On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Nathan Brindle wrote:
> You're right, it's MS Word 6.  This is not new, Douglas, the .DOC files
> on our site have always been Word 6.
 
Thanks for the confirmation that owner.doc is the word6 file.  Ben Parker
told me had managed to print out a copy using a word6 reader.  I've
downloaded, then downloaded, several of the versions.  My wife has word6
at work and she'll see if she can get it converted for me.
 
If I get anything usable I'll make it freely available, if LSOFT has
no objections.
 
As to plain ascii last, I have to disagree.  It should be done in plain
ascii first as that is what everyone can use and *then* be converted to
whatever special format.  But you have to understand I worked with Michael
Hart (Project Gutenberg, you know).  While we parted company I still agree
with him about all text items being available first in plain ascii.
 
I know I'm a minority in this, even my wife violently disagrees with me
on the subject.  But I never said I was easy to get along with, did I. ;-)
 
Pete W. says you should start calling me A-Pain-In-The-ASCII, no butts about
it. (sorry Pete, too good not to share.)
 
Douglas
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