Converting Lotus Amipro docs on floppy disc

[Osem]

I have loads of old 3.5 inch floppies with old Lotus AmiPro format wordprocessed documents on them. Is there any easy way of getting these onto a new PC? I know I can use an external floppy drive but what about converting the data to a newer WP format?

Cheers.

[Graham M]

Lotus ought to be able to just read the AmiPro format just like Word can read ancient Word formats with no problem (they just have less features) can you not do this?

[Aragorn]

Word used to read SAM files, but not Word 2000 and later.
Apparently StarOffice has an Amipro filter but that is a non free product.
If you have a linux box, KOffice has a 'simple' Amipro filter.

This any good? http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/or...513581033.aspx

some info here http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=340802

[Osem]

Cheers guys - sorry I didn't make myself clear. I don't have access to Lotus software anymore but still have the old discs in that format and would like to be able to read them if I need to at some point.

Co-incidentally I only have StarOffice loaded on this PC - where would I find the amipro 'filter'???

Ta for the other tips guys BTW.

[Nikesh]

Just download the AmiPro converter for Word. You can get it here.

Extract the CNV files to the folder \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\TextConv. Merge the registry patches with your registry (right click the patch in Windows Explorer and select Merge). Restart Word to make the filters available.

[Osem]

OK guys - sorted. Have found Amipro 1-3.1 listed in the 'open files of format.......'menu in Star Office. So I should be able to open/read the files OK and save them in Word (or other formats) if I need to. That's all I wanted.

Thanks for the reply Nikesh - if only I knew enough to understand what you are talking about

Cheers as always everyone!!!!!

[utt]

http://crownrise.net/amipro put version 3.1 there if you want it. Just download folder contents and run install