Formats – RetroFloppy

More than a Copy

RetroFloppy converts old files so you can read and view them today. Conversion becomes more and more important as time marches on.
You have disks - you want usable files!

File Formats Explained

As files are copied from your original disks, most common pictures, word processing files, and spreadsheets go through a conversion process so you can use them on your modern Mac or Windows PC. Most file types are converted for free. A few, including supported Desktop Publishing files incur additional charges. Other unsupported file types are copied exactly as they existed on your original disks, which may or may not be “understandable” with your current computer.

Files Requiring Individual Attention – Desktop Publishing

Desktop publishing files are priced on a file-by-file basis. Files are converted to PDF format that can be viewed or printed:

Adobe InDesign
Adobe PageMaker
Aldus PageMaker
QuarkXPress

Files Requiring Individual Attention – Very Early Macintosh

A few Macintosh programs requiring individual attention are priced on a higher per-disk basis:

FileMaker
MS Excel 1.5
WordPerfect 1.0

Genealogy Program Conversion to GEDCOM

Conversions from proprietary database formats to the common genealogy interchange format GEDCOM is priced on a per-database basis. Supported conversions:

Family Tree Maker (FTM)
LDS Personal Ancestral File (PAF)
Sierra Generations
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All Other Supported Files – No Extra Charge

Conversion of all other supported file types listed below is included in the price of disk extraction.

Graphics Format Conversion

BMP, EPS, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF
Kodak Picture Disks
Konica Picture Show Disks
Mystic Color Labs / Mystic PC Photos / Floppy Shots Disks
Seattle Film Works Diskettes
Sony Mavica Camera Diskettes
Video Floppy Disks: Sony Mavipak / Canon XAP Shot / VF-50 / VFD-50
Wolf Camera Diskettes
York Photo FotoFloppy Disks

Word Processor Conversion

PC	Mac
Ami Pro 1.2, 2.0, 3.x AppleWorks 5.0 ClarisWorks 1.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 DCA/RFT Final Draft IBM DisplayWrite IBM Writing Assistant Leading Edge (LEWP) MS Word DOS through version 6.0 MS Word for Windows 1.x and up MS Works for Windows 2.0 and up Multimate 4.0 PFS:Write Professional Write 2.0 Rich Text, ASCII Text Valdocs WordPerfect DOS 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0 WordPerfect Windows 6.0 – 13 WordPerfect Works 2.0, 2.1 WordStar, WordStar 2000 XyWrite	AppleWorks 5.0, 6.0 AppleWorks (Apple II) 2.1, 3.0, GS ClarisWorks 1.0, 2.x, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 Final Draft FrameMaker MIF 3.0 MacWrite II MacWrite Pro 1.0, 1.5 MS Word 4.0 and up MS Works 3.0, 4.0 Nisus Writer 3.0, 4.0 Rich Text, ASCII Text WordPerfect 2.x, 3.x WriteNow 3.0, 4.0

Mac

Ami Pro 1.2, 2.0, 3.x
AppleWorks 5.0
ClarisWorks 1.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
DCA/RFT
Final Draft
IBM DisplayWrite
IBM Writing Assistant
Leading Edge (LEWP)
MS Word DOS through version 6.0
MS Word for Windows 1.x and up
MS Works for Windows 2.0 and up
Multimate 4.0
PFS:Write
Professional Write 2.0
Rich Text, ASCII Text
Valdocs
WordPerfect DOS 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0
WordPerfect Windows 6.0 – 13
WordPerfect Works 2.0, 2.1
WordStar, WordStar 2000
XyWrite

AppleWorks 5.0, 6.0
AppleWorks (Apple II) 2.1, 3.0, GS
ClarisWorks 1.0, 2.x, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
Final Draft
FrameMaker MIF 3.0
MacWrite II
MacWrite Pro 1.0, 1.5
MS Word 4.0 and up
MS Works 3.0, 4.0
Nisus Writer 3.0, 4.0
Rich Text, ASCII Text
WordPerfect 2.x, 3.x
WriteNow 3.0, 4.0

Spreadsheet Format Conversion

PC	Mac
AppleWorks 5.0 ClarisWorks 1.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 DBase II, DBase III Excel 2.x and up Lotus 1-2-3 MS Works for Windows 3.0 – 95 Quattro Pro (DOS) 4.0 Quattro Pro (Windows) 1.0 – 9.0 SYLK	AppleWorks (Apple II) 2.1, 3.0 AppleWorks 5.0, 6.0 ClarisWorks 1.0 and up MS Excel 2.0 and up MS Works 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 SYLK

Apple II, Commodore 64, Amiga, TRS-80 Application Conversion

AppleWorks
EasyScript
EasyWriter (Cap’n Software)
Gutenberg, Gutenberg Jr.
Magic Window I-II
Paperclip I-III
PFS:Write
Scripsit
Speedscript
WordPerfect
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Available media types

8″ Shugart floppies – CP/M, DEC, IBM, dedicated word processors
Apple II, IIc, IIe, IIgs 5-1/4″, 3-1/2″ floppies
Apple Macintosh 3-1/2″ disks – 400K, 800K, 1.44MB
AT&T 5700, 7700 word processors
Atari 400/800/XL/XE
Bernoulli 10/20 disks
Brother word processors – 240K, 720K, 1.44MB
Canon StarWriter and StarWriter Pro disks
Coleco ADAM floppies
Commodore Amiga 3-1/2″ floppies
Commodore 64, 128, Pet, 1541, 1571, 8250, SFD-1001 drives
Convergent Technologies CTOS and Burroughs BTOS 5-1/4″ floppies
CPT word processor 8″ floppies
DECmate DecWord WPS floppies
Digital Equipment Corporation DEC RX50K, RX01, RX02 floppies
Disklavier, PianoSoft floppies to Pianodisc IQ
Epson QX-10 Valdocs disks
Hard drives: SCSI, IDE, SATA, Iomega Jaz, Syquest, Bernoulli 44/88
IBM Displaywriter 6580 8″ floppies
IBM Office System 6 8″ floppies
Imation LS-120 / SuperDisk disks
Iomega ZIP drives: Zip 100, Zip 250, Zip 750
Iomega Jaz 1GB, 2GB disks
Iomega Rev, Clik! disks
Kaypro, North Star, Osborne, Toshiba, and all other CP/M 5-1/4″ floppies
Macintosh and Apple II 3-1/2″ and 5-1/4″ floppies
Magneto Optical disks – 3-1/2″: 128MB MO, 230MB MO, 540MB MO, 640MB MO, Gigamo 1.3GB, Gigamo 2.3GB
Magneto Optical disks – 5-1/4″: 594MB MO, 1.2GB MO, 2.3GB MO, 4.1GB MO, 9.1GB MO
NBI word processor 8″ floppies
Olivetti word processors
Philips VideoWRITER word processor
Smith-Corona word processors (except Smith-Corona DataDisks)
Tandy Model 100/102/200/WP-2 PDD disks
TI-99/4A 5-1/4″ disks
TRS-80 TRSDOS, TRS-80 Color Computer floppies
Victor 9000 floppies
Video Floppy Disks: Sony Mavipak, Canon XAP Shot, VF-50, VFD-50
Wang word processor 8″ floppies – Wang OIS, VS, VP
Windows, DOS, IBM PC 3-1/2″ and 5-1/4″ floppies
Xerox 860 IPS word processor 8″ floppies
Yamaha Clavinova disks to MIDI
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