nvt9001@belvoir-emh3.army.mil (DoN Nichols) (02/06/90)
I need to be able to read information from a Wang word processor disk. I can read an image of the entire disk into my system. I don't need to be able to write files to the disk, just read them. First, I need something that understands the directory structure on the Wang disk. Next I need something which can stitch the files back into a cohesive whole. (I seem to find gaps, with some garbage, in the files - probably left by replacement of a larger block of text with a smaller one. Maybe also by expanding text for insertions?) The ideal program would convert the files into input files for troff, but I know better than to hope for that :-) The minimum would be some documentation of the internal formats used by Wang, so I could write my own programs to do the job. Please EMAIL to me <nvt9001@belvoir-emh3.army.mil>. If there is adequate interest, I'll summarize to the net. I may not be able to individually thank those who help, since the mailer here seems only to be sure of addresses on milnet, and sometimes able to bounce things off uunet.uu.net. Internet seems to be invisible from here. If your response bounces, please try again somewhere around thursday. There seems to be a blockage such that most Unix-wizards and comp.unix.sources mailings don't get through during the week - only on weekends. If one of the intermediate systems bounces mail after three days, it may never make it to me. Thanks in Advance Donald Nichols (DoN.) <nvt9001@belvoir-emh3.army.mil> Home: (703) 938-4564 - evenings Work: (703) 664-1585 (I won't be able to return calls during the work day)