From: Bryan Pope 


Mike,

	Here is another message from the classiccmp mailing list.

Cheers,

Bryan


And thusly Fred Cisin spake:
> 
> Which model is/was it?
> There are several different formats that were used, some of which can be
> read by some MS-DOS machines.  (a little harder with Windoze)
> 

> > And thusly Mike Luther spake:
> > >
> > > Subject sorta says it all!
>
> no,
> more FACTUAL detail would help.

> 
> > > A friend was still keeping tons of correspondence on a
Brother Word Processor
> > > even up until a year or so,
> > > until the Windows Genie showed up. You know, one of
> > > the ones with the old fashioned LCD screen and so on, the integrated
> > > Brotherhood!  Grin.
> 
> Is "Windows Genie" the model name for her machine?

> 
> 
> > > You know, the one which only stored whatever you wrote on
> > > floppy disks, I think 3-1/2 inch stuff if my memory is correct.
> > >
> > > Well, the Great God of Fire settled on the building into
which she had taken
> > > refuge up in Idaho, not too long ago.  And with it .. to
wherever good Brothers
> > > go when consumed, went the Brother Word Processor.  So now
she is faced with a
> > > whole box full of floppy disks with all the correspondence.
The consumate
> > > backup, if you will.  And as luck would have it, she needs
.. for tax purposes,
> > > copies of some of the letters that were all put together on
this ingenious
> > > all-in-one member of the Order of the Benevolent Infiniture
of Brothers!
>
> Is THAT the model name? or just more flowery language to wade through

> 
> > > Sigh ..  What now?
> > >
> > > Does anyone here know about operating system, word
processing format, any of
> > > this for this Order?  I've nver seen anything about how the
scribes stored this
> > > stuff.  Heck, I don't even know if I can mount one of these
diskettes on my OS/2
> > > Warp MCP2 level system, much less translate the dialect?
> 
> Have you TRIED??

> 
> > > Heck, it might be an
> > > evil byte of an Apple clone for all I know!
>
> doubtful, but hard to tell with no information

> > > Ideas?
> > > --> Sleep well; OS/2's still awake! ;)
>
> same shut-down problems as Windoze98?



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