dave@lsuc.UUCP (11/17/87)
Someone here needs to get a large chunk of word processing data
from a Wang WP30 system (8" floppies) to a VAX running VMS.
Apparently converting the word processing codes is a non-trivial
task. Does anyone know of a company which does this?
advTHANKSance.
David Sherman
The Law Society of Upper Canada
Osgoode Hall
Toronto M5H 2N6
416-947-3466
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Pronounce it ell-ess-you-see, please...zaphod@deepthot.UUCP (11/17/87)
In article <2198@lsuc.UUCP> dave@lsuc.UUCP writes: >Someone here needs to get a large chunk of word processing data >from a Wang WP30 system (8" floppies) to a VAX running VMS. similiar problem here, only we need to go from IBM displaywriter to MS Word and/or pagemaker (we have both packages, eithor will do) -- humbly yours, Lance Bailey Univ. Western Ontario | Robart's Research Institute Dept. of Computer Science | Clinical Trials Unit Graduate Studies | PO Box 5015 London, Canada | London, Canada N6A 5B7 | N6A 5K8 decvax!{utcs|utzoo|watmath}!deepthot!zaphod -or- zaphod@deepthot.uucp
roberts@cognos.uucp (Robert Stanley) (11/21/87)
In article <960@deepthot.UUCP> zaphod@deepthot.UUCP writes: >In article <2198@lsuc.UUCP> dave@lsuc.UUCP writes: > >>Someone here needs to get a large chunk of word processing data >>from a Wang WP30 system (8" floppies) to a VAX running VMS. >similiar problem here, only we need to go from IBM displaywriter >to MS Word and/or pagemaker (we have both packages, eithor will do) It's a while since I had to do this, but it is a reasonably common problem here in Ottawa (what with all those incompatible government departmental systems :-) ). There are at least two agencies here in town that have this sort of capability, and if you can't find one closer to home, e-mail me and I'll look up the names and telephone numbers. However, of more general interest is that an Alberta-based company called KeyWord make a splendid magic box which, when added to a PC, allows for interchange between all sorts of disks and a wide range of word-processing formats. Wang, Multimate, AES, WordStar all competently supported more than two years ago when I last saw the system. This box is in wide use here in Ottawa, and I know that they had a Toronto office (two years ago). It would be worth trying to contact them, and finding out who locally offers a service based on their system. Please forgive my laziness, but I don't feel like chasing down 2-year old references today. If you need more than this, e-mail me, and I'll go look things up. (Well, what do your filing systems look like?) Robert_S -- R.A. Stanley Cognos Incorporated S-mail: P.O. Box 9707 Voice: (613) 738-1440 (Research: there are 2!) 3755 Riverside Drive FAX: (613) 738-0002 Compuserve: 76174,3024 Ottawa, Ontario uucp: decvax!utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!roberts CANADA K1G 3Z4