18 Dec
2006
18 Dec
'06
11:50 a.m.
What's the difference between DEC/dx and the two below. Was DEC/dx just a
conversion format from WPS to Word11/WPS-Plus?
On 12/18/06, Kevin Handy <kth at srv.net> wrote:
Julian Wolfe wrote:
that
@Chuck
--- Off of Vax 750's and 780's They appear to be Word-11
and/or WPS All in One files, I can read the text, but its
Please note, Word-11 is not a DEC product, so they probably aren't in format. (Though if anyone has a copy for RSTS, or
knows where to get it,
please hook me up :)
I have copys of Word-11, and DecWord, on 800 BPI magtape,
but have no way to read them.
Word-11 was made by DPD, and DecWord was based on that.
The differences between the two are mostly just a version
difference. I think DecWord will read Word-11 files without
any problems.
If you wanted to convert from WPS-8 to WordPerfect, then I
could offer my code at http://srv.net/~kth .
I think that the internal format is "similiar" to Word-11, but
Word-11 didn't pack 3 characters into 2 12-bit words.
you might be able to use it as a basis for understanding the
format and writing your own conversion program, but
reverse engineering would still be required.