processor to a PC. I'm not even sure that the word processor still works. All that I was shown was the word processing diskettes. I think I could most likely could link com ports between the word processor and the PC and make the transfer. Any suggestions, if accessing the diskettes are my only option?
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