Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 19, No. 26.
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Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 07:01:14 +0100
From: Timothy Mason <tmason_at_club-internet.fr>
Subject: Re: 19.022 googlizing books, internetting scholarship
> >2. Changing technologies may make the postings unreadable within a few
> >decades. As a critic once wrote, "Every day, we burn the Library of
> >Alexandria." I had my own experiences with this when I could not read
files
> >written in WordMarc, a word processor much beloved -- for a few years
-- in
> >Engineering.
WordPort ( http://www.doc-api.com/wordport.htm ) will read WordMarc files
and convert them. TextWrangler (which is free) might - I've had success
with it. I suspect that if you really look hard, you'll find a way into
just about any file format.
Best wishes
Timothy Mason
Universite de Paris 8
http://www.timothyjpmason.com
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