From: norway@netscape.ca   
      
   You responded to a 15 year old message. If you still have a working CoCo   
   and disk system, I would set up a null modem cable between the CoCo and   
   Windows system and transfer the files using the Z-MODEM serial RS-232   
   protocols.   
      
   As to reading the VIP writer files on a PC system, I found it best to   
   write a program to strip the 8th bit of each character in the VIP file.   
   Then you can read the data using Notepad or Wordpad.   
      
   David   
      
      
   ruglen@tpg.com.au wrote:   
   > On Wednesday, September 26, 2001 at 9:06:00 AM UTC+9:30, mike wrote:   
   >> Would anyone happen to know the fileformats for VIP writer and/or   
   >> McPaint? or possibly a conversion program to convert to a PC format to   
   >> allow for editing?   
   >>   
   >> all help appreciated..   
   >>   
   >> mike   
   >   
   >   Mike...welcome to the same problem as me.   I have dozens of floppy   
   discs containing documents written using VIP Writer which I want to   
   extract.  But how?  I've even kept my old computer which takes both size   
   floppies plus a disc drive just in case I ever find a way of getting the   
   material out of the discs.   At the moment I'm on Windows 7.   Let me   
   know if you ever find an answer please.  Thanks, John.   
    >   
      
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