Many of those vintage word processors used the standard codes at that time
here's how I would proceed.
1. Check a site (there are many) that describe what kind of file an, IWP or LWP is used for. Obviously Olivetti used it but who else ..?
(The site I checked says it's a Wang word processor file )
http://www.convert-extensions.com/fo...Text-File.html
At this point if you find it's a word type that a certain software suite , LOTUS, or
WORDSTAR, ... used then you can endevor to find a conversion utility that handles
WORDSTAR or LOTUS files.
2. You can also search for a text conversion utility .. many of the old programs
like WORDSTAR , and many I can't remember used the same control codes to
make paragraphs and capital and underlines. So many converters will do a
basic job of hacking out the file to a poitn where you can read it.
3. It's possible that the text is readable without converting anything. You'll see
ASCII text and between it there will be various characters that you can simply ignore.
In the case of 3. simply drag the file on to NOTEPAD. < = this program opens
files as ascii text and thus won't do anything but read it as ASCII ( a 7 bit code used to make the alphabet) Edit out the unreadable stuff and save the rest as a text file.
BE SURE TO KEEP A BACKUP : )
If you would like to send me a file I'll be glad to have a look at it.
send it to
ajajaj at rediffmail dot com
with the heading of
OLDVERSION - HELP ME