Hi,
I'm sorry to say this but I have good and bad news for you.
The good news is that it is indeed possible to transfer the
information from those disks to your PC.
The bad news is that is might cost you some money.
The problem basically consists in the fact that you don't have a
program to read the files written by your machine.
If you want to learn more about why you cannot read the information on
your disks directly please visit this page on PCIN.net:
http://www.pcin.net/archive/2001/20010117.shtml
Go to the middle of the page where you'll find a question similar to
the one you asked.
Now here are the solutions I found (at the end of the answer is the
best site I found):
1. Use the installation disk(s) that you received with your word
processor.
Read any file with the extension .txt or .doc on those disks or read
the "User's Manual" if you have one to find out if your machine has
the ability to write the info in ASCII format or if you were provided
with software that turns the info into a PC-friendly format.
If so, follow the advice (or ask for support) on how to enable your
machine to do this. The disk(s) should become usable with PC programs.
If you don't have anything helpful on your disk, then ask for support
at http://www.brother.com.
2. Buy a program that does this kind of job.
Here are the ones I found:
Wordport - it's 149$ but you can download a demo version first to see
if it does the job you want (they say it does it):
http://acii.com/ or http://www.acii.com/wpt.htm
Windows Conversion Program - 75$
http://www.macdisk.com/conven.php3
Conversions Plus - it's 70$ and I found no trial version :( Also I'm
not very sure it can be of help in your particular case. Use it only
as a last option, but not before sending them an email and asking if
their program can do the job you need:
http://www.dataviz.com/
3. Hire someone to do it for you (it's a lot cheaper if you don't have
many disks)
Luxsoft - about 10$ for each disk
http://www.luxsoft.demon.co.uk/lux/dconv.html
Ask Chaz (from that discussion I recommended earlier) if he still uses
that email address.
Important Last Minute Information!
As always, after writing an answer I searched for some more
information that I might've missed. And I found this on the Brother
Company site:
" Q. Can I use the files from my daisy wheel word processor in a PC?
A. Some Brother word processors (720k and 1.44MB disk drive models)
allow you to convert your files to ASCII format. Most PC word
processing programs can import an ASCII formatted file. In addition,
many of our models come with PC/WP Conversion Software. This software
was provided to you on disk with your other program files when you
purchased your unit.(720K and 1.44MB disk drive models) It is called
the Brother Conversion Software program. You can load this file onto
the hard drive of your PC and convert your Brother files into most of
the major PC word processing programs. In addition, you can convert
your Spreadsheet files into Lotus(R) 1-2-3(R) format.
Sorry, but files stored on 240K disk drive models cannot be converted
on your Brother unit. The 240K format is not compatible with PC
formats.
However, many of our customers have had success with converting all
different file formats to and from Pcs through Pivar, a company in
Illinois who offers conversion services. You can contact them at
1-800-CONVERT. "
You can fin this quote at
http://www.brother.com/usa/wp/faq/faq-dw.html.
Pivar seems to know everything about converting files to other
formats.
Here's the list of Brother products with file types they can handle:
BROTHER EM-100
BROTHER EM-1000
BROTHER EM-1050 (R/O)
BROTHER EM-1050D (R/O)
BROTHER EM-1050DS (R/O)
BROTHER EM-2000
BROTHER EM-2050D (R/O)
BROTHER EM-350
BROTHER EM-350E
BROTHER EM-721FX
BROTHER EM-811 (R/O)
BROTHER EM-811FX
BROTHER EM-850FX
BROTHER EZ 3000
BROTHER FB 100 (R/O)
BROTHER FB 300 (R/O)
BROTHER FX-3
BROTHER II
BROTHER PDP-100J
BROTHER PDP-300CJ
BROTHER PDP-350CJ
BROTHER PERFECTYPE
BROTHER PN-4400
BROTHER PN-5700DS
BROTHER PN-8500MDS
BROTHER PN-8700MDS
BROTHER PN-8800FXB
BROTHER WHISPERWRITER
BROTHER WP-1 (R/O)
BROTHER WP-100J
BROTHER WP-1350DS
BROTHER WP-1400D
BROTHER WP-1450DS
BROTHER WP-1500D
BROTHER WP-1600D
BROTHER WP-1700MDS
BROTHER WP-1800
BROTHER WP-200
BROTHER WP-200 STM
BROTHER WP-2200
BROTHER WP-230B
BROTHER WP-2400
BROTHER WP-2410
BROTHER WP-2410DS
BROTHER WP-2450DS
BROTHER WP-2500Q
BROTHER WP-2600Q
BROTHER WP-2800Q
BROTHER WP-300CJ
BROTHER WP-330MDS
BROTHER WP-335B
BROTHER WP-3400
BROTHER WP-3410
BROTHER WP-3440
BROTHER WP-350CJ
BROTHER WP-3550
BROTHER WP-3600D
BROTHER WP-3650D
BROTHER WP-3900DS
BROTHER WP-500 (R/O)
BROTHER WP-510 (R/O)
BROTHER WP-55 (R/O)
BROTHER WP-5500DS
BROTHER WP-5550MDS+
BROTHER WP-5600MDS
BROTHER WP-5750DS
BROTHER WP-5850MDS
BROTHER WP-5900MDS
BROTHER WP-6400J
BROTHER WP-650 (R/O)
BROTHER WP-6500J
BROTHER WP-660
BROTHER WP-660E
BROTHER WP-6700CJ
BROTHER WP-7000J
BROTHER WP-700D
BROTHER WP-7400J
BROTHER WP-75
BROTHER WP-7500J
BROTHER WP-7550J
BROTHER WP-760D
BROTHER WP-760D+
BROTHER WP-7700CJ
BROTHER WP-7800J
BROTHER WP-80
BROTHER WP-800MDS
BROTHER WP-85
BROTHER WP-90
BROTHER WP-900MDS
BROTHER WP-95
BROTHER ZX3000
And here's their website's address: http://pivar.com. I'm sure they
are the ultimate solution for your problem. Contact them by phone or
by e-mail as you like.
I hope this answers your question. Before rating the answer or asking
for a refund please post a clarify request. I might be able to satisfy
your request.
Regards,
ldcdc-ga |
